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Palace on Ganges

3.0 star property

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Terrace/patio
Deluxe Room | Bathroom | Free toiletries, hair dryer, slippers, towels
Library
TV
Minibar, in-room safe, individually decorated, desk

Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Spa
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Restaurant
  • Air-conditioning
  • Breakfast available
  • Parking available

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B-1/158, Assighat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221001
  • Place, Assi Ghat
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Tulsi Ghat
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Place, Hanuman Ghat
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Airport, Varanasi (VNS-Lal Bahadur Shastri)
    ‪38 min drive‬

Room options

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Minibar, in-room safe, individually decorated, desk

Deluxe Room

  • 16 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

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Minibar, in-room safe, individually decorated, desk

Basic Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

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  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Restaurant
  • Air-conditioning
3.7 out of 5, Good, 39 reviews
The price is CHF 34
includes taxes & fees
29 Jun - 30 Jun
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About this property

Palace on Ganges

A full-service spa, a restaurant and a bar/lounge are available at this hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, 24-hour room service, a business centre and conference space are on-site.
Palace on Ganges offers 42 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and a safe. Each accommodation is individually decorated. Cable televisions are provided. Bathrooms include slippers, complimentary toiletries, hairdryers and toothbrushes and toothpaste.

Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and telephones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottles of water and a ceiling fan. Housekeeping is offered on a daily basis and hairdryers can be requested.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa. Services include massages.
During your stay at Palace on Ganges, you're just a quick walk from Assi Ghat. You'll find features such as free WiFi in public areas, plus a full-service spa and a restaurant.
  • Free WiFi
  • Grab something to eat at the restaurant or stop for a drink at the bar/lounge
  • Buffet breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Self-parking available for a fee
  • Indulge with massages at the spa
  • Services include dry cleaning/laundry, a concierge and tour or ticket assistance
  • On-site recreation includes bicycles to rent
  • Steps from Assi Ghat and 3 minutes on foot from Tulsi Ghat
Palace on Ganges offers its guests a full-service spa. There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces.

Business amenities include a business centre and a meeting room. Event space at this hotel measures 215 square feet (20 square metres) and includes conference space. A library, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance are also featured at the business-friendly Palace on Ganges. For a fee, parking is available.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 3-star Varanasi hotel.

For a fee, guests can enjoy a buffet breakfast daily from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM.
On-site venue – restaurant.
24-hour room service is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Uncovered parking on site (INR 400 per day)
  • Limited on-site self parking

Food and drink

  • Daily buffet breakfast available 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee: INR 300 for adults and INR 300 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals
  • Full-service spa
  • Library

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Lockers
  • Luggage storage
  • Newspapers in lobby
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • 215 square feet of conference space
  • Business centre
  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Full-service spa

  • Massage

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Slippers
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Desk
  • Individual decor
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: noon; check-in end time: 2 PM
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
To register at this property, guests who are Indian citizens must provide a valid photo identity card issued by the Government of India; travelers who are not citizens of India must present a valid passport and visa.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed at Palace on Ganges

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available for INR 1500.0 per day.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: from approximately INR 300 for adults and from INR 300 for children
  • Uncovered self-parking fee: INR 400 per day
  • Rollaway bed fee: INR 1500.0 per day

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a smoke detector
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

We should mention

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed on site.

Property is also known as

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Palace on Ganges Reviews

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 12 out of 52 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 52 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 17 out of 52 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 52 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 52 reviews

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Salil kumar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing experience !
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

naina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a great place to stay next to Ganges river. The staff is so polite and respectful. Food is amazing. The outdoor restaurant is my favorite. You can walk to the Aarti and to all the ghats.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Verified

6/10 Okay

Rishi

This property was well located but the rooms were not as clean as I would like, there is lots of dust and because they are renovating there was a paint smell. Breakfast area is quite poor and needs to be renovated , the food was great from the kitchen and the staff friendly
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Arindam

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was a dungeon. We could not unpack the suitcases as it was crammed. No place to take a shower. Refer room # 301
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2026
Verified

8/10 Good

Ramesh

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Wonderful staff and convenient to all places close but cannot get into hotel in the evening as road blocked off by police, they need to fix it as very inconvenient to guests arriving in the evenings to carry in baggage
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Ajay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotels in a good location. Food was excellent. Room had no window. Only one power point in the room. WiFi was variable and needed to be reactivated every time you went out.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025
Verified

6/10 Okay

Vijoy Kumar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Rooms were noisy from outside till 2.00AM Room service was good. Hotel is in place a big car like Toyota entigra(Indian) can’t go in street. No parking place.hot water was lukewarm. Toilet and bathroom very tight, difficult to even brush. Aircondition control not working it was fixed at 25C
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2026
Verified

4/10 Poor

ANA

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dont book here. A well located hotel but a dissapoinent. Team not prepares, not clean, service not good.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Verified

4/10 Poor

Machiel

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was being painted inside resulting in the room smelling like chemicals. The internet was terribly slow and kept disconnecting. The aircon is old and noisy. The floors were quite dirty. Rest of the room was perfect
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

yulenia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Mi estancia fue de dos la comida del restaurante de la terraza fue espectacular y la atención de los muchachos muy buena
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great Location!

