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Hostels have revolutionised budget travel, offering affordable accommodation without compromising on comfort or experience. With options ranging from shared dormitories to private rooms, hostels provide a unique combination of affordability, community, and adventure. Hostels: A Global Phenomenon Hostels have gained …

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, …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …