My (then) husband and I will be in Kathmandu for a few days prior to the start of an overland Nepal - Tibet (via base camp) trip as part of our honeymoon. The Crowne Plaza seemed to be a bit away from the action when we looked online. We booked the top rated hotel from tripadvisor - Hotel Courtyard - which seems to be in a good location.

As we have to give up our passports for these few days while the tour agency obtains our visas for entry into Tibet and onward into mainlaind China, we are looking for suggestions of off-the-beaten-path-FT-approved places to visit / restaurants not to miss, etc within Kathmandu itself. Our official tour begins in Kathmandu on the 10th, and I assume they'll take us to some of the biggies - like Durbar Square, etc. So stuff not in our guidebooks!

We'll be there May 8-10, 2011, if that helps.