The location is great, right on the Assi Ghat with great morning sunrises and evening prayer ceremonies. The stay was comfortable, the staff was friendly, and the food was good and affordable.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
It was in a great location but unfortunately most of the staff were not attentive to details nor did they action any request that you made. 2 gentlemen who were probably managers were good.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

T.B.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean and neat hotel , the rooms are too small for three adults but worth the effort. Everyone is wouderflly polite and helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Basic, quiet, reasonably convenient but overpriced

Does the job of providing a clean bed and place to rest in an easily accessible location. However, the circuit breaker to the room power tripped twice in two days. Compared to the general cost of living, it is overpriced.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Verified

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness

Good Location, Not too pleasant.

No window in the rooms. Nice rooftop but breakfast is served in the 'restaurant' on the ground floor which is a bit dark. Found small cockroaches in the bathroom. Location is very good because Assi ghat is one of the few ghats in Varanasi that can be reached with cars and auto rickshaws. Boat ride we booked through the hotel was okay, but it ended with our boat being tied to a motored boat because the boat driver didn't want to paddle the way back, which exposed us to constant smoke from the back of the motored boat. Recommend booking boatrides elsewhere with lower prices.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019
Verified

6/10 Okay

RICARD

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Varanasi 100%

Zona optima pata descubrir varanasi Evitar primer nivel de habitacion al ser hab interiores. La suite es antigua pero con vistas impresionantes. La hab exterior es correcta aunque vista exterior relativa .. comida muy buena . Personal muy agrafable y servicial
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Verified

6/10 Okay

Uno

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort

Good basic hotel at the Ganges river

It's a bit difficult to rate this hotel. The hotel is small, rather old, very basic, my room smelled moldy/musty (for the first 2-3 minutes when I entered the room), restaurant on top of building is very basic but the food was delicious (and it didn't ruin my sensitive stomach). My room window was facing a wall (1 meter away) which was not super but also not a big problem. Hotel is located 200 meters from Assi Ghat and the river. Location is very nice although quite a walk (1-2 miles) from the more interesting Ghat's. I did enjoy the walks along the river so it was not an issue. Area and surroundings seem safe and I didn't have any issues whatsoever. Wifi was ok but not great. At times I was able to stream a bit of Youtube .. I could not see the river from the hotel. Service level was in general ok. Some of the people working there were eager to assist - others couldn't be bothered. Compared to a 5-star hotel in New Delhi the hotel is rather bad but compared to the rest of Varanasi the hotel was actually quite good. I enjoyed my stay there and would recommend it to anybody. There was a lot of other foreigners staying in the hotel during my stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018
Verified

6/10 Okay

Lou

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Service good. Property ok. And that’s all I have to say about that.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018
Verified

6/10 Okay

Rachel

Basic

The hotel is v. basic; no frills or fanciness here, though it is a step up from a hostel. There is free wifi for up to 2 users per room and the staff are generally agreeable. The restaurant is just so-so. It's on the rooftop (which isn't all that pretty) and we got eaten alive by mosquitos in the evening. The location is great; it's right near Assi Ghat, which is the neighborhood I recommend staying in, as it's much quieter and cleaner than the Main Ghat. I recommend going to morning aarti on Assi Ghat; it is v. serene and beautiful. My main disappointment comes from the fact that we paid a similar room rate in Delhi, Jaipur, Chennai, and Mumbai for 5-star, luxury hotels. But that's also because we were here during Holi. I would actually recommend staying at the adjacent Hotel Ganges, as they have a lovely rooftop area and much more attentive staff. (We visited Hotel Ganges for breakfast and to watch the Holi festivities from their rooftop, as it was much closer to the action.)
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018
Verified

4/10 Poor

Vicki

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Location, Location, Location

The location of the hotel was excellent, but that's where the compliments stop. For the price paid the hotel was poorly furnished, not real clean and staff were always less than helpful. We stayed there for 3 nights and was able to access the Ganges as much as we liked, however, the hotel was not a good standard for the $$$'s paid.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018
Verified

6/10 Okay

Anand

Location is excellent if you wish to stay close to the Ganga river. Otherwise is hotel is not worth the money you pay.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort

Below average quality, high premium for location

The best part of this place is the location, bang on Assi ghat. The rooms are small and very average in terms of decor, cleanliness and comfort. The walls are paper thin and one can hear everything from outside, upstairs and flush in the room next door. The room flush makes huge noise, there is no place to keep your soap/ shampoo when you take a shower, the shower stream is pathetic. We asked for wi-fi, got the code after 30 mins and it did not work. The food was sad - low on salt and spices, stuffed paratha had no stuffing, breakfast was minimal variety. Stay here for max 1 night, if you want to attend the morning aarti at Assi and plan to be outside the room most of the time.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
Verified

4/10 Poor

Aniloqui

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Seriously overpriced

Emailed the hotel and asked for an airport pick up. Was confirmed and reassured twice that a car was going to be there to pick up us with a sign. Arrived at the airport and none was there. Called the hotel, none picked up the phone. On arrival at the hotel I mentioned to the receptionists none came to pick up us from the airport, they looked at me and continued with the booking. No apology offered, no comments said. We booked a double bed room, we were given two separated beds in the underground floor. Then we were moved to another bed room but the bedclothes where not changed from the previous couple so when I discovered this at night I went with my pillow, which was still wet, and asked the receptionist for a change. He just went to an empty room and picked up a pillow and put the dirty one on the other bed, so the next people can also enjoy it, I guess. The rooms on the floor -1 are the worse ones as no air circulates and breathing is almost impossible. For the second night we were moved to the last room available on the first floor which improved the air circulation. No hot water Breakfast wasn't good. Food restaurant was ok.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Had a comfortable stay. Hotel employees are willing to help
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2017
Verified

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Great location, mediocre hotel

Great location. Not so polite at desk. Internet included only means one device.