Kyoto Century Hotel (Kyoto, Japan)

This refined four-star hotel is set in a red-brick building just a stone’s throw from Kyoto train station. Along with massage treatments, Kyoto Century Hotel boasts four elegant on-site eateries and a number of shops. Swish guest rooms with upscale furnishings feature desks, mini-fridges and flat-screen TVs. Tea and coffee-makers also come as standard. Superior accommodations offer seating areas; suites boast private gardens. Free Wi-Fi is accessible throughout the property. Other amenities include dry cleaning services, luggage storage and on-site parking (at a fee). Japanese and Western breakfast options are offered daily, plus there’s a bakery (‘Joie Joue’) proffering seasonal cakes and baked sweets. Drinks are served ‘till late in the sophisticated ‘Essex’ circular lobby bar. Room service is available 24/7. Kyoto Century Hotel is a 20-minute stroll from the historic Nishi Honganji Buddhist temple and a little over two-and-a-half miles from Nij? Castle. The revered Imperial Palace is three miles away.