Compare 14 verified boutique hotels, 5-star landmark palaces, and design stays in Kyoto's best walkable neighbourhoods. Base yourself in Higashiyama & Gion (Historic Geisha & Temple District) or Downtown Kyoto (Kawaramachi, Pontocho & Karasuma) for easy walking access.
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Set directly on the banks of the Kamo River looking toward the Higashiyama mountains, featuring a subterranean waterfall spa pool and Pierre Hermé patisserie.
Kamogawa Nijo-Ohashi Hotori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
Built on the 250-year-old ancestral estate of the Mitsui family opposite Nijo Castle, featuring its own natural subterranean thermal hot-spring onsen pool.
284 Nijoaburanokojicho, Aburano-koji St, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
Hotel Resol Trinity Kyoto Oikefuyacho is a boutique hotel on Fuyacho Street in Kamihakusancho, Kyoto.
Fuyacho Street, Kamihakusancho, Kyoto
RC Hotel Kyoto Yasaka is a boutique hotel on Yasaka Street in Uedacho, Kyoto.
Yasaka Street, Uedacho, Kyoto
Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto is a boutique hotel on Ishin Street in Seikanji-Ryozancho, Kyoto.
Ishin Street, Seikanji-Ryozancho, Kyoto
The Chapter Kyoto is a boutique hotel on Kawaramachi Street in Nishikodocho, Kyoto.
Kawaramachi Street, Nishikodocho, Kyoto
Oyado Ishicho is a boutique hotel on 銅駝経6号線 in Suemarucho, Kyoto.
銅駝経6号線, Suemarucho, Kyoto
RESI STAY Gojozaka is a boutique hotel on Gojō Street in Yoshinocho, Kyoto.
Gojō Street, Yoshinocho, Kyoto
LEGASTA Kyoto Higashiyama Sanjo is a boutique hotel on 孫橋通 in Minamimonzencho, Kyoto.
孫橋通, Minamimonzencho, Kyoto
My K House is a boutique hotel on Nishi Kiyamachi Street in Nanbacho, Kyoto.
Nishi Kiyamachi Street, Nanbacho, Kyoto
FIRST CABIN is a boutique hotel on Higashi-Horikawa-dori in Kyuchome, Kyoto.
Higashi-Horikawa-dori, Kyuchome, Kyoto
Yuzuya Ryokan is a boutique hotel on Higashiōji Street in Giommachi-Minamigawa, Kyoto.
Higashiōji Street, Giommachi-Minamigawa, Kyoto
M's Kyoto Information Center is a boutique hotel on Shiokōji Street in Higashishiokojicho, Kyoto.
Shiokōji Street, Higashishiokojicho, Kyoto
Rinn Gion Kenninji Villa（鈴ホテル 祇園建仁寺別邸） is a boutique hotel in Hakatacho, Kyoto.
Hakatacho, Kyoto