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 ₹4,000 a night. See the rooms.

Guests

1 night · Book direct for the best rate — we confirm on WhatsApp within the hour.

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 at Hotel Vagmi — king bed with deep-red velvet headboard, hand-folded towel swans, warm cove lighting
Deluxe room window alcove with reading chair and rose-brown curtains, daylight over the sitting ledge

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 4,000 / night

Deluxe Twin room at Hotel Vagmi — two single beds with crimson runners and towel swans
Deluxe Twin room with writing desk, mirror and both beds made up in Banarasi-patterned spreads

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 4,000 / night

Executive room at Hotel Vagmi — king bed beneath a large Banarasi painting, tiled wainscot and window alcove
Executive room picture window with the Vagmi facade sign visible outside, bed dressed in red and white

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 4,900 / night

Mini Suite bedroom at Hotel Vagmi — spacious king room with Banarasi art, bright window and marble floor
Mini Suite sitting room with a deep-red sofa, glass table and warm cove lighting

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.
Beeru · Recent guest

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, Shyam Nagar Colony, Central Jail 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

1 night · Book direct for the best rate — we confirm on WhatsApp within the hour.

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