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Nara HotelvsHotel Fujita Nara

Hotel Fujita Nara and Nara Hotel are both praised by travel writers. On balance, Nara Hotel scores significantly better than Hotel Fujita Nara. Nara Hotel scores 94 with accolades from 6 reviews such as DK Eyewitness, Insight Guides and Michelin Guide.

Nara Hotel
9/10
1096 Takabatake-cho, Nara, Nara Prefecture 630-8301
From $232/night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Hot Tub
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
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Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
"Its grand entrance, coffered ceiling and chandelier make you feel you have slipped back in time."
Fodor's Fodor's
"Built in 1909, this hotel is a beautiful synthesis of Japanese and Western architecture. The high ceilings, wide hallways, and sumptuous beds are fit for, well, an emperor." Full review
Insight Guides Insight Guides
"Nara’s top hotel choice. The location, within a Meiji period building with its own landscaped gardens abutting Nara Park, is hard to beat."
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"Reminiscent of the grand old hotels of the Orient, this hotel has views of Wakakusayama Mountain and the temples Todai-ji and Kofuku-ji."
Frommer's Frommer's
"Spreading like a palace atop a hill on the south edge of Nara Park...it has many Japanese features in the Momoyama Period style of architecture." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"This grande dame of Nara hotels is a classic, with high ceilings and the smell of polished wood all around." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
"Set in the 1,600-acre national treasure that is Nara Park, the Nara Hotel dates back to 1909, and has welcomed notable guests from Edward VIII and Charles Lindburgh to Pope Paul VI and the Dalai Lama" Full review
Hotel Fujita Nara
8/10
47-1 Shimo-Sanjocho, Nara, Nara Prefecture 630-8236
From $96/night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Hot Tub
  • Free Internet
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
  • Restaurant
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Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
"The lobby is beautifully lit by pale-pink lighting that descends from the ceiling in a graceful curve and recalls the wisteria blossoms in Kasuga Taisha shrine."
Fodor's Fodor's
"Centrally situated between JR Nara Station and Nara Park, this modern hotel is often the best deal in town." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"Right smack in downtown Nara and close to both main train stations, this efficient midrange hotel hits all the right notes: clean rooms, reasonable prices and some English-speaking staff." Full review

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