A three star stand alone house on Muthaiga Rd, north of the centre in Greater Nairobi. It lists free parking, a garden, a shuttle and wheelchair access. If you need to walk to the city core, this is the wrong side of the roundabout; if you are driving and want space around you, it works.
01What it is
Beautiful Historic Stand Alone House is a three star property at 48 Muthaiga Rd, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the central grid. Its listed facilities are thin and practical: free car parking, a garden, a shuttle service, a smoking area and wheelchair accessible access. There is no restaurant on the list, no bar, no room service and no gym, so do not arrive expecting a hotel that feeds you or keeps you in. What is on the list is a place to park a car, a garden to sit in, and a shuttle for trips you would rather not drive. Twelve photographs are on file, which tells you the look of the place is documented but the amenity list is not padded.
What that adds up to for someone staying here is a base for a driver. Beautiful Historic Stand Alone House sits in Greater Nairobi, and the nearest quarter this site covers is 2.85 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It is 3.64 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 46 minutes on foot in a direct line. A direct line, not a route. The street there is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so you cross it by car. That is the verdict: it suits a driver who wants parking and a garden and does not need the centre on foot. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out of a lobby into the business district.
02The supplier's photographs
035 facilities the supplier lists
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, on the edge of the centre in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten quarters, not the one you are sleeping in. Treat it as a base you travel in and out of: anything in the CBD means a crossing by car rather than a walk from your door.
Ngara and the Globe is the northern edge of the grid, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin, and the Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge. The fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, Museum Hill is the next rise beyond, and the street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, to be crossed by car. The quarter itself lies 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Booking this property is a matter of checking the dates and the room list first, because a stand alone house has fewer rooms than a block and fills differently. 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 Beautiful Historic Stand Alone House?+
It is at 48 Muthaiga Rd, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the central business district. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 2.85 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Plan on arriving and leaving by car.
What does the property actually list?+
Free car parking, a garden, a shuttle service, a smoking area and wheelchair access. There is no restaurant, bar, gym or room service on the list, so eating and evenings happen somewhere else. Treat the parking and the garden as the two things worth having here.
Can I walk into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
You can, but it is 3.64 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 46 minutes on foot in a direct line. The route is not the direct line, and the street is a transport edge after dark. Use the shuttle or a car instead of walking it.
How do I check availability?+
Go to app.impt.io and put in your dates. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so you can hold a booking while you compare. The property is small, so check before you build a trip around it.
