Apa Hotel Wakayama

The hotel and the room are clean and very comfortable. The staff is polite nd helpful. It is next to a shopping area though almost of the shops are closed by 8 and would be very difficult to find a place for dinner if arrive late. Also, it takes less then 10 minutes to Wakayama castle.

It is a bit far away from both JR station or Nankai station and takes half an hour to walk from the JR station. It is suggested to catch a taxi to the hotel if you don't want to have a good walk.

great location, different kinds of restaurants near and really good! the room was small but had a comfy yet small bed, big tv (only BBC news, otherwise 6 japanese channels) you can rent movies 24h ¥1000. close to train station wakayama shi. there's a bus stop right in-front of the hotel, direct bus to the marina bay area. wakayama castle is a 10' walk. free umbrella use and we were able to leave our luggage after checking out with no hassle. overall clean room, nice freebees, nice bathtub.

we stayed for 3 nights in this hotel&our room window was facing a concrete wall. would have been a nice gesture to at least have a descent view... the place is hostile&the doors are not sound proof (rest of the room is) so you can hear the people in other rooms.. doing naughty stuff. not very cool... the staff spoke only a little bit of english. in a hotel like that one would expect a little bit more knowledge. a manual for the air-conditioning in english would have been really great and helpful. the carpet needs cleaning, there were brown stains on it.. i'm guessing coffee(?) a toilet brush would be a good thing to have too..

It takes 20-minutes by walking from the JR station.