Major city hotel, beach resort, cultural centre and historic destination
Elegant and cosmopolitan Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel is a landmark on the skyline of Dar es Salaam. Enjoying a high-profile clientelle, Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel regularly plays host to both regional and international events.
A unique mix of pan-African style and Swiss efficiency, Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel is located in the heart of the business district, allowing immediate access to all that this vibrant city has to offer in terms of nightlife, dining, business, shopping and culture.
The City of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Dar es Salaam (meaning ‘Haven of Peace'), is the largest city in Tanzania (population estimated at 4 million), the third-fastest-growing city in Africa and the ninth-fastest- growing in the world. Though Dar es Salaam lost its official status as Tanzania's capital city to Dodoma in 1973, it remains the centre of the permanent central government bureaucracy and continues to serve as the capital for the surrounding Dar es Salaam Region.
Dar offers a huge variety of city hotel accommodation options. As well as the central city hotel choices, many other beachside city hotel resorts are offered on the southern and northern beaches. Most city hotel hotels have regular discos or live music, especially at the weekends; as do the majority of bars.
Dar es Salaam city hotel location
Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel is centrally located in the heart of the business quarter of Dar es Salaam, within walking distance of the major shopping areas, and 10 minutes by car (12 km) from Dar es Salaam International Airport.
Dar es Salaam lies on the Tanzanian coast of East Africa. Tanzania's main airport is located in Dar es Salaam, Julius Nyerere International, which is 10 km from Dar es Salaam city center and 20 km from the Msasani Peninsula.
When to go to Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel
This city hotel can be visited at any time of year. Situated close to the equator and the warm Indian Ocean, Dar es Salaam experiences generally tropical climatic conditions, typified by hot and humid weather throughout much of the year. Annual rainfall is approximately 1,100 mm (43 in) per annum and in a normal year there are two distinct rainy seasons, 'the Tanzania long rains' which fall during April and May, and 'the Tanzania short rains' - during October and November.
What to see in Dar es Salaam
Dar, as it is popularly known, is full of historical buildings, many of which date back to German and British colonial times. Spanning two sweeps of bay, looking out over the Indian Ocean, Dar es Salaam is relaxed in atmosphere and can easily be navigated on foot (the guided city tour takes around 2 hours).
Accommodation at Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel
Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel offers 230 spacious and stylishly presented rooms (36 Executive Rooms, 9 Junior Suites, 3 Diplomatic suites and a magnificent Presidential Suite). Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel room facilities include: ensuite bathrooms, air-conditioning, direct-dial phones, personal voicemail, WiFi access, 21-channel satellite TV, mini-bars, electronic safes, hair-dryers and tea/coffee-making facilities, laundry service, medical service, forex, and complimentary newspapers. Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel Executive Floor features an exclusive Executive Lounge with personal butler service, an Executive Boardroom (hosts 8) and a private internet café.
Dining and bars at Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel
Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel offers ‘L ‘oliveto', a fine-dining a la carte Italian restaurant, the ‘Serengeti Restaurant', which offers day-long international and local buffets as well as themed dinner buffets, and the ‘Island Traders Pool Restaurant', which offers a broad range of snacks, salads and oven-made pizzas alongside a first-rate selection of wines, spirits, beers, juices and soft drinks.
Conference and event facilities at Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel
Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel offers a wide range of conference and meeting venues (to host 600 with full business and AV support) and regularly plays host to the major business and economic events of the region. Elegant and efficient, Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel also offers a stylish venue for a city wedding. Tanzania city hotel incentives can also be arranged in Dar es Salaam or on the surrounding northern Tanzania safari circuit.
Weddings and honeymoons at Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel
This Tanzania city hotel makes an ideal Tanzania wedding destination.
Child-friendly facilities at Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel
This Tanzania city hotel welcomes children and will be pleased to supply additional beds.
What to do and see at this city hotel
Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel offers its own swimming pool, and fitness centre and has immediate access to an 18-hole golf course, racquetball, squash and tennis courts and coastal fishing.
Dar es Salaam offers its own Yacht Club on the Msasani Peninsula, while the Gymkhana on Gymkhana Road offers tennis courts and golf. Most city hotel options offer swimming pools, tennis, squash and more. There are also a number of dive schools and water sports centres.
Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel - Dar es Salaam • Tanzania City Hotels
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