Guesthouse Nara Backpackers — Hotel in Nara

Such a lovely place to stay. Fantastic little rooms in the ryokan style - ours had a door opening onto the little central garden. Staff were lovely and helpful and the atmosphere was so relaxed. everything was clean as you would expect and although there was a communal kitchen where some people sat and chatted, the rooms were separate enough and spacious enough that we could sit in our room privately and drink tea etc. Nara was fantastic, but one of the highlights was our room at the guesthouse which had previously been used for tea ceremonies and still had a fire-pit under one of the tatami mats. Prices were very reasonable. I'd recommend it to anyone staying in Nara. It's also ideally positioned for a short walk to Nara Park and the...

The house is lovely and the staff very helpful and friendly. |We went out very early in the morning due to rain in the afternoon. When we came back around 13:00 we were told that we can not enter the house because they were cleaning it. So no entry from 10:00 - 15:30 (if i remember correctly), not even for just resting in the bed. I understand that a old house needs maintenance, but we payed to stay there, were tired and all out stuff was inside. An information the day before would have been helpful.|So we went out again to chill in a coffee, waiting for rain to stop and/or time to pass that we could go back to the guetshouse to rest, |little...

We loved our stay at Nara Backpackers, a beautiful traditional house in a quiet part of central Nara. We had a medium-sized private room, which had a lovely view over their peaceful garden. The accommodation was excellent, with everything you could need including good bathrooms and kitchen. ||The star of the show was our host, Yo. He was lovely and knowledgeable, giving us excellent recommendations, telling us about (and how to get to) a saké festival that was on that day. And he went really out his way to help us forward our bags to the next destination. He couldn't have been more...