Comfort Hotel Nara is a 131-room, modern budget hotel on Sanjo-cho, about a six-minute walk from JR Nara Station. Rooms have hydromassage showers, bidet toilets, a flat-screen television, a refrigerator and an electric kettle, and the hotel has a free breakfast buffet, free WiFi, laundry and dry cleaning and a 24-hour front desk. It is a simple, well-priced base for temples, the deer park and day trips.
Location and getting around
The hotel is on the station side of Nara, about a six-minute walk from JR Nara Station and fourteen minutes from Kintetsu Nara Station. Nara Park and Sarusawa Pond are each about a thirteen-minute walk, Gango-ji Temple is about sixteen minutes and Kofuku-ji Temple about seventeen. The Naramachi Mechanical Toy Museum is within about fifteen minutes.
Because the station is so close, day trips to Kyoto, Osaka and Horyu-ji are easy, and the route into the park passes the shopping streets and cafes of the old town. Itami Airport is around an hour and a quarter by car, so most guests arrive by train.
Rooms and facilities
Expect tidy, modern, compact rooms with a hydromassage shower, an electronic bidet toilet, a thirty-two-inch flat-screen television, a refrigerator and an electric kettle. The hotel has air conditioning, free in-room WiFi, an elevator, a vending machine, a water dispenser, laundry facilities, luggage storage, a front desk safe and a 24-hour front desk with express check-in. The premises are smoke-free.
The free breakfast buffet is a real saving for a budget stay and sets you up for a morning among the temples. Self-parking is available for a small nightly fee. Check-in starts in the afternoon, with early check-in available for a fee, and check-out is at ten, with late check-out available for a fee. Only service animals are allowed.
Who it suits and what to know: solo travellers, couples and families on a budget who want to be near the station and the park, and rail travellers using Nara for a night or two between Kyoto and Osaka. It also suits guests who want to save money on breakfast and spend it on dinner in Naramachi. The trade-offs are small rooms and no pool, spa or restaurant of the kind found at the larger hotels, and the walk to the park is a little longer than from the hotels beside it.
Free cancellation is offered on some rates. Book early for cherry blossom season, autumn leaves and holiday weekends, and check what the rate includes, including breakfast and parking, before you pay.
Why stay here
- ✓JR Nara Station 6 minutes on foot
- ✓Free breakfast buffet
- ✓24-hour front desk
- ✓Hydromassage showers
- ✓Free WiFi
- ✓Laundry and dry cleaning
- ✓Luggage storage
- ✓Nara Park 13 minutes on foot
Good questions
Is breakfast included?+
A free breakfast buffet is offered, so it is a good-value choice. Check the rate details when you book.
How far is Comfort Hotel Nara from the station?+
JR Nara Station is about a six-minute walk, and Kintetsu Nara Station about fourteen minutes.
Can I walk to Nara Park?+
Yes, Nara Park is about a thirteen-minute walk, passing through the old town streets.
