A three star apartment complex in Greater Nairobi, built around long family stays with a kitchen, a pool and parking. The thing that decides it is the location: this is not the Central Business District and not within walking distance of it.
01What it is
1 2 or 3BR Apartment Madiniplace 1 near JKIA & SGR is a three star apartment property in Greater Nairobi with twelve photos on file. It lists apartments with a kitchen, oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a lounge and a sofa bed, so you can cook and settle in rather than eat out. It lists an outdoor pool, a salt water pool and a kids pool, a garden, terrace, patio and playground for children. For working and practical needs it lists free wifi, a desk, free car parking, laundry service, housekeeping, luggage storage, express check in, babysitting service, cots, family rooms and a market. The list is thin on the city: no restaurant beyond a dinner listing, no bar, no gym, and no detail on how many apartments or what they look out onto.
What that adds up to is a self contained stay in Greater Nairobi, and the distance is the whole question. 1 2 or 3BR Apartment Madiniplace 1 near JKIA & SGR sits 13.85 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 174 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 12.74 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. A shuttle service is listed, though nothing about when it runs. Book this if you want space, a kitchen, a pool and parking, and if your reason for being in Nairobi is the airport, the SGR or family time. Do not book it if you want to step out into the CBD, because you will not be stepping.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 16 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels are not in Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book 1 2 or 3BR Apartment Madiniplace 1 near JKIA & SGR if you have already decided that Greater Nairobi is the right side of the city for you, because the location, not the apartment, is the decision. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and you book them through app.impt.io. Every confirmed booking removes one tonne of CO2, at no extra cost to you. Five percent of what you pay comes back as IMPT credit, out of the hotel commission rather than added to your bill.
Facts on this page come from the booking supplier's record: star class, address, photographs and facility list. Guest scores come from verified stays. Nobody from this site has stayed here; the quarter copy around it is this site's own.
06Questions
Where is 1 2 or 3BR Apartment Madiniplace 1 near JKIA & SGR?+
It is in Greater Nairobi, on the JKIA and SGR side of the city rather than in the Central Business District. It sits 12.74 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Treat it as a Greater Nairobi base, not a downtown one.
What does the apartment actually include?+
It lists apartments with a kitchen, oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, plus a lounge, sofa bed, desk, TV and free wifi. Bathroom items include a shower, WC, bidet, toiletries and towels. Bedrooms are carpeted, there is a safe, iron and board, and non smoking rooms are listed.
Can I walk into the city centre from here?+
No. The property is 13.85 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 174 minutes on foot in a direct line, so walking into the centre is not realistic. A shuttle service is listed, though no schedule is given, and you should plan on four wheels for every trip into town.
How do I check availability for these apartments?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where you can see which apartments are open for your dates and confirm a booking. Most rooms can be cancelled free there. There are no rates shown on this page, so check the app for what applies to your stay.
