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Hotel Sonmony in Varanasi, India

B-6/91-A Harishchandra Ghat, Varanasi, 221001, Varanasi

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Overall Rating: 66%From a total of 11 Reviews

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56% Customer Rating

Novice Nomad (1)

located right behind the secondary cremation ghats, but the smell and smoke wasn't too bad- and the roof top restaurant was a nice place to hang out.

kpcrowley3282, Ireland | Female 25-30 | 04th November 2009

73% Customer Rating

Novice Nomad (10)

Yes burning bodies along the river are the order of the day. Then again you not get that veiw anywhere else in the world, therefore I rated the location as excellent. Rooms are large, each have little balcony very good for India budget hotel. Very good value for money even out of the mouth of our friends who live in Varanasi. Centrally situated along the river with easy access to all ghats by boatmen waiting at your ghat.

JPKE, South Africa | Group 31-40 | 20th October 2009

76% Customer Rating

Novice Nomad (1)

Great location over the burning ghat as long as you can put up with a bit of smoke, roof top restaurant slow and limited with food choices. Friendly & helpful staff.

gilly_bantom239, Australia | Female 25-30 | 17th October 2009

83% Customer Rating

Novice Nomad (5)

Nice hostel with a good location, the staff are very helpful.

Niamh, Ireland | Group 18-24 | 04th August 2009

76% Customer Rating

Novice Nomad (3)

it's nearby a crematorium, so all the smoke of the deadpeople came into my room! Besides that it was a good nice place.

Sara, Netherlands | Female 18-24 | 23rd July 2009

53% Customer Rating

Novice Nomad (5)

Location right beside the funeral pyres - for some this can be a bit much. The whole area is very 'India', with a lot of funeral activities going on. A good place to see the 'real India'. The only problem was the staff (telling my driver that I had already left because I would not book through them) and the poor condition of the room (although not all were like this). Air conditioning would have been a great help!

Simon, England | Male 31-40 | 27th June 2009

56% Customer Rating

Novice Nomad (8)

Unfortunately we did not have a good experience with this hotel. It was off season and we were aware that some hotels are not up to standard with some of the services they offer, but we didn't expect our room to be absolutely filthy so it was very dissapointing. The manager was very apologetic, which we appreciated, but still, it was really bad. The only good thing about this hotel is the good view of one of the cremation ghats if that is what you are looking for.

crisfuste3601, Spain | Group 31-40 | 20th June 2009