Hotel Vischio Kyoto by GRANVIA

The hotel is very clean and comfortable. Breakfast is fantastic.

Location - excellent. Extremely close to the station so plenty of shopping & food options & very easy to get around the city & to other cities. Breakfast - wonderful range of Japanese and Western options (croissants & bakery goods, cereal, toast, cooked breakfast, mini pancakes/waffles) Hotel - very quiet :) Amenities bar was very well-stocked - lounge very nice - tea & coffee, PC to use to research our days out, very comfy - we didn’t have time to use the pool (/public bath) but I’m sure it would have been good. Separate men’s & women’s - lovely little gym that was extremely well kept and had the basics (treadmill, cycle bike, weights, floor space etc) - just what we needed - has washers / dryers if you need to do your own laundry (much cheaper to do it yourself - wish we’d done our laundry before leaving Kyoto, as our next hotel was v expensive to wash clothes in!)

We were moved from the Hotel Vischio Kyoto which is a couple of streets away to the Hotel Granvia as the Vischio was closed. The Granvia rooms were probably the best we stayed in on our Japan trip. They were spacious and had excellent facilities including a bath and walk-in shower. We had a twin single room with big king single beds. Our room (1127) was a bit dark and looked out mostly on a rather ugly building, but we could see the Kyoto Tower and a partial view of the city. Our friend's room, just around the corner, (1129) was the same in layout but the light and the view were excellent. They had a vista of the whole city. Both rooms were quite a hike to the lift but that wasn't a concern for us. Once we got used to the station we enjoyed exploring all the levels from the high escalators especially when the stairs were lit up at night. All in all a good stay.

The staff was very helpful and nice. The location is excellent. The complimentary coffee and tea was great. The elevators was the best, we never had to wait long for one. These were the best elevators that I have encountered. And we travel a lot. The facilities such as the laundry room is a great feature. The next time we come to Kyoto we will plan it so we can wash our clothes. Kyoto was our first stop, than Nagoya and osaka.

Location was great, close to the train station. Luggage storage pre and post checkout very convenient. Nice room size. Good coffee and green tea available for guests.