A self-catering two-bedroom flat in a serviced Westlands block, with a pool, a garden and parking. The distance from the centre decides it: this suits you if you have a car and are staying more than a night, and not if you want the City Market quarter on foot.
01What it is
Nova 2 Bedroom Apartment Westlands is a three star apartment property on a residential Westlands street, and the listing is built around the flat itself rather than hotel service. You get a kitchen with a microwave and a refrigerator, a bathroom with a shower, WC, towels and toiletries, a balcony, a fireplace, a TV and free wifi. The block adds a garden, a picnic area, a games room, a barber or beauty salon, lifts, free car parking, 24 hour security, smoke detectors, non smoking rooms, family rooms, laundry service and cleaning, and pets are allowed. The list is thin in the places a hotel guest would notice: there is no restaurant, no bar and no gym.
For someone staying here, Nova 2 Bedroom Apartment Westlands is a base rather than a hotel, and what that means depends on how you move. With a car and free parking on site, the everyday errands of a longer stay work, and the kitchen and laundry keep the flat running. Without one, the property sits 5.37 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 68 minutes on foot in a direct line, and Westlands traffic makes that a poor substitute. It suits families, pet owners and anyone booking a week or more who wants space instead of a room. It does not suit a short city break built around the Central Business District.
02The supplier's photographs
0334 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. 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. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Nova 2 Bedroom Apartment Westlands as an apartment rather than a room, and check the flat you are reserving matches the two-bedroom layout 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 exactly is Nova 2 Bedroom Apartment Westlands?+
It is on the Nova Apartments site in Westlands, inside Greater Nairobi rather than the Central Business District. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 4.76 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the apartment itself include?+
Each flat is a two-bedroom layout with a kitchen, microwave, refrigerator, bathroom with shower and WC, towels, toiletries, a balcony, a fireplace and a TV. Free wifi covers the apartment. The block adds a garden, a picnic area, a games room and free car parking.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
It helps. Westlands is not the walkable centre, and the property sits 5.37 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 68 minutes on foot in a direct line. Free parking is on site, so a car turns the location into an advantage rather than a problem.
How do I check availability for specific dates?+
Availability and the exact flat are confirmed at the point of booking through app.impt.io. The listing shows twelve photographs on file, so you can see the layout before you commit. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, which makes trying a date straightforward.
