GRAND BASE Nagasaki City

Convenient location, very modern apartment with sensor-controlled lighting and a selectable hot water system. The check-in process was quite convoluted, including uploading passports / paying accommodation tax online / video chat.

Hotel is 1.1 km walk from Nagasaki station. A bit of a walk with luggage or with children. The street in front is at times busy, and there's space to park one car temporarily in front of the property to unload/load. We stayed in room 202, in the Standard A room. In the room, I hardly heard any noise from above or below, or from the other second level rooms, though I'm unsure how occupied the hotel was. Hardly heard train or car traffic from inside the room. Having a washer was nice, but wished it was a washer/dryer combo. We hung dried clothes in the shower room with the dehydrator. There weren't enough hangers to hang clothes, or places to hang dry clothes. They do not provide fresh towels. Given this, if they provided fresh towels, it would be nice, so you don't have to wash your clothes AND towels. Beds were not hard or soft, just right. There were some outlets around the beds. AC worked well in relatively warm days in November. Fridge was medium size and appropriate. CAT5 was available. I didn't use the WiFi. Closest 24/7 convenience store is 290 m walk away. No grocery stores or restaurants in the vicinity. Closest transit stops are 300 m walk away. Hotel provides no parking, but there are a total of seven hourly paid parking in front and across the street. All but one were occupied upon arrival. There are some museums, parks, temples, and shrines within walking distance.

Easy to get around on foot.

There were a lot of ants in our third floor room

The place is not well labeled, so if you’re driving by yourself it’s a little difficult to find. Also, the security pad to get into the building requires you to wait before it clicks open. Would’ve been nice to know that. Parking in front is all in Japanese.