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625,000 Area Code: 0551
One
may come here because it is the closest major rail junction to the Nepal
border, or it may be used as a base to go to Kushinagar (53km), where
Buddha left his body. Gorakhpur is named after a Shaivite yogi, Gorakhnath,
and there is the Gorakhnath Temple dedicated to him about a few km northwest
of the center of town. It is also known as the home of Geeta Press,
which is a huge publisher of Hindu religious literature.
Gorakhpur
is 230km north of Varanasi. It is a totally uninteresting city and most
people will want to leave it as soon as they arrive.
Information
There are Tourist Offices (233-5450) at 7 Park Rd (335-450),
and at the railway station.
You
can change money at the State Bank of India on Bank
Rd.
There
is a post office inside the railway station, tothe
left of the entrance.
Internet
at places on Cinema Rd, such as Internet Club, which
has fast connections for Rs 25 per hr.
Car
rental from India Tours and Travel (220-3201),
accross from the railway station in the Ellora Building.
Where to Stay
To catch the 5 am bus to Sunauli it is convenient to stay at a hotel
across from the railway station. Usually places here are 24-hour check-out.
The Retiring Rooms at the station have dorm beds for
Rs 75, standard rooms for Rs 155/225, and A/C room for Rs 300/400.
Modern Hotel Raj and Hotel Gupta both
have very basic rooms with bath for about Rs 150/200.
Hotel Raj (233-6759), Station Rd, has air-cooled rooms
for Rs 300.
Hotel Siddhartha (233-4976) has rooms for Rs 225/275
and Rs 450/500 with A/C. 24-hour checkout. Ask to see a few rooms before
choosing one, as they are different.
Elora (220-0647), Station Rd, is one of the better
hotels by the railway station. It has rooms for Rs 125/175 with bath
and TV and Rs 400/500 with A/C. The rooms in the back are relatively
quiet. 24-hour checkout.
Standard Hotel (233-6439), Station Rd, has rooms for
Rs 225/275. It is one of the best budget places
Ganges (233-3530), Tarang Cinema Crossing, has modern
comfortable rooms. It is one of the best hotels in town and it has good
restaurants. It is a well-managed, recommended place.
Upvan (233-6503), Nepal Rd, near the Bobina Hotel,
is a well-managed good place with clean rooms.
Shalimar (233-7502), Ghosh Company Chowkha, is a very
good-value budget place in the center of town.
Hotel Yark Inn (233-8233), MP Building, Golghar, is
a well-managed place with rooms with bath for Rs 150/200 and with A/C
for Rs 550/600.
Hotel Marina (233-7630), in the center of town, is
a good place with good-sized, clean rooms for Rs 350/400 and Rs 600
for a room with A/C and TV. 24-hour checkout.
Nearby is the Hotel President (233-7654), Golghar area,
off the main road. A room with bath and TV is Rs 550/650 and Rs 750/850
with A/C. 24-hour checkout. Of these two places the Hotel Marina is
a better value, with almost similar rooms.
Where to Eat
Ganesh Restaurant is a recommended vegetarian South
Indian place with good food.
Queen’s Restaurant in the Hotel President is
one of the best places in town. It is open until 11 pm.
Bobi’s at the Ambar Hotel in the center of town,
is a decent place, which serves meals, baked goods and ice cream.
The restaurant in the Ganges Hotel is good.
Travel
Train Gorakhpur is an important railway junction. Trains
to Delhi are the Vaishali Exp #2553 (5.40 pm, 14½ hr, 780km)
via Lucknow (5 hr, 278km) and the Barauni-Amritsar Exp #5207 (12.45
pm, 17 hr). There are four trains daily to Varanasi that take between
6 and 9 hours. To Mumbai is the Dadar Exp #1028 (via Allahabad and Varanasi,
4.30 am, 35 hr) and the Kushinagar Exp #1016 (7 pm, 30 hr). There is
a 1.30 pm train to Agra, which arrives at Agra Fort Station the next
morning. Calcutta Howrah Bagh Exp #3020 (1.15 pm, 23 hr).
It
is easier and faster to take a bus to Sunauli than to take the train.
An Indrail Pass can be purchased at the railway station with foreign
currency.
Bus
There are three bus stands in Gorakhpur. From the bus stand near the
railway station (three minute walk from the station) there are regular
buses to the border town of Sunauli (3 hr, Rs 35). To guarantee getting
a morning bus to Kathmandu or Pokhara you have to get a bus before 6
am from Gorakhpur. Private buses to Sunauli leave from in front
of the train station.
Travel
agents offer through buses to Kathmandu. You still have to change buses
at the border, and it is cheaper and more reliable to do it yourself.
Be careful of the ticket touts (commission agents) at the train and
bus stations. Their through tickets to Kathmandu are not always reliable
and cost two to four times more than doing it yourself. Also you are
stuck with what they arrange for you, rather than going at your own
pace and arranging it yourself, which is easily done. There is absolutely
no reason to buy a bus ticket to Kathmandu from them. They are usually
total rip-offs. During the high seasons, however, they can be useful
to get you a hard-to-get train ticket and to change Nepali rupees.
The
buses to Kushinagar (1½ hr, every 30 min, Rs 20) depart from
the bus stand by the train station.
Some
buses to Varanasi (6½ hr, Rs 75) and all the buses to Lucknow
(7 hr, Rs 90), Patna (Rs 90), and Faizabad (3 hr, Rs 40) leave from
the Katchari bus stand, 1km south of the train station. The main bus
stand for Varanasi (6½ hr) is at Pedlleyganj, 2km southeast of
the train station.
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