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Nara HotelvsNara Ugaya Guest House
Both properties are recommended by professional reviewers. On balance, Nara Hotel ranks significantly higher than Nara Ugaya Guest House. Nara Hotel comes in at #1 in Nara with approval from 6 publications like Insight Guides, Michelin Guide and DK Eyewitness.
Nara Hotel
Michelin Guide
Fodor's
Insight Guides
DK Eyewitness
Frommer's
Lonely Planet Michelin Guide
1096 Takabatake-cho, Nara, Nara Prefecture 630-8301
From $232/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Michelin Guide "Its grand entrance, coffered ceiling and chandelier make you feel you have slipped back in time."
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 "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 "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 "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 "This grande dame of Nara hotels is a classic, with high ceilings and the smell of polished wood all around." Full review
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
Nara Ugaya Guest House Lonely Planet
4-1 Okukomori-cho, Nara, Nara Prefecture 630-8235
From $20/night
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Air Conditioning
- Baggage storage
- Safe
Lonely Planet "This casual backpackers' guesthouse offers a tight warren of rooms and dorms and convivial communal areas a short walk from the sights of Naramachi." Full review
