| There is a sophisticated infrastructure of resort | | | | buildings, some with impressive carved doors or |
| hotels ranging from the Kenya luxurious beach hotels | | | | intricate balconies. |
| to the more basic. Many hotels offer similar services, | | | | The castle hotel |
| facilities and activities. The hotels range from the | | | | This city hotel is ventrally placed in Mombasa town |
| Kenya exotic beach hotels (high-thatch roofs, white | | | | and harks back to an earlier era. There is a big open |
| washed arches, Lamu style furniture) to the more | | | | dining veranda with whitewashed pillars, tiled floor and |
| prosaic Mombasa kenya budget beach hotels | | | | potted plants. This is a good spot for a cool drink and |
| (cement accommodation wings, balconies angled | | | | watching street life. Tour buses bringing sight-seers |
| towards a possible sea view, plastic loungers) | | | | into Mombasa town often use the castle Hotel as a |
| There are also some resorts with private Kenya villas | | | | drop-off and pick-up point. This adds to the bustle |
| or Mombasa condos (complete with cook, if desired), | | | | and activity of the open veranda and also signals an |
| as well as opportunities for more personalized | | | | increase in drink prices. |
| Mombasa Kenya beach homestays. You can even | | | | The 60 rooms at the castle have few frills and are |
| opt for the romance of staying in a grass shack on | | | | now refurbished to their former glory. There are high |
| the beach. In addition there are Mombasa Kenya | | | | ceilings with fans and the furniture antique. |
| private beach homes and vacation rentals which can | | | | New Outrigger Hotel |
| be rented through Mombasa or Nairobi Kenya travel | | | | This hotel is above Kilindini Harbor, with views over |
| Companies. However, these require self-catering and | | | | the water. There are palm trees, tropical shrubs and |
| one is advised to have a separate budget for food | | | | a swimming pool. Rooms have balconies facing the |
| and other living -in incidentals. | | | | sea, air conditioning, and telephones. The hotel is |
| Mombasa Island Hotels | | | | under Belgian management, features French cuisine |
| Mombasa, the second largest city in Kenya, is on | | | | and a beach. |
| Mombasa Island. It is a steamy, tropical, low rise city | | | | Manson Hotel |
| with asymmetrical streets, a languid pace, and a | | | | This is a newer business hotel in Mombasa. It has |
| diverse and intriguing population. Mombasa is mostly a | | | | higher standards in Mombasa town. |
| Swahili town. Women chatter by in dark bui bui or | | | | The Oceanic Hotel |
| wrapped in brilliant multi-coloured kanga. There are | | | | Advertised as the "largest hotel on Mombasa Island" |
| dozens of intricate mosques and temples, pungent | | | | this multistory cement hotel is near the Likoni ferry |
| open markets, mazes of narrow lanes crowded with | | | | and overlooks the Likoni BAY. It is not a beach hotel |
| street stalls. Mombasa is a port and a commercial | | | | although it enjoys a rather splendid view of mama |
| center, not a resort town. | | | | Ngina Street -the Green Park and thorough fare of |
| It is rather seedy and romantic, not slick and efficient. | | | | Mombasa Island along the Likoni coastline. |
| There are no beaches in Mombasa town and the | | | | Polana Hotel-The Mombasa town business hotel |
| hotels tend to be modest and somewhat | | | | accommodation |
| old-fashioned save for several new ones. Tourists in | | | | The high-rise hotel has 140 rooms including junior |
| Mombasa have mostly been 'bused' in for shopping | | | | suites. Rooms are air conditioned with bath, shower, |
| and sight seeing in the Mombasa old town mostly. | | | | minibar, radio, TV and telephones. The hotel has a |
| Mombasa has a long and complex history, best | | | | conference room for up to 200 people, a casino, and |
| appreciated by a visit to Fort Jesus an the Old town. | | | | offers car rental, theater bookings laundry services, |
| Fort Jesus, begun by the Portuguese at the end of | | | | in-house parking and excursions. The hotel is |
| the 16th century, dominates the entrance to | | | | described as being "in the heart of Mombasa island, in |
| Mombasa harbor, and commands good views over | | | | walking distance too all places of interest and |
| the Old town. The fort is now a national monument | | | | business locations in the town." This hotel is of more |
| and houses and interesting museum. The old town is | | | | interest to business travel than for tourism. |
| a maze of narrow streets, mosques and crowded | | | | |