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Ryokan NantovsNara Hotel
Ryokan Nanto and Nara Hotel are both rated very highly by professional reviewers. Overall, Nara Hotel is the choice of most professionals compared to Ryokan Nanto. Nara Hotel comes in at #1 in Nara with approval from 6 reviewers like Lonely Planet, Fodor's and Michelin Guide.
Ryokan Nanto
Fodor's
29 Kamisanjo-cho, Nara, Nara Prefecture 630-8228
From $0/night
- Family Friendly
Fodor's "The quietest ryokan on the city side of Nara Park, the Nanto has airy tatami rooms with a simplicity fit for a Zen retreat." Full review
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
