Self catering apartments on Maua Close, opposite the Movenpick, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre itself. The kitchen and the space decide it: if you want to cook and spread out, this works, and if you want to step out into the middle of the city, it does not.
01What it is
Azania Homes opposite Movenpick hotel is a three star apartment property on Maua Close in Greater Nairobi, and the listing is built around long stay self catering rather than hotel rooms. That means kitchens and kitchenettes with an oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, washing machines, irons and boards, and separate living space with a desk. There are family rooms, non smoking rooms, lifts, a balcony, terrace and garden, plus a Jacuzzi, sauna and outdoor pool. Services run to a 24 hour front desk, concierge, currency exchange, laundry, room service and luggage storage, with free wifi and parking implied by the address. The list is thinner on the small things you would expect at this level: a fan rather than air conditioning, and no restaurant or bar of its own.
What that adds up to at Azania Homes is a base for people whose day does not revolve around the CBD. You get security around the clock, a lift, a desk to work at, and a kitchen so meals are not a daily negotiation. The trade is location. You are in Greater Nairobi, not in the centre, and the surrounding quarter is a daytime one: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. The property suits families, small groups and anyone staying several nights who values space and cooking over a lobby. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out of the door into the middle of the city, and it does not suit anyone who wants a bar or restaurant downstairs.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 15 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 sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten, and it is where you would be heading, not where you are sleeping. Take that as the shape of your stay: you are in the wider city, just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby.
The quarter itself is the market one, 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. The streets are narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It suits kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan the return before that.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Azania Homes opposite Movenpick hotel well ahead if your dates are fixed, because apartment stock in Greater Nairobi is limited and the self catering units go first. 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 exactly is Azania Homes opposite Movenpick hotel?+
It sits on Maua Close, in Greater Nairobi, opposite the Movenpick. The address puts it at 3.17 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 40 minutes on foot in a direct line, so you should treat it as a base outside the centre rather than a hotel in the middle of it.
Is this a hotel or an apartment?+
It is an apartment property with a three star listing. Units come with kitchens or kitchenettes, ovens, microwaves, fridges and washing machines, and there are family rooms and non smoking rooms. You get hotel style services such as a 24 hour front desk, concierge, room service and laundry alongside the self catering setup.
How do I get into the centre from here?+
The nearest quarter this site covers is Biashara Street and City Market, at 2.66 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That is close enough for a short trip in, but the area around the property is a daytime quarter, and the halls shut in the late afternoon.
How do I check availability?+
Check dates through app.impt.io, where availability and free cancellation are shown for the rooms on file. There are twelve photos on the listing so you can see the layout before you commit. If your plans are firm, book early: apartment units here are fewer than hotel rooms in the centre.
