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Garden of Dreams

Heritage & palacePahad1 min read

Also known as: Swapna Bagaicha · स्वप्न बगैंचा

Garden of Dreams
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
A restored neo-classical Rana garden of the 1920s, a calm green refuge on the edge of Thamel.

Field Marshal Kaiser Shumsher Rana built this European-style garden in the 1920s beside his palace, with pavilions for the six seasons, fountains, pergolas and urns. After decades of neglect it was restored with Austrian help and reopened in 2007.

Today it is a peaceful place to read on the lawns or have coffee, just steps from the traffic of Kantipath. The Kaiser Library in the adjoining palace holds a remarkable collection of old books.