Weekend getaways from Varanasi by car

Weekend Getaways from Varanasi by Car

Seven places worth a night from Varanasi, priced as a return journey with a chauffeur.

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7 destinations 6 two-day trips 1 need three days Chauffeur-driven, fare fixed before travel

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Where can you go for a weekend from Varanasi?

7 destinations from Varanasi are worth a night, 125 to 405 km away by road. The closest is Prayagraj at 125 km, about 2.5 hours of driving, with the return journey from ₹5,940 in a sedan. 6 work as a two-day weekend; one needs a third day because the drive is too long to justify a single night — the longest being Khajuraho at 405 km.

Destinations
7
Two-day weekends
6 of 7
Nearest
Prayagraj — 125 km
Furthest
Khajuraho — 405 km
Return fare from
₹5,940
Need three days
1 of 7

Fares are the full return journey with a chauffeur, from the published round-trip rate card. Fuel, the driver and GST are included; tolls, parking, state permits and the driver's night allowance are charged at actuals.

Planning a weekend out of Varanasi

Varanasi is at the eastern end of our service area, and the weekends from it run west along the Ganga and north toward the Nepal border. The Purvanchal expressway has made the Lucknow direction considerably faster than it was.

The day-trip page covers Sarnath, Ramnagar, Chunar and the places inside an easy return. This page is for the trips a night makes possible — the other river cities, the Buddhist circuit sites, and the two places where being there at dawn is the entire point.

Return fares come from the published round-trip rate card rather than being quoted by hand.

7 weekend trips from Varanasi, nearest first

Every fare below is the full return journey with a chauffeur, computed from the published round-trip rate card. Fuel, the driver and GST are included; tolls, parking and any state permit are charged at actuals.

Varanasi to Prayagraj

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
125 km
Driving time
2.5 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

The Triveni Sangam where the Ganga and Yamuna meet with visibly different water, Akbar's fort above it, Anand Bhavan, and the Mughal tombs at Khusro Bagh.

How the weekend runs

Two and a half hours on the expressway. The sangam boat is a sunrise trip — the two rivers' colours show clearly in early light and not at midday. Anand Bhavan and Khusro Bagh on Saturday afternoon.

Best season: Oct-Mar; Magh Mela in Jan-Feb 600 km billedRoute details

Varanasi to Bodh Gaya

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
250 km
Driving time
5 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

The Mahabodhi temple and the Bodhi tree under which the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment, with the monasteries built around it by a dozen Buddhist countries, each in its own national style.

How the weekend runs

Five hours east. The Mahabodhi compound is at its best between five and seven in the morning when the chanting starts and the day's crowds have not arrived. That is the whole case for the night.

Best season: Oct-Mar 600 km billedRoute details

Varanasi to Ayodhya

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
200 km
Driving time
4 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

The Ram Janmabhoomi complex, Hanuman Garhi, Kanak Bhawan, and the Saryu ghats where the evening aarti takes place.

How the weekend runs

Four hours. Security queues at the main complex take real time and the Saryu aarti is at dusk, so the night lets you take the ghats in the evening and the temple early on Sunday.

Best season: Oct-Mar 600 km billedRoute details

Varanasi to Lucknow

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
320 km
Driving time
5 hours
Sedan, return
₹6,336
SUV, return
₹8,064

The Bara Imambara with its labyrinth, the Chota Imambara, the Residency ruins, Hazratganj in the evening, and the Awadhi food that is the real reason most people come.

How the weekend runs

Five hours on the Purvanchal expressway. The Residency is best in early light and the city's food is an evening business, which makes a night the sensible shape rather than a rushed afternoon.

Best season: Oct-Mar 640 km billedRoute details

Varanasi to Chitrakoot

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
230 km
Driving time
4.5 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

Ramghat on the Mandakini, the five-kilometre Kamadgiri hill circuit walked barefoot, the Gupt Godavari caves, and the Hanuman Dhara cliff spring.

How the weekend runs

Four and a half hours. The Kamadgiri parikrama wants an early start before the stone heats and the Mandakini aarti is at dusk — one night covers both, with the caves between them.

Best season: Oct-Mar 600 km billed

Varanasi to Shravasti

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
300 km
Driving time
6 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

The Jetavana monastery where the Buddha is said to have spent twenty-four rainy seasons, the Anathapindika stupa, and the Sahet-Mahet excavations — all of it usually almost empty.

How the weekend runs

Six hours north-west. Shravasti is a place to sit rather than tour, and it is at its best early and late when the light is low across the excavation mounds. One night, taken slowly.

Best season: Oct-Mar 600 km billed

Varanasi to Khajuraho

2 nights · 3 days
Distance one way
405 km
Driving time
7.5 hours
Sedan, return
₹8,019
SUV, return
₹10,206

The western temple group centred on the Kandariya Mahadeva, with the eastern and southern groups that most visitors skip, and the evening sound-and-light show.

How the weekend runs

Seven and a half hours. Three days. The temples want a full unhurried day and the drive is too long to bookend a single night with — Prayagraj breaks the return journey well.

Best season: Oct-Mar 810 km billed

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