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Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Best for spiritual seekers and lovers of the intense

There are few places as beguiling, challenging and potentially


perspective-changing as the sacred Hindu city of Varanasi.
Millennia-old death rituals play out daily at the string of burning
cremation ghats that line the bank of the sacred Ganges, while the
bewildering maze of nearby old-town alleys reveals further dizzying
surprises at every turn.

This is one place where you are guaranteed to come face to face with
the hard-edged realities of life and death. Take a deep breath, join the
yogis – and throw yourself in at the deep end.

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But there’s more to the former Mughal capital than the Taj. Add on a
couple of days and visit the architecturally stunning tomb of Emperor
Akbar, his rose-red sandstone former capital at Fatehpur Sikri and the
sprawling Agra Fort, one of India’s most epic.

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