1848 Princess Tui Inn
1848 Princess Tui Inn offers quiet, clean budget beach side accommodation in a fascinating historical Samoan home. The inexpensive Samoa guesthouse and budget hotel is for holiday travellers who are looking for affordable airy hotel rooms facing the
marvelous sea breeze in Apia. The hotel’s unique Samoa Vaiala beach location is only two minutes walk from some of Samoa’s best snorkelling at Palolo Deep Marine Reserve ...
Betty's Guesthouse
Betty's, the original backpacker's of Samoa is 10 minutes walk from Apia town centre. On main bus routes. Adjacent to marine park, gymnasium, restaurants/bars, internet cafe, car hire. We have a mixture of rooms from single ,double and triples available and two self-contained bungalows for 2-9 persons ...
Valentines Hostel
Valentines Motel is located just a stones throw away from the heart of Apia. All amenities are accessible. You will find a very friendly and homely atmosphere that will make your stay comfortable and affordable. We offer great service! friendly people! unbeatable rates ...
Apia, population 38,800 (2001), is the capital of Samoa. It is part of the Tuamasaga district. The city is located on the northern coast of Upolu Island. It is the nation's major port and only city. Fish and copra are the country's major exports, and cotton goods, motor vehicles, meats, and sugar are the major imports. Mulinu'u, the old ceremonial capital, lies at the city's western end, and is the location of the Parliament House (Fale Fono) and the historic observatory, which is now the meteorology office. In 1983, the Apia Samoa Temple was built here by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. An area of reclaimed land jutting into the harbour is the site of the multistorey government offices and the Central Bank of Samoa. In the center of the city is a clock tower erected as a war memorial. Apia has a number of multistorey buildings of recent origin, but some of the early, wooden, colonial buildings remain scattered around the town, most notably the courthouse, with a museum on the upper floor. The new market (maketi fou) is inland a bit at Fugalei, where it is more protected from the effects of cyclones. Writer Robert Louis Stevenson spent the last four years of his life here, and is buried on Mt. Vaea, overlooking both the city and the home he built, Vailima, which is now a museum in his honour.
This is a mixture of old colonial houses and more modern Western-style houses, interspersed with some traditional Samoan houses (fale).
