A three star apartment style place on Fedha Road in Greater Nairobi, well outside the centre and reached by car. The kitchenette, washing machine and free parking decide it: good for a longer stay with your own transport, wrong for anyone who wants to walk out into town.
01What it is
Cross Cultural Solutions is a three star property on Fedha Road, Amani Court, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the central business district. The listed facilities lean domestic: a kitchenette and a washing machine, plus housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and dry cleaning, iron and board, and non smoking rooms. There is room service, a TV, a safe and family rooms, with 24 hour security, security features, first aid and a smoking area. Parking and free car parking are listed, and car rental service is offered. Bars and a bathroom are listed without detail. The list is thin on the things a short term visitor asks about first: no restaurant, no gym, no airport transfer, no workspace, and nothing said about the view or the noise.
What that adds up to for someone staying here is a self contained base rather than a hotel you linger in. Cross Cultural Solutions puts the practical machinery in place: you can cook, wash and dry clothes, park a car and arrange a rental without leaving the compound, and the security cover runs around the clock. Nothing in the list suggests a lobby, a pool or a part of town you would want to walk after dark. It suits a longer stay, a family or a group with a vehicle and a reason to be in this part of Greater Nairobi. It does not suit a first time visitor who wants the centre on foot, or anyone expecting a bar downstairs and a street to step out into.
02The supplier's photographs
0321 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 if your stay is measured in weeks rather than nights and you have a car to get around with. 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 Cross Cultural Solutions?+
It sits on Fedha Road, Amani Court, in Greater Nairobi, which is not the central business district. It is 8.68 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 109 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on arriving by car or taxi rather than walking in from the centre.
What does the property actually provide?+
A kitchenette, washing machine, housekeeping, laundry and dry cleaning, iron and board, room service, a TV, a safe, family rooms and non smoking rooms. Parking and free car parking are listed, along with car rental service. There is no restaurant or gym on the listed facilities.
How far is it from the markets and the centre?+
It is 7.46 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The centre is further still. Fedha Road itself runs on trucks, handcarts and the city's vegetables changing hands at 5am, and after dark the area is closed, dark and not a place to be.
How do I check availability and cancel if plans change?+
Availability and room types are shown through app.impt.io, where you complete the booking. Most rooms there can be cancelled free. Check the specific room's cancellation terms before you confirm, since they can differ between room types and dates.
