The lobby of Hotel Vagmi, Varanasi — frosted glass doors and a golden jaali screen

Hotel Vagmi · Shivpur, Varanasiवाग्मी

Banaras speaks.
We listen.

Quiet rooms, brass light, the ghats a short drive away — from ₹2,500 a night. See the rooms.

Guests

1 night · Book direct for the best rate.

Welcome

वाग्मी means the eloquent one.

The name is a promise. A hotel that speaks in small gestures — gold jaali light across the lobby marble, rooms kept simple and genuinely quiet, tea that arrives before you ask twice. Shivpur is the residential side of Varanasi: the river is a short drive, the noise is not.

Check-in
12:00 PM
Check-out
11:00 AM
Travel desk
Boats, Sarnath, temple darshan
Dining
Flavours, on the ground floor
Reception at Hotel Vagmi — a staff member welcoming guests at the brass-lit front desk
A laid table at Flavours against the living green wall
Free Wi-FiTravel desk24/7 in-room diningLiftDaily housekeepingTea & coffee makers

The rooms

Four ways to stay.

Every room photographed as it is — nothing staged that isn’t there when you arrive.

Deluxe room king bed beside the corner picture window, the Vagmi facade sign visible through the glass
Deluxe room with crimson velvet headboard and towel swans, morning light through the street-side window

1 King · sleeps 2

Deluxe

The room most guests begin with — a king bed under warm cove light, wood the colour of tea, and everything within reach.

  • Air conditioning
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • LED TV
  • Tea / coffee maker
  • Granite bathroom, variable-pressure shower
  • Natural herbal toiletries
  • Workstation with plug points
  • City views, floors 1–3
  • Hair dryer
  • Mini bar (chargeable)
  • Daily newspaper
  • Iron & board on request
See the deluxe

from 2,500 / night

Deluxe Twin room, both single beds dressed in red Banarasi runners with hand-folded towel swans
Deluxe Twin room at Hotel Vagmi — two single beds with crimson runners and towel swans

2 Twin · sleeps 2

Deluxe Twin

Two proper beds, one calm room. For friends, colleagues, and family who like their own blanket.

  • Air conditioning
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • LED TV
  • Tea / coffee maker
  • Granite bathroom, variable-pressure shower
  • Natural herbal toiletries
  • Workstation with plug points
  • City views, floors 1–3
  • Hair dryer
  • Mini bar (chargeable)
  • Daily newspaper
  • Iron & board on request
See the deluxe twin

from 2,500 / night

Executive room at Hotel Vagmi — king bed with deep-red velvet headboard, entry hall and wardrobe in warm wood
Executive room with a large Banarasi painting over the tiled wainscot and a raised window alcove with reading chair

1 King · sleeps 2

Executive

More floor, more light, a Banarasi painting over the bed and a window seat for the phone calls you actually want to take.

  • Air conditioning
  • Blackout curtains
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • LED TV
  • Tea / coffee maker
  • Natural herbal toiletries
  • Work desk with plug points
  • Hair dryer
  • Mini bar (chargeable)
  • Daily newspaper
  • In-room dining, 24 hours
  • Iron & board on request
See the executive

from 4,500 / night

Mini Suite at Hotel Vagmi — warm wooden flooring, beds dressed in dark brocade runners, desk and wall-mounted TV
Mini Suite bedroom — spacious room with Banarasi art, bright window and marble floor

1 King · sleeps 3

Mini Suite

The largest key we keep — a full sitting room with a wine-red sofa, then the bedroom beyond. Made for slow mornings.

  • Air conditioning
  • Separate sitting room
  • Warm wooden flooring
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • LED TV
  • Tea / coffee maker
  • Natural herbal toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Mini bar (chargeable)
  • Daily newspaper
  • In-room dining, 24 hours
  • Iron & board on request
See the mini suite

from 5,000 / night

The restaurant

Flavours.

Flavours Multi Cuisine Restaurant — under the carved ceiling on the ground floor. A multi-cuisine kitchen, a living green wall, and in-room dining, 24 hours.

Kitchen
Multi-cuisine
In-room dining
24 hours
Find it
Ground floor

The city

One day in Banaras.

The front desk will arrange every leg of it — the dawn boat, the aarti seats, the Sarnath cab. Distances from the hotel: Kashi Vishwanath Temple 8 km · Dashashwamedh Ghat 8 km · Sarnath 9 km.

Hotel Vagmi lit at dusk — the glass frontage and the restaurant glowing within.

05:45

Leave before the light

The travel desk has the cab waiting. Banaras is best met at dawn.

Hotel Vagmi

A lane in old Varanasi, a lone figure walking toward the market lights with a brass water-pot.

06:10

The waking streets

A city waking up — chai stoves, temple bells, and bicycles.

Varanasi

The ghats of Varanasi at golden hour, wooden boats moored along the steps.

06:45

First light on the Ganga

A boat from Assi, drifting north as the fog lifts off the water.

Varanasi

The Dhamek Stupa at Sarnath rising over the excavated brick ruins.

11:00

Sarnath

A short drive north-east — the stupa, the museum, the quiet.

Varanasi

Ganga aarti in Varanasi, a priest raising a tiered brass lamp of flames into the night.

19:00

Ganga aarti

Dashashwamedh at full voice — bells, camphor, a wall of flame.

Varanasi

A Hotel Vagmi guest room — warm wood and a made bed by a bright window.

21:30

Return to quiet

Dinner at Flavours, then the room. Banaras moves; you do not have to.

Hotel Vagmi

From the hotel

  • Kashi Vishwanath Temple8km
  • Dashashwamedh Ghat8km
  • Sarnath9km
  • Varanasi Junction Railway5km
  • LBS International Airport20km

Tell us the night before, and it is arranged by morning.

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From recent guests

Excellent hotel with excellent location, extremely clean and comfortable stay. Would definitely recommend this hotel to everybody.
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Getting here

Between the airport and the river.

By air
LBS International Airport is about 20 km up the Babatpur road. The travel desk arranges pickups; tell us your flight the day before.
By rail
Varanasi Junction (Cantt) is about 5 km. Prepaid autos and cabs reach Shivpur in 15–20 minutes.
To the river
Dashashwamedh Ghat is about 8 km. Leave early for first light on the water; we will book the boat.
  • Distances from the hotel

  • Kashi Vishwanath Temple8km
  • Dashashwamedh Ghat8km
  • Sarnath9km
  • Varanasi Junction Railway5km
  • LBS International Airport20km

S-1/35-42-S, Shyam Nagar Colony, Central Jail Road, Club Road, Shivpur, Varanasi 221002

Good to know

The practical answers.

Everything guests usually call to ask — in one place. Anything else, the front desk answers around the clock.

Across the hotel

  • Free Wi-Fi throughout
  • Flavours Multi Cuisine Restaurant
  • In-room dining, 24 hours
  • Travel desk
  • Lift
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Air-conditioned rooms
  • Natural herbal toiletries
  • Iron & board on request
  • Extra bed on request (chargeable)

House policies

Check-in · check-out
12:00 PM in, 11:00 AM out. Early arrival or late departure needs advance notice.
ID at check-in
Government-issued photo ID required. Passport mandatory for international guests.
Late check-out
Subject to availability, and may carry a charge.
Extra bed / mattress
Available on request, chargeable.
Special requests
Subject to availability; charges may apply.

Reserve

Tell us when.

Dates in, answer out — or a person from the front desk on WhatsApp, usually within the hour.

Guests

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