travel42 Hotel Review: Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto

Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

This hotel is located within the Higashiyama district, making it an ideal location from which to enjoy the city's historical and stunning gardens. It's only about 20 minutes from downtown Kyoto, but is not considered to be the most central of hotels.

It does a marvelous job of representing the area's history while presenting a modern sheen (the bamboo-lined driveway is just one example). The hotel surrounds a centuries-old lake and gardens, believed to be...