Nara — Places to stay

A 1,300-year-old capital where the deer bow first.

Nara Hotel — Nara's classic 1909 hotel, with the park on its doorstep
JW Marriott Hotel Nara — Nara's first international luxury hotel, with pool and spa
Shisui, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Nara — 43 rooms inside Nara Park, many with their own hot-spring bath
Hotel Nikko Nara — Big hotel attached to JR Nara, easiest for airport buses and trains
Kasuga Hotel (ryokan) — 30-room ryokan with an open-air bath, 2 minutes from Kintetsu-Nara
Iroha Grand Hotel Kintetsu Nara Ekimae — 2022 hotel by Kintetsu-Nara: clean, central, fairly priced
Super Hotel Premier JR Nara Station — Business hotel at JR Nara with a natural hot-spring bath
Nara Washington Hotel Plaza — Plain, cheap chain business hotel on Sanjo-dori between the stations
Miroku Nara by The Share Hotels — Design hotel 130 m from the park, deer outside the window
Haruya Naramachi (guesthouse) — Old townhouse guesthouse in Naramachi, dorm beds around JPY 3,500
NIPPONIA HOTEL Nara Naramachi — Eight rooms in a converted Naramachi sake house
Noborioji Hotel Nara — A 13-room auberge by the park, reborn in 2022
Hotel Tenpyo Naramachi — 44 calligraphy-filled rooms by the pond
Hotel Fujita Nara — On Sanjo-dori, 5 minutes from JR Nara
NARA Visitor Center & Inn — A budget stay with a visitor centre attached