Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelGanges View Varanasi
Its as busy as they say..
As previously mentioned we flew from Delhi to Varanasi and arrived to a humid 31 degrees and it was only 11am. It took an hour to get from the airport to our hotel due to the traffic on the roads despite it only being a 30km away. Our hotel was situated right on the banks of the Ganges River in the old village and the view from the balcony just …
Vapours in Varanasi....not
We should have been on the river for sunrise but were 1/2 hour late (no surprise there then), but it was still good. We watched as pilgrims did their morning abolutions and prayers (puja) on the steps of the ghats. This again did not feel as voyeuristic as it sounds as many people waved to us and some even swam about the boat smiling. We …
Exploring the ghats on the Ganges River, Varanasi
Friday 28 October Varanasi
All hell breaks loose at about 5 AM - drums, bells and chanting, which is impossible to sleep through, so we get up to look at the dawn over the Ganges.
Varanasi is one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities, and is one of Hinduism's seven holy cities. Pilgrims come to the ghats lining the …
There's a rat on the train!
While Fraser and I were sharing a bed on the train we saw a rat running down the aisle. No one seemed to think this was a problem. It even ran past the train guard. Varanasi was very hot but we got a lovely room overlooking the Ganges that had AC. That night we walked up the river for a bit, then had dinner and straight to bed. I feel I haven't …
Varanasi - Somebody Get Me Out of Here!
I finally fell asleep in my VERY uncomfortable berth only to be awakened around 3:00 a.m. by grandpa, father and daughter preparing to leave. On the one hand this was a pain for me because they chattered incessantly, moved luggage about and put all the lights on. On the other hand, it meant that I would have the berth all to myself for the …


