If you are intending on staying in Abuja for short stay and need a hotel if you can’t afford these hotels, it pays to take note of them - for navigational purposes at least.

Transcorp Hilton Hotel

This is Abuja’s most prestigious Hotel in fact it’s safe to say the most prestigious hotel in Nigeria. Located in Maitama District, it’s a beehive of activities come rain or shine even on Sundays and public holidays as the hotel never seems to run short of guests or events. You’ll easily recognize it from Aguiyi Ironsi way opposite the NCC headquarters or PHCN headquarters. It has everything you can think of in a 5 Star hotel but the rates per night are very expensive.

Sheraton Hotel and Towers

This hotel in zone 4 area of Wuse is Abuja’s second largest hotel. It too is a 5 star hotel offering world class services with everything you expect a 5 star hotel to have. It’s very popular for hosting major events including book launches, fund raising events and award nights and is patronized mostly by business folk, diplomats, politicians and high society.

Chelsea Hotel

In the Central Area district of Abuja one hotel stands tall above others and it’s the upscale Chelsea hotel which may not be as prestigious as Sheraton or Transcorp but is the heartbeat of hospitality in Central Area of Abuja. It boasts of first class facilities and services and is a major delight for many guests hungry for top class hospitality service but want to avoid the more expensive hotels of note in Abuja.

Agura Hotel

While this hotel in Area 10 of Garki District might not be your idea of a 5 star hotel, it remains a ‘veteran’ among big hotels in Abuja. It was one of the major hotels in Abuja the 1990’s before the massive explosion in the hospitality industry in Abuja. Agura hotel still stands tall among the over 120 hotels operating in Abuja.

Nicon Luxury Hotels

The Nicon group of companies that’s threatening to buy up everything in any industry they set their eyes on identified one essential need by hospitality seekers in Abuja – luxury. They decided to become champions of that niche in Abuja although the Area 11 in Garki based Hotel still has some catching up to do if it hopes to displace Transcorp Hilton or Sheraton Hotel and towers which it has some striking semblance with.

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