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Western woman on a boat exploring the River Ganges
09/05/2023

A Day at ITH Varanasi

International Travellers’ Hostel (ITH) In 2013, ITH became the first backpacker hostel in northern India. They started this journey with humble means, and now, after many sleepless nights and even more aspiring days, they have decided to go global. ITH-Varanasi, …

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Coronavirus Graphic
02/02/2022

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) News

Reservations are currently OPEN (updated: 13.09.2022) Update: We’re continually monitoring the situation with COVID-19. Our hostel in Varanasi, like always, is being maintained with the highest levels of hygiene and cleanliness for your safety and comfort. Original post: Varanasi went …

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Staycation to Nirvana India Siddhnath Ki Dari Waterfall
30/05/2019

Staycation to Nirvana

So we’re talking about staycation. I’ll come to that in a bit. We’ll take a little detour first. Read through. Do you think I was born to remain in one spot? Grounded like a tree? I didn’t think so either. …

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Advantages of Staying in Hostels Guests Chilling in Common Room
09/04/2019

Advantages of Staying in Hostels

Backpackers’ hostels have come a long way from what used to be just places of cheap lodging to save money. Hostels are made for travellers, often by other travellers. Today’s hostels are more synonymous with a lifestyle. Our friends over …

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Premium Vegan & Cruelty-free Toiletries at Varanasi Hostel
18/08/2018

Vegan and Cruelty-Free Toiletries

Delivering the best of hostelling experience has been our motto since the beginning. We are excited to announce the introduction of cruelty-free vegan toiletries to our amenities’ set. Our private room guests will be provided with a free premium set. …

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Vegan & Vegetarian Breakfast & Meals at Varanasi Hostel
07/10/2017

Vegetarian/Vegan Breakfast at ITH

Since the very beginning we have considered, reconsidered, and then each time dropped the idea of free buffet-style breakfast. Instead we choose to serve homemade food that is made to order. This ensures that at ITH you always receive high-quality …

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Ashish Verma Childhood Photo with His Father Raj Kamal Verma
15/09/2015

International Paying Guest House

Where today stands the International Travellers’ Hostel (ITH Cantt), once stood the International ‘Paying Guest House’. ITH, essentially speaking, is a restart of the former paying guest house which existed about 2 decades before its modern successor. The International Paying Guest House belonged …

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Tent Camping in Varanasi
19/08/2015

Camping in Varanasi

Since starting out as the first of its kind backpackers’ hostel in Varanasi (and possibly all of northern India), our aim has been to offer the best and most diverse range of accommodation options to our guests. We have been …

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Varanasi Hostel Superior Double Room at ITH
18/08/2015

A Luxurious Hostel Room

Superior Double Room Back in the beginning of the second quarter of 2014 when we planned the first private double room of our hostel, we had our minds set – the room had to be unique and luxurious. The challenge …

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Best Hostel, Great Event Location in Varanasi
20/07/2015

Best Backpackers’ Hostels in India

We started out small & modest back in January of 2013. ITH was the first independent backpackers hostel in all of northern India. Since then we have made steady progress to become one of the best backpackers hostels in India. Being …

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