Brown Bread Bakery Guesthouse

With the cleanest budget rooms in Varanasi, this simple but well-run guesthouse is one of the best deals in town, despite tiny bathrooms and iffy hot water. Bonus: it shares space with the excellent restaurant of the same name and offers the best deals around on reliable sunrise boat tours – you can even arrange for coffee and breakfast on your boat! A two-minute walk from Pandey Ghat.