Nice hotel, very good location near the Imperial Palace. Very clean (as usual in Japan) and cosy. Price/quality = good deal. Possibility to rent bikes for the day. Very convenient way to discover the city! Would totally recommend it!

30 years ago there was a new hotel in central Kyoto. Nothing was done, so now we have a clean, ugly hotel. Rooms r usual small Japanese size, bathroom are guinness record small size. Pictures on internet do not give real opinion about hotel, it looks bigger and.more nice, real is different. We jumped breakfast and moved after one night... More

Clean and convenient. Small rooms, like everywhere else in Japan. Within walking distance of several UNESCO world heritage sites. I visited just before the blossoms started to explode, but I can imagine that late Spring or early Fall would be off the charts. Lots of places to eat near by. Great service.

would not recommend this one. it was comparatively expensive for what is was. everything seemed pretty much 50ies style and not modernised since then.

The Kyoto Garden Palace hotel is a couple of short blocks north of the Palace Side hotel and they both are immediately west (across the street) from the Imperial Palace Gardens. The public transit system in Kyoto is excellent, and in that context, the location of the Garden Palace hotel is a little far (about 10-15min stroll) from the closest... More