Fairmont The Norfolk

Nairobi, Kenya. Located on Harry Thuku Road in central Nairobi, on four acres of grounds near the National Museums of Kenya.

Fairmont The NorfolkNairobi, Kenya

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Address: Fairmont The Norfolk
Harry Thuku Road
PO Box 58581, 00200 Nairobi
Kenya
Telephone: +254 20 2265000
Official website: www.fairmont.com
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125 rooms and suites in low Tudor-style blocks set around tropical gardens.
Restaurants and bars including the Lord Delamere Terrace, the Tatu steakhouse and the Cin Cin wine bar.
Spa, heated outdoor pool, gym and conference venues; a Ford Model A Roadster is displayed on the grounds.
Located on Harry Thuku Road in central Nairobi, on four acres of grounds near the National Museums of Kenya.

11 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

25 December 1904
Built by Major C.G.R. Ringer and R. Aylmer Winearls, the hotel opens with 40 rooms, a billiard room and a French chef.
February 1906
Robert Baden-Powell stays at the hotel, which serves as a base for explorers and hunters.
1909
Theodore Roosevelt stays before and after his celebrated safari, following his presidency.
1913
Thirty rooms are added, with an arched entrance and a veranda with balcony.
1927
Abraham Block buys the hotel, which becomes the cornerstone of the Block Hotels group.
1934
The East African Professional Hunters’ Association is founded at a meeting in the hotel.
1972
The hotel is enlarged to 170 rooms.
31 December 1980
A bomb planted in a guest room explodes on New Year’s Eve, killing many and destroying the west wing, later rebuilt.
1985
The hotel appears in Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.
2004
Kingdom Hotel Investments acquires the hotel and places it under Fairmont management.
2020
The hotel is sold to the Nepalese Chaudhary group, shortly before the Covid-19 pandemic.