A three star guesthouse on David Osieli Road in Greater Nairobi, with free parking, a garden and a 24 hour front desk. The garden and the parking are what decide it, since the centre is a daytime quarter and you will be coming and going.
01What it is
Precious Blood Guesthouse is a three star property on David Osieli Road in Greater Nairobi. The listed facilities are the practical ones: a 24 hour front desk, breakfast, free wifi, free car parking, luggage storage, dry cleaning service, multilingual staff and a garden. There is no restaurant, no bar, no gym and no business centre on the list, and the garden is the only shared space it names. Twelve photos are on file.
What that adds up to is a quiet, functional base rather than a place you linger. You get somewhere to park, somewhere to leave a bag, a desk that is always staffed and a garden to sit in, and you eat breakfast before you leave. Precious Blood Guesthouse suits drivers and guests who want the centre as a daytime errand rather than an evening out. It does not suit anyone who wants the city within walking range or a bar downstairs.
02The supplier's photographs
038 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 ahead if you are arriving late, since the front desk is staffed around the clock but the quiet rooms go first. 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 Precious Blood Guesthouse?+
It is on David Osieli Road in Greater Nairobi, outside the central business district itself. It is 3.71 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 47 minutes on foot in a direct line. That puts it closer to Greater Nairobi than to the centre.
What does the guesthouse actually provide?+
The list runs to a 24 hour front desk, breakfast, free wifi, free car parking, luggage storage, dry cleaning service, multilingual staff and a garden. There is no restaurant, bar or gym named, so plan meals beyond breakfast elsewhere.
Can you walk into the centre from here?+
It is 3.12 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That is a real walk rather than a short one, and it is worth weighing against the free parking, which may serve you better.
How do I check availability for Precious Blood Guesthouse?+
Availability and room types are shown on the booking page for this property, which is where you compare what is open for your dates. Have your dates ready, since the desk is staffed around the clock but the quiet rooms are the ones that go first.
