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Hotel Embassy £21 0.0 mi 0.0 km 3.5 of 5 stars
Sarova Panafric £173 0.1 mi 0.2 km 3 of 5 stars
Jamiat Hotel £51 0.1 mi 0.2 km 3 of 5 stars
Fairview Hotel £55 0.9 mi 1.5 km 4.5 of 5 stars
House of Waine N/A 8.3 mi 13.4 km 4.5 of 5 stars
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Nairobi National Museum 0.8 mi 1.3 km 4 of 5 stars
Railway Museum 4.0 mi 6.5 km 4 of 5 stars
Giraffe Centre 4.8 mi 7.7 km 4.5 of 5 stars
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“THE BLUE MARKET” VirtualTourist.com
TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #10 of 16 attractions in Nairobi
Traveller Description: This craft market, nearly destroyed by civil unrest in 1998, is across from the large City Market.
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Attraction type: Flea/street market
Address: Muindi Mbingu Street Nairobi
Kenya

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3 of 5 stars
FloridaCyndi
Saint Petersburg, Florida
25 Jun 2006
17/17 found this review helpful

Well, maybe this won't be posted, as you don't post reviews about "violent criminal activity." But about a month before the bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi, in August 1998, the "Blue Market" was destroyed, violently, at night, by those wanted the craft sellers off the property. The famous Blue Stalls are no more. Go there today and you... more

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Muindi Mbingu Street, Nairobi, Kenya