Nara National MuseumNara National Museum · photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5

Self-guided walking tour of Nara

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Tell us what you like and how much time you have, and you get a walking route past the best sights of Nara, with a map and thumbs-up from other visitors. Free, no account needed.

Plan your walk through Nara

The route planner itself is in Dutch for now; the map and the route work the same.

What is there to see?

3-hour walk past the highlights of Nara

7 stops · 5.9 km · a loop from the centre with time to look around at each stop. Want to go inside somewhere? Set a longer stay in the route planner.

  1. Photo: あずきごはん, CC BY-SA 4.0
    🚶 12 min walkShōsōin
  2. Photo: sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0
    🚶 6 min walkTōdai-ji Daibutsu
  3. Photo: Daderot, CC0
    🚶 9 min walkNara Park
  4. Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5
    🚶 12 min walkNara National Museum
  5. Photo: Abasaa, Public domain
    🚶 16 min walkNara City Historical Materials Preservation House
  6. Photo: Degueulasse, CC BY 3.0
    🚶 16 min walkNara Prefectural Museum of Art
  7. Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5
    🚶 7 min walkNeiraku Museum
Walk this route (with map)

More well-known sights in Nara

  1. Museum Yamato Bunkakan
  2. Nara Centennial Hall
  3. Nakano Museum of Art
  4. Kamio-dera
  5. Yamato Kōriyamajō Hall
  6. Nara City Hall
  7. Nara City Museum of Art
  8. Nara Prefecture Cultural Hall
  9. Yanagisawa Bunko Museum
  10. Nara-yama Tile Kiln Sites
  11. Nara National Museum Buddhist Art Library
  12. JR Nara Station NK Building
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