One day in Varanasi, India

A day through Varanasi’s best-known sights that lie close together: Gyanvapi Mosque, Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Vishalakshi Temple, Nepali Mandir, Ratneshwar Mahadev temple and Alamgir Mosque. 6 stops, about 1.1 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Gyanvapi MosqueMosque · On the map
  2. Kashi Vishwanath TempleTemple or shrine · 0.1 km on from Gyanvapi Mosque · On the map
  3. Vishalakshi TempleTemple or shrine · 0.2 km on from Kashi Vishwanath Temple · On the map
  4. Nepali MandirTemple or shrine · 0.1 km on from Vishalakshi Temple · On the map
  5. Ratneshwar Mahadev templeTemple or shrine · 0.3 km on from Nepali Mandir · On the map
  6. Alamgir MosqueMosque · 0.5 km on from Ratneshwar Mahadev temple · On the map

6 stops, 1.9 km on foot along the streets: about 25 min of walking.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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