The Hotel Presidential | GRA Phase II | PMB 5141 | Aba Road | Port Harcourt | Nigeria
Location
Situated in the heart of Port Harcourt city, Hotel Presidential offers easy access to local tourist attractions via excellent public transport facilities. Port Harcourt is the capital of Rivers State - heart of the country’s hydro-carbon industry. Rivers State is bounded on the south by the Atlantic ocean, in the north by Anambra, Imo and Abia states, in the east by Akwa Ibom state and in the west by Bayelsa and Delta state. Located in the Niger Delta Rivers State has a topography of flat plains netted in a marvellous web of rivers and tributaries. Major towns among these rivers are New Calabar, Orashi, Bonny, Sombrerio, St.Bartholomeo and Santa Barbara. With a good climate, many rivers and vast area of Arable Land, the people of Rivers State are predominantly farmers, fishermen and traders.
Port Harcourt as the capital and administrative seat of rivers state is known as Nigeria’s garden city because of its beautiful layout and topography on the Bonny river, in the Niger delta. The city was founded and established by the British in 1913 and named after Lewis Viscount Harcourt, secretary of state for the colonies.
Port Harcourt continued to grow as local authority until January 1, 1949 when the eastern house of assembly signed an ordinance creating town council. At present, Port Harcourt is a leading port of the country, a road and rail hub and major industrial and exports centre. The city has over 100 industrial concerns including sawmilling, auto assembly, food canning, flour milling, tobacco processing and the manufacture of rubber, glass, metal and paper products, cement, paint, furniture and soap. Besides of being the operational headquarters of the Nigerian petroleum industry, Port Harcourt has natural tourism potential.
