Things to do in Banaras
Spiritual / Cultural
Ghats Walk
Banaras
Walk the 84 ghats (stone-stepped riverbanks) of Varanasi stretching 6.5 km along the Ganges — each with a distinct character: Assi Ghat (yoga and chai hub), Dashashwamedh (the main aarti ghat), Manikarnika and Harishchandra (the sacred cremation ghats), Scindia Ghat (partially submerged temple), and the quieter upstream ghats.
2–4 hoursFreeSunrise (5:00–8:00 AM)
Pro tip from your tour advisor
The dawn walk from Assi Ghat northward to Raj Ghat is Varanasi's most profound experience — pilgrims bathing, priests praying, bodies being cremated, and the sun rising over the river is a powerful panorama of life and death in concentrated form.