🪔 Trova guide · Uttar Pradesh

Varanasi in 3 days.

sunrise boat ride, Ganga aarti done right, the old-city food trail and a Sarnath half-day.

Best time

Oct – Mar

Rough budget

₹8–18k / person*

Getting there

Direct flights from metros

The one must-do

Sunrise boat on the Ganga

*Typical mid-range cost — season and booking timing move this a lot.

The plan

Day by day.

Ghats at dawn

Sunrise rowing boat from Assi to Manikarnika — the definitive Varanasi experience; walk back along the ghats, kachori-jalebi breakfast in the lanes.

Old city & aarti

Kashi Vishwanath corridor, silk-weaving quarter, evening Ganga aarti at Dashashwamedh — take a boat-side view seat or arrive very early.

Sarnath & food trail

Half-day at Sarnath where Buddha first taught, then the food finale: tamatar chaat, malaiyo (winter), thandai and Banarasi paan.

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Where to stay: A ghat-side heritage guesthouse between Assi and Dashashwamedh — waking to the river is the point.

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Local tip: Fix boat prices before boarding (shared sunrise rows are cheap; private negotiable). The lanes eat Google Maps — navigate by asking, it's part of it.

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