The Palace on Steps Hotel is a 400 year old castle located by the Ganges River in the ancient city of Varanasi. It is on Rana Mahal Ghat close to Dashaswamedh Ghat and is popular with tourists and pilgrims to the famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple. All 33 rooms have views of the flowing River Ganges and temples in the distance. Rooms come equipped with TV telephone radio internet refrigerator and 24 hour room service. The hotel has a restaurant shopping arcade and essential services like doctor on call laundry currency exchange and a travel desk that can arrange for cultural programmes and themed dinners upon request.