Kyoto

京都

Temples and back lanes that reward early starts, mountains on three sides, and food from counter noodles to places you book months ahead.

Best over 4 days£££ cost levelWalkability 4/5

Build my Kyoto trip

Good for

History
Culture
Nature
Food
Photography

When to go

Usually at its best in March, April, May, October, November.

How we plan it

We pull real places from open map data for Kyoto, rank them against what you’ve told us you enjoy, then order the day so the route makes sense and everything is actually open when you’d arrive. Change any of it afterwards and the rest adapts around what you keep.

Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Prices and opening times change, so it is worth checking official sources before you travel.