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Top-Rated Nearby Hotels
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Tribe - the Village Market Hotel $395 0.1 mi 0.2 km 4.5 of 5 stars
The Sarova Stanley $203 0.2 mi 0.3 km 4 of 5 stars
Nairobi Serena Hotel $275 0.6 mi 1.0 km 4 of 5 stars
Fairview Hotel $84 0.9 mi 1.5 km 4.5 of 5 stars
Parklands Shade Hotel N/A 1.1 mi 1.8 km 4 of 5 stars
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Alan Bobbe's Bistro 0.1 mi 0.1 km 4 of 5 stars
Tamambo Tapas Bar 0.1 mi 0.2 km 4 of 5 stars
Norfolk Hotel 0.5 mi 0.8 km 4 of 5 stars
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Nairobi National Museum 0.7 mi 1.1 km 4 of 5 stars
The Village Market 3.9 mi 6.2 km 4.5 of 5 stars
Railway Museum 4.0 mi 6.5 km 4 of 5 stars
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“THE BLUE MARKET” VirtualTourist.com
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #11 of 19 attractions in Nairobi
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Traveler 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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“What Blue Market? Other options ...”
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3 of 5 stars
FloridaCyndi 2 contributions
Saint Petersburg, Florida
Jun 25, 2006
19/20 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