These bare-bones rooms are clean enough and the more expensive options have air-con. Bathrooms (get ready for some porcelain jockey action - no toilet seats) are shared between two rooms. It's nestled north of Stade Général Seyni Kountche.
Just south of town centre, clean comfy bungalows here host large sunny rooms, with TVs and gargantuan bathrooms. There's a pleasant restaurant and separate bar whose TV is trained to follow French footy. It's popular with tour groups.
Available only to volunteers and NGO employees.
Although perfectly set in the heart of town, rooms are on the dark side and some are musty thanks to the old carpeting - check out a few.
A large section of this place was being gutted by renovations during our visit, so hopefully the shabby rooms with ripe carpets and dog-eared bathrooms will now be a thing of the past. Rooms new and old contain satellite TVs and fridges.
Built next to the Palais du Congrés during the uranium boom, this towering riverside complex was long the jewel of Niamey's hotel industry.
Le Sahel has comfortable and clean rooms, though at this price we'd hope all toilets had seats. The odd numbered rooms have great river views and don't cost a penny more.
This dusty site in western Niamey is the only option for campers. While it's a long walk to town, it may be a very short walk to take a dip - during our visit a new complex being built next door was rumoured to have a cool pool.
Bright rooms, with cool tiled floors and oddly contemporary bathrooms, are found beneath the thatched conical roofs of Rôniers' great traditional cottages. The garden is lovely, the restaurant's great and the swimming pool is rather hip.
Opened in 2004, Homeland has moderately-sized, spotless rooms with gleaming tile floors, colourful throw rugs, satellite TVs and modern bathrooms. All that it's missing is a riverside location.
Available only to volunteers and NGO employees.
This peaceful haven near the Wadata Autogare has everything in spades. Behind the shady garden veranda are spotless rooms, a small stash of books (albeit in French), board games and free drinking water. Guests can even use the fridge.
While Hôtel Gaweye's socks fall down and its prices rise, Grand Hôtel continues to provide attentive service, value for money and top-notch rooms that boast satellite TVs and lovely river views.
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