Park Hyatt Kyoto

What’s the deal?

When one of the world’s most luxurious hotel brands meets Asia’s top city for art and culture – a certain kind of magic was bound to occur. Perched on a hillside overlooking the historic Higashiyama district, Park Hyatt Kyoto offers elegant guest rooms suffused with handcrafted furniture, original artworks and ornate tamo wood. There’s artisanal spirits behind the bar, culinary acrobatics at the teppan grill and locally harvested green tea oil in the spa.

Why stay?

Rubbing shoulders with the ancient Kodaiji and Kiyomizu temples, the hotel is ideally placed for cultural exploration.

Don’t miss

Previously, the only way to get into a super-exclusive, super-luxe ryotei restaurant was by invitation. No longer: Kyoyamato, a family-run ryotei set in a nearby garden, welcomes guests from the hotel to devour the seasonally inspired kaiseki cuisine that’s made it famous for the past 142 years.

Cathay Pacific flies to Osaka, from where trains run frequently to Kyoto