Varanasi on foot.

Walks

Varanasi old city, a neighbourhood behind the ghats

Before the City Stirs

A morning walk through Varanasi

An early walk through a Varanasi neighbourhood as it opens its shutters, with a few breakfast tastings along the way and a guide who knows the lanes.

Walks

Varanasi riverfront ghats

Along the Ghats

A guided walk along the Varanasi riverfront, reading the ghats step by step: the palaces, temples and daily rituals that line the Ganga.

Walks

Varanasi old city markets, around the Chowk and the temple lanes

Lanes, Markets and Makers

A guided walk through the trading lanes of old Varanasi, from brass and puja stalls to craft workshops, with the stories of what is made and sold here.

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Varanasi old city, lanes and shrines near the Kashi Vishwanath Dham

Sacred Kashi Walk

A guided walk through the lanes and shrines of old Kashi, explaining the beliefs, rituals and etiquette behind them, and where darshan begins and this walk ends.

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Varanasi old city, including Kabir Chaura

Kabir in the Lanes

A guided exploration of Kabir's words and legacy

A guided exploration of Kabir, the fifteenth-century weaver-poet of Banaras, through his verses, the weaving world he came from and places with a documented link to him.

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Varanasi old city and riverfront

Between the Lines of Banaras

A literary walk through the city

A literary walk through Banaras with a storyteller guide, reading the writers who lived here or wrote about the city, at places where the association is verified.

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Varanasi, with selected places of worship across the city

Faiths of Kashi

A respectful exploration of the many traditions that share Kashi, from Hindu and Jain to Buddhist, Sikh and Muslim, with a guide and access agreed in advance.