Find Your Perfect Stay in Varanasi

Use the search bar on our homepage or visit /rooms to browse all stays. You can filter by stay type (hotel or homestay/B&B), area (Assi Ghat, Dashashwamedh, Lanka/BHU, Sarnath, Godowlia, Cantonment, Sigra, Maldahiya), price range, and amenities. Click the Compare checkbox on any stay you like — you can compare up to 3 side-by-side on price, amenities, location, and ratings.

Create a free account at /register with your name, email, phone, and password. Once logged in, go to your dashboard and click List New Property. Choose stay type (Hotel or Homestay / B&B) and fill in the details — name, price per night, location, address, description, photos, and amenities. Submit for review. Our team approves listings within 24-48 hours, after which they go live.

Yes — listing your hotel or homestay on StayInVaranasi is completely free. There are no listing fees, no monthly subscription, and no commission on bookings made through our platform. We do not charge hosts to be discovered.

For spiritual pilgrims, the best areas to stay are Dashashwamedh (closest to the main Ganga Aarti and Kashi Vishwanath Temple), Assi Ghat (popular for morning yoga and quieter atmosphere), and Godowlia (the busy old-city center near Vishwanath Gali). Hotels and homestays in these areas typically range from ₹500 to ₹5,000 per night depending on view and amenities.

Hotels and homestays near Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are concentrated in the Lanka commercial belt at the BHU main gate. They cater to parents visiting students, academic visitors, and travellers wanting easy access to Sankat Mochan Temple and Assi Ghat. Filter our /rooms page by the Lanka/BHU location to see available options. Nightly rates typically range from ₹600 to ₹3,500.

A hotel listing is a professionally-run property with reception, room service, and standard hotel amenities. A homestay / B&B is a family-run property where you stay in a private room within (or attached to) the residence of a local host — typically with home-cooked meals, a more personal welcome, and hosts who can recommend things to do. Both are verified before going live; pick the one that matches the kind of experience you want.

StayInVaranasi specialises only in Varanasi accommodation, so we cover local properties — small family-run hotels, heritage haveli stays, boutique riverside hotels, and homestays / B&Bs — that the big OTAs often miss. Our side-by-side comparison tool lets you evaluate up to 3 stays on a single screen — pricing, amenities, location, ratings — without flipping between tabs. We also aggregate live prices from Airbnb and Booking.com via /live so you can cross-check before booking.

Godowlia is the closest major locality to Kashi Vishwanath Temple — about 5 minutes walk through the narrow Vishwanath Gali. Dashashwamedh Ghat is the next closest, roughly 10 minutes walk. Both areas offer hotels and homestays across all budgets — heritage, mid-range, and budget. The immediate temple corridor is restricted to pedestrians, so vehicles cannot reach hotels directly.