Bhaktapur · Nightlife

Bhaktapur has no club scene. What it has is rooftop terraces facing a floodlit Nyatapola - take the win.

Long-running upstairs terrace over Dattatreya Square, good for a late beer with the carved facades lit up.

Durbar Square terrace doing Samay Baji sets; stay on for a raksi as the square goes quiet after dark.

Rooftop near Guhya Pokhari with big views and very good dal - a calm place to end the evening.

Once the day-trippers leave around 5pm the old city is yours. Wander the brick alleys between lamplit shrines.