The Kathmandu Valley is the Himalayan locale most often visited by foreign tourists, receiving more than half a million visitors per year. Here is the perfect guide to Kathmandu and environs for anyone who has visited—or ever dreamed of visiting—this spectacular valley, where the ancient and the modern live so inescapably side by side. The 160 color photographs include temples and holy sites, lush landscapes, diverse ethnic groups, architecture, ritual, art, and scenes from everyday life.