Very popular among overseas guests, this 78-room Western-style hotel offers crisp service and recently renovated, comfortably furnished rooms. There's a lounge and restaurant on-site, and wireless access from rooms. It's a block from the station.
Takayama's longest-running minshuku (Japanese guesthouse; since the 1920s) has both Japanese- and Western-style rooms, high-def TVs (Japanese channels), simple onsen baths and free bicycle use.
Convenient location near the station, large dorm beds, Japanese-style private rooms and very outgoing, active staff (who can arrange tours to Mt Ontake and other out-of-the-way nature spots) make this hostel a compelling choice.
This delightfully traditional inn is set in an old merchant's house from the late Meiji period and is filled with antiques. Some rooms have river views through windows of antique glass, and the common baths are made of wood and slate tiles.
Right off Kokubunji-dōri, this inn is excellent value and a travellers' favourite, offering pleasant Japanese- and Western-style rooms as well as a small kitchen, laundry facilities and a cosy lounge.
At this temple (a branch of Nagano's famous Zenkō-ji, private-use rooms are generously proportioned around a courtyard garden, and even the dorm-style rooms are handsome.
This peaceful hostel (with a rather early 10pm curfew) occupies an attractive hillside temple in Teramachi. Rooms are Japanese style, and you have a choice between shower near the rooms or small bath on the other side of the temple.
Ō-Machi offers small but clean tatami rooms and has many foreign fans. Staff speak some English and guests can use the kitchen. Located in Sanmachi-suji near the Takayama Museum of Local History, it's set back from the main street.
Takayama's Four Seasons has nothing to do with the luxury chain, but it's nicer-than-average business-hotel calibre.
In an old building 10 minutes by bus south of town, this inn has simple, decent rooms (Western rooms have private bathrooms). Discounts available for more than one person per room.
Central, family-run inn with sweet, welcoming staff. There's art throughout, stone paths line the carpeted hallways, the 21 rooms are spacious, and dinner is kaiseki-style Hida cuisine.
This excellent ryokan has handsome tatami rooms, a spacious onsen bath and decadent dinners and breakfasts. Several rooms have irori (hearth), and some have private bathrooms (all have toilets). The staff speaks some English.
The splendid wall of flowers outside this ryokan is the product of decades of work, and inside too it's like a trip back to the mid-20th century: Japanese-style loos, pay TVs and kerosene heaters.
Another of this city's lovely traditional inns, Gōto lies in the heart of Sanmachi-suji, positioning you perfectly for this district's dramatic nightscapes.
