Hotel Zen

Khajuraho


Plain rooms on four floors overlook a lush garden with small lotus ponds. Italian and Indian food is available, and the owner is a friendly fellow. There's hot water from 5am to 9am, and massages are available, as well as all the other standard backpacker travel services.

Upstairs rooms are brightest.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Khajuraho attractions

1. Hanuman Temple

0.14 MILES

The small, white Hanuman Temple contains a 2.5m-tall orangepainted statue of the Hindu monkey god. It's most interesting for the pedestal inscription from…

2. Archaeological Museum

0.2 MILES

The town's original Archaeological Museum, opposite the Western Group of temples, has a good collection of sculptures from around Khajuraho, starting in…

3. Western Group

0.25 MILES

Khajuraho’s most striking and best-preserved temples are those within the fenced-off section of the Western Group. An Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)…

4. Varaha Shrine

0.28 MILES

Facing the Lakshmana Temple, the little Varaha Shrine houses a wonderful 1.5m-high sandstone carving of Vishnu as his boar avatar, dating from AD 900 and…

6. Nandi Shrine

0.29 MILES

A 2.2m-long statue of Nandi, Shiva’s bull vehicle, faces the Vishvanath Temple dedicated to Shiva. The elephant frieze round the basement of this 12…

7. Pratapeswar Temple

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Near the Vishvanath Temple, the white Pratapeswar is a much more recent bricks-and-mortar structure built around 200 years ago.

8. Vishvanath Temple

0.31 MILES

Believed to have been built in 1002, the Vishvanath Temple anticipates the plan and style of the Kandariya-Mahadev Temple. Dedicated to Shiva, it's a…