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Pokhara

Pokhara is a metropolitan city located in central Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. Named the country's "capital of tourism" it is the second largest city after Kathmandu, with 600,051 inhabitants living in 120,594 households as of 2021 census. Wikipedia

Population 353,841 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Nepal

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Nepal

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Pokhara. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Street Festival

    January, December

    Street Festival is celebrated every year from 27 December to 2 January. Thousands of people gather and celebrate the festival on Lakeside street. It is one of the biggest festivals in the Pokhara valley

  2. Dipawali

    October – November

    Dipawali the Hindu festival of lights and worshipping of Laxmi, celebrated in either October or November, is a great time to be in Pokhara

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Pokhara); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 31 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.