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Chunar Fort (day trip)चुनार किला

A sandstone fortress on a bend of the Ganga 23 km south-west of the city, held in turn by Sher Shah Suri (1532), Humayun, Akbar and the East India Company. The Sonwa Mandap pavilion, the deep well and the ramparts above the river are the reasons to go.

Tips

Taxis from Varanasi take about an hour; local trains stop at Chunar station.
Chunar is also where the sandstone for Ashoka's pillars was quarried.

How to reach

25.1 km from Varanasi Junction (Cantt) station in a straight line
36.4 km from Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport in a straight line
24.4 km from Godowlia crossing, where cars stop for the old city in a straight line

Straight-line distances; by road through the lanes it is further.

Directions in Google Maps View on OpenStreetMap

Sources: Wikipedia — Chunar Fort