A one bed apartment in Greater Nairobi with free wifi and free parking, set near the vegetable trade. It is for drivers and early starters who want their own door and a space to park, not for anyone who wants the centre at night.
01What it is
Captivating 1 bed Apartment in Nairobi is a three star property on Airport North Road in Greater Nairobi. The listed facilities come to two things: free wifi and free car parking. That is the whole of it. There is no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no airport transfer and no breakfast listed, so you should read the list as a self contained apartment with a connection and a place to leave a car rather than a hotel with services. The twelve photos on file show the rooms, and the practical value of the place sits in those two items.
For someone staying here the sums are about position and independence. Captivating 1 bed Apartment in Nairobi puts you in Greater Nairobi, away from the centre, and the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 8.43 km from Muthurwa and the east markets. The street there is trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, mornings only. It suits a driver with business in the markets or a run to the airport, and it does not suit a visitor who wants to walk out to dinner or a bar.
02The supplier's photographs
032 facilities the supplier lists
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 this one directly if you have a car and your days start early, because the location and the parking are the whole proposition. 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 Captivating 1 bed Apartment in Nairobi?+
It is at Tsavo Apartments on Airport North Road, in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 9.65 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 121 minutes on foot in a direct line, and outside the central business district rather than in it, so plan your days around that.
What does the property list as facilities?+
Free wifi and free car parking, and that is the full list. There is no restaurant, no bar and no breakfast listed. The apartment is three star, so treat it as a self contained base with a connection and parking rather than a serviced hotel with staff on hand all day.
What is the area like, and is it safe at night?+
By day it is working trade: trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be. The honest position is mornings only. If you want evenings out, stay closer to the centre and take a ride back.
How do I check availability for this apartment?+
Go through app.impt.io. You can see what is open on your dates there and book it. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a booking while you sort out your transport, since the property is in Greater Nairobi and you will need a car or a ride.
