We enjoyed our tour here. Firstly leave your bags at your hotel and come with the bare minimum. No cameras or phones are allowed. The palace itself is a glorious homage to the 70s. There's not a pastel they didn't decorate with. The throne room is amazing and the crown jewels jaw-dropping. The cars were interesting, especially one gifted by Hitler and the carriage gifted by the late HMQE2. The self-guided tour moved to slightly ridiculous at the "massacre site". Bullet holes. Signs indicating "this is where CP xyz was found" were...odd. and oddly humorous. Overall, an interesting couple of hours if you have done the major Kathmandu sightseeing already. An easy walk from Thamel.

This palace museum was the former residence of the king of Nepal, but is now marginal property ever since the mandatory was abolished. The complex has two main buildings set within impressive gardens. The main building is the palace of the king. The most impressive rooms are the Indian Durbar style reception hall and the throne room. The latter has an impressive silver throne, while the room is styled like a Hindu temple filled with images of Durga. The curved support columns are especially interesting. The second building is the Shree Sadan, which was the palace of the crown prince. This palace exterior was built in a mixture of Nepal and Chinese architecture. The rooms are not as impressive or luxurious as this is the king's palace. I thought the most impressive parts of the building were the stylised bronze sculptures of light ns at the front entrance as well as the wooden frames incised with relief. Note that non-Nepali and non-SAARC visitors have to pay a much higher entrance fee. Mobile phones and cameras are also not permitted. These have to be left at the counter. It's a shame because the collection of sculptures were most impressive.

I enjoyed my tour during Nepal visit. The only main thing I missed was Shree Sadan because I could not find the way there. I regret so much not visiting the private place of Late King family. I will visit again next time during my visit.