Gorakhpur

Climate

It experiences a pleasant environment throughout the year. In summer the average temperature can go as high as 40 'C and in during the winters the average temperature can go as low as 4 'C. The best time to visit Gorakhpur is during the months of October to March.

By plane

• Gorakhpur AirportAlliance Air from Delhi; SpiceJet from Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai; IndiGo from Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad

By train

Gorakhpur railway station connects to all major cities of India. It is the headquarters of North Eastern Railway. Direct trains connect it to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi and other cities. They claim it's the longest train platform in the world, and it might just be true.

• Gorakhpur Junction railway stationWith a platform long, this station has one of the longest platforms in the world.

• Gorakhpur Cantonment railway station

By car

Gorakhpur falls on NH 28 and 29. The roadways network connects Gorakhpur to the cities of Uttar Pradesh and to other cities of India. Some important distances are: Lucknow 276 km, Varanasi 231 km, Allahabad 339 km, Agra 624 km, Delhi 783 km and Mumbai 1690 km.
On the basin of rivers Rapti and Rohini, Gorakhpur City has the geographical shape of a bowl. The west of the city is guarded by cool Rapti river, while the east is associated with Sal Forest. The south has greenish Ramgarh Tal, and north is the plinth of city's advancement.
Gorakhpur city has a university, a medical college, six engineering colleges, two pharmacy collages, two Management collages, one Dental collage and many post graduate and degree colleges. It is also the headquarters of North Eastern Railways. You can travel to any corner of India from here. It also has an airport for domestic travel and connects with every major city in India. The city boasts of an army cantonment and an air base. All this gives a cosmopolitan touch to the city. The world-famous publication house of Gita Press gives an intellectual and religious touch to the city.
When visiting Gorakhpur, you can use some of these car rental services in Gorakhpur: -

• Bharat Taxi Cell: +91 9696000999.
• Musafir Cabs Cell: +91 9838001880.
• Oyee Cabs Cell: +91 8808826666.
• Savaari Cell: +91 9045450000.

Cycle Rickshaw, a three wheeled human powered cycle, is the major mode of transport in the city. The charges are nominal and can be bargained. Usually a ride of 1-2 km would cost around ₹15. City bus are available for some important routes of city.
Auto Rickshaws are easily available for traveling to some parts in the city.
Taxicabs can also be hired for a fixed time duration as desired by the user.

• Aroyga Mandir

• Chauri Chaura Shaheed Smarak

• Ram Garh Tal

• Vishnu Mandir

Temples

• Gita Vatika

  address: Gita Vatika
  Beautiful temple of Lord Krishna and Radha

• Gorakhnath TempleA temple named after Yogi Gorakhnath

• Budiya Mai Temple

Museums

• Lord Buddha MuseumNice and quiet place to visit.

• Railway MuseumRail museum is also a very good picnic place.

• See all the Hindi movies in the town, best theaters are Raj, Jubilee, Vijay Picture Palace, here air conditioning is good.
• Hire a cycle-rickshaw and travel around slow all around the town. In some places it is better to travel on foot.

• TaramandalYou can go Taramandal for boating

• Ambedkar Park

Item selection here is similar to that of other large Indian cities.

• Terracota itemsTerracotta trinkets (decorative things made of muddy soil) are made here.

• Sabhi Rahe SaathThis mall has a movie theater with 3 screens.

• Baldev PlazaThe oldest shopping mall in town. It has several shops, especially for jewelry and gifts.

• GolgharSells personal items

• Gita PressThe world's largest publisher of Hindu religious texts is based in Gorakhpur.

Gorakhpur has a fairly good restaurants and eating joints. Apart from the star category hotels there are many restaurants in the city

• Bobi's Restaurant

  address: Golghar
  Serves from continental to Chinese to Mughal to Indian to what-not. In house bakery serving delicacies, cakes and pastries. Party halls and an ice cream parlour . Affordable.

• 10 Park Street, Cafe & Kitchen

  phone: +91 551-2200037, +91 8355010101, +91 8874778999
  serving Indian, Oriental and Continental cuisines.

• Choudhry HotelGood and clean Indian food. Agreeable service with reasonable rates. Can get everything from typical Punjabi dishes to South Indian with variety of sweets.

• Hotel Ganesh

  address: Park Road near Golghar
  Good and Clean Indian food. South Indian dishes like Dosa, Masal Dosa, Idly Sambar etc. are available here at reasonable rate.

• Tandoor Food - Take away

  address: Cinem Road near Golghar
  Most famous food joint in the city specializing in Mughlai non-vegetarian foods like authentic biryani, kababs, tandoori chicken. The prices are reasonable and the quality is great. Open for dinner only. A busy place.

Bar facilities available in some of hotels.

• Hotel Ganges

• Mahraja restaurant

  address: Nakhas Chowk, Gorakhpur
  good non veg food in city, delicious taste of lucknowi food

• Mughal Bar

There are a number of local hotels near the train station, and you can use the "retiring rooms" of the station itself if you have a valid ticket, but be aware that because this is a very busy station rooms may not be available.

• Hotel Awadhin centre of the city ,a true home away from home

• Hotel Bobina

  address: Tarang Crossing
  Oldest hotel of town, also has a swimming pool. Personal best.

• Hotel Kabeer

  phone: +91 9415080610
  Modest place to sleep and food quality is good. Chinese restaurant of the hotel has been closed down recently

• Hotel Clarks Grand

  phone: +91 551 220 5015
  address: 6 Park Rd
  Upscale hotel.

• Hotel Park Regency

  address: Park Road
  Medium

• Hotel President

  address: Gol Ghar

• Shivoy Hotel

  phone: +91 551 233 8448

• Sonauli — the busiest border town to go to Nepal (Bhairhawa is the small Nepali town) Very frequent buses will need 3 hours to link Gorakhpur with Sonauli. The UP Government buses will charge you 112INR. The trip from the border to Gorakhpur can be as cheap as 100INR by using private buses. Taxis (and shared ones too) should be available.
• Kapilvastu — Capital of Lord Buddha
• Kushinagar — This is the place where Lord Buddha died.
• Lumbini (Nepal) — Birth place of Lord Buddha. Go by Sonauli route.
• Maghar — This is the place where Saint Kabir died.