Must-see hotels in Guinea

  • Hotel SIB

    Guinea

    If this hotel were anywhere else on Earth it would have been converted into a luxury heritage hotel. As it is, this 1930s colonial building, which was…

  • Le Sogue Hôtel

    Guinea

    On a short stretch of private white-sand beach (entry for nonguests GFr15,000) that's swept clean every morning, this gorgeous hotel might well be the…

  • Noom Conakry

    Conakry

    The brand-new, boat-shaped, Noom Conakry is where the city puts on its most sophisticated face. It's a face that comes with an infinity pool overlooking…

  • Hôtel Tata

    Guinea

    The bungalows, with their woven, patterned roofs and colourful bedspreads, are as pretty as the tropical birds that fill the leafy garden each morning…

  • Hotel M'lys

    Conakry

    This small, central place is turning the Conakry hotel scene on its head. Gone are drowsy overpriced rooms and lacklustre service. In are business smart…

  • Pension Les Palmiers

    Conakry

    The doily-adorned couches, cute living room and caring owners make this one a five-heart guesthouse, if not a five-star hotel, and as such it seems to…

  • Hôtel Sister

    Guinea

    This Guinean-Welsh run place on the edge of town is the exception to Pita's otherwise grotty offering of hotels. Pretty pink rooms have a pleasingly twee…

  • Hôtel Fritz

    Guinea

    Prepare for a very big shock. Impeccable, spacious and tastefully decorated rooms set within individual cabins beside a clean, deep blue swimming pool…

  • Hôtel Savanah

    Guinea

    With a wonderfully helpful management who'll go out of their way to please, and quiet, tidy rooms with floral bedsheets, this is as good as it gets in…

  • Acacia White House

    Guinea

    It's hard to go wrong with this very friendly and helpful family-run guesthouse which has four spotless rooms and 24-hour electricity thanks to a back-up…

  • Campement du Mali

    Guinea

    These two huts (with a third under construction) are on the edge of the escarpment close to La Dame de Mali. They are built to mimic traditional thatched…

  • Riviera Royal

    Conakry

    More affordable than many of the city's top-end hotels, the Riviera Royal has a tropical-garden vibe with rooms in small blocks scattered under the palm…

  • Hotel GHI

    Conakry

    Once, in a now quite distant past, this was the swankiest hotel in Conakry. Today it's fading rapidly but it still retains a lot of charm and offers good…

  • Hotel Magellan

    Guinea

    Set on an impressively rocky stretch of coastline, this French-run place has large rooms in individual chalets scattered around a big grassy compound. The…

  • Hotel Coleah

    Conakry

    Smart, freshly painted mustard-yellow hotel with African masks on the walls and large, cool and comfortable rooms with impressive bathrooms. For Conakry…

  • Campement de Doucki

    Guinea

    The village campement consists of three separate traditional thatched roof mud huts with two beds in each, mosquito nets, candles for illumination and a…

  • Maison d'Accueil

    Conakry

    Essentially the only real budget accommodation in the city that foreigners are likely to be able to stay at. Conakry's Catholic Mission has clean, simple…

  • Hotel Bibish

    Guinea

    This long-standing favourite attracts most of the (minimal) passing tourist and NGO trade. The rooms are dated and dark, but the ones at the rear of the…

  • Auberge Seidy II

    Guinea

    Koffi, the English-speaking and ever-laughing owner of the Auberge Seidy II, has created a lovely little guesthouse with clean and well-maintained rooms…

  • Grand Hôtel de Mont Nimba

    Guinea

    This large place is where all the (many) NGO workers set up base and staff are very used to foreigners. The rooms are spacious and clean but lack much…

  • Auberge Golo

    Guinea

    This is a great-value place out on the edge of town. The rooms are actually suites that come with living rooms with sofas and armchairs, a large bedroom…

  • Hotel-Restaurant Firya

    Guinea

    Recently renovated and now one of the better options in town, the Firya has rooms in two classes: Small, dark and dank standard rooms that staff can be…

  • Sacha Hotel

    Conakry

    This is a cheap, comfortable city centre hotel painted in an unmissable lurid yellow. The cheapest rooms, which all face inward, are actually quieter, and…

  • Mission Catholique

    Guinea

    The Catholic Mission has simple but tidy rooms with mosquito nets and shared toilets. It's a nice, quiet location downhill behind the church at the…

  • Galaxie Residence

    Guinea

    A modern peach-pink block where the rooms come in two classes. The cheaper ones are small, dark and perfectly acceptable for a night or two. Bigger rooms…

  • Hôtel le Relais de Mamou

    Guinea

    This impressive and fairly new place offers good-value rooms that are large and bright, with reliable evening electricity and hot showers. Some of the…

  • Hotel Saala

    Guinea

    A long-standing budget favourite with four classes of room that get bigger and come with more over-stuffed furnishings the more you pay. Overall though it…

  • Hôtel du Golfe

    Conakry

    The eye-catching red Hôtel du Golfe offers refreshingly cheap rooms, which are large and well-maintained. It's on a quiet side-street.

  • Millefleurs

    Guinea

    Four bright orange rooms on the hilly crest of the island. It's all very simple but has a gentle charm.

  • Konkoba

    Guinea

    Perched on the boulders above a delightful little beach are a handful of simple huts which, if they were almost anywhere else in the world, would be a…

  • Hôtel Palm

    Guinea

    From the outside this guesthouse, which is just back from the market, is a pleasant canary yellow colonial-style villa, but the rooms are grotty in the…

  • Hotel le Rocher

    Conakry

    The service is friendly and personable at this small, central hotel, but overall the place is starting to show its age and comes across a little…

  • Hotel Nouketi

    Guinea

    There are five rooms at this very basic place, which is a short way from the town centre. There's no electricity, although this is probably for the best…

  • Le Bamana

    Guinea

    Set back from a long, brown-tinged beach with safe swimming, this is the most popular day-trip destination on Île de Kassa. It also offers accommodation…

  • École Forestière

    Guinea

    Rooms at the forestry school are really meant for seminar attendees, but evening electricity, morning birdsong, clean and very basic rooms and a whole lot…

  • L'Auberge Indigo

    Guinea

    A very simple unsigned place on the edge of town. Don't expect luxuries like running water or electricity, but there is access to a kitchen. You normally…

  • Hôtel Mantise Palace

    Guinea

    A dilapidated and, by the looks of things, half-closed place on the edge of town. Water comes by the bucket, there's a couple of hours of electricity and…

  • Hôtel Tangama

    Guinea

    If you like low prices and mildewed rooms with saggy beds then this place will pass muster. The biggest selling point is the open fire in the dining room …

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