"Its grand entrance, coffered ceiling and chandelier make you feel you have slipped back in time."

"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

"Nara’s top hotel choice. The location, within a Meiji period building with its own landscaped gardens abutting Nara Park, is hard to beat."

"Reminiscent of the grand old hotels of the Orient, this hotel has views of Wakakusayama Mountain and the temples Todai-ji and Kofuku-ji."

"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

"This grande dame of Nara hotels is a classic, with high ceilings and the smell of polished wood all around." Full review

"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