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Zanzibar Hