Hotels & Restaurants

Tourist Cafeteria
Travellers Lodge
Anna Purna restaurant
Circuit House
There are some Buddhist guest houses here too, where you can try for a room too.


¤ Transport

Inter-city

Bus : You can catch a local buses from Bhopal to Sanchi which have a frequency of about one every hour, from dawn to dusk. There are two possible routes. The longer route goes via Raisen (3 hours; 68km). The shorter following the railway line to Bhopal takes about 2 hours and costs much less. Buses depart to Vidisha from the Sanchi bus stand about every 30mins and cost around Rs 5. You can also auto-rickshaw it to Vidisha – it’s very reasonable, after bargaining.
Rail : Sanchi is on the main Delhi to Mumbai railway line. Slow passenger trains can take over two hours to get to Bhopal, but you don’t have to take those as there are two express trains each day. The expresses depart Bhopal at 0800 and 1340 and depart Sanchi at 1600 and 1800, so it’s comfortably possible to visit Sanchi in a day trip.
(All railway timings are subject to last minute changes.)

Intra-city

Everything in Sanchi is within easy walking distance. For excursions to places nearby like Vidisha (10km) and the Udaigiri caves (14km), you can rent bikes in Sanchi.