Tribe Hotel

The pool has a submerged granite table and a fireplace beside it, which tells you most of what you need to know about Tribe's sensibility. This 137-room hotel in Nairobi's embassy-dense Gigiri neighborhood plays it like a boutique art property, with curved interiors and African art throughout, while still running the full business-hotel infrastructure underneath. Safari crowds use it as a comfortable city bookend; diplomats book the suites with the security features.