Best Hotels with Activities in Varanasi

Varanasi is one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, built along a curve of the Ganges lined with ghats where pilgrims bathe at sunrise and the Ganga Aarti draws crowds every evening at Dasaswamedh Ghat. Families visiting with kids should expect narrow, crowded lanes in the old city near Kashi Vishwanath Temple, boat traffic on the river, and a climate that runs hot and dry from March through June. Hotel choices for families cluster mainly around family rooms rather than resort-style kids' facilities: swimming pools and dedicated play areas are rare, found at only a handful of the properties covered in this guide, so most family time here happens on the ghats and in the old city rather than at the hotel itself.