A four star apartment in Himalaya Heights, Greater Nairobi, with parking, a kitchen, a gym and a pool on the list. Its name is longer than its list of sleeping rooms, and the car is the point: this suits a small group or a family on business, and not anyone hoping to step out into the centre.
01What it is
The property, Charming Urban Retreat Apartment With Private Parking Fully Equipped Gym Children Playing Ground And Unbeatable City Views, is listed as four star and its facilities are grouped around self catering. Free car parking and parking appear, along with a kitchen and a kitchenette, a washing machine, a bathroom, a TV, non smoking rooms, a balcony and a terrace. A swimming pool is listed. The gym and the children playing ground sit in the name rather than in the facility list, and no restaurant, bar, shuttle or front desk service is listed at all, so the eating and the errands are yours to arrange.
What that adds up to is an apartment for people who want a base with a car and a kitchen, not a hotel with a lobby. Charming Urban Retreat Apartment With Private Parking Fully Equipped Gym Children Playing Ground And Unbeatable City Views sits 4.11 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 52 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.45 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Suits drivers, families and longer stays. Does not suit anyone without a car, or wanting the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0311 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 Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one if you want the apartment and the parking rather than a hotel desk, and check the listing for the nights you need. 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 the apartment?+
At Himalaya Heights, in Greater Nairobi. It is 4.11 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 52 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.45 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street is built for the car.
What does the apartment list?+
Free car parking and parking, a kitchen and a kitchenette, a washing machine, a bathroom, a TV, non smoking rooms, a balcony, a terrace and a swimming pool. The gym and the children playing ground appear in the name. No restaurant, bar or shuttle is listed.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
It helps. The property lists parking and sits on a ridge built for the car and the conference room, and after dark the area is hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Walking into the centre from here is a long haul, so plan on driving or taking a ride.
How do I check availability?+
Look the property up by name, Charming Urban Retreat Apartment With Private Parking Fully Equipped Gym Children Playing Ground And Unbeatable City Views, on app.impt.io, and enter your dates. The page shows what is free for those nights and whether the apartment can be cancelled free.
