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Kantipur Temple House Hotel – our eco-hotel constructed and decorated with traditional methods and fabrics

This eco-hotel in the heart of Kathmandu was built in the style of a typical Newari temple, using traditional architectural and building techniques. Nearby are beautifully decorated temples and street shrines. In recent years, however, these beautiful structures have been dominated by high concrete buildings.

The hotel has 48 rooms, all elegantly furnished in traditional style with simple, modern amenities (excluding televisions and lifts). The use of plastic has been carefully avoided and the general code of ethics for houseguests is to "conserve" rather than to "waste". There are small signs which hint at keeping the tap water closed, not to flush toilets too often, switch "off" lights when going out of rooms and encouraging guests to use cotton or paper bags for shopping. Guests are requested not to buy plastic mineral bottles but instead to fill reusable bottles with water provided by the hotel. None of these policies infringe on the level of quality guests receive from the staff at Kantipur Temple House Hotel.



Kantipur Temple House Hotel is an example to many entrepreneurs and property developers in Nepal that structure and decor can be artistically designed and built and be compatible with commercial success. A successful business venture need not destroy the cultural values and soul of a nation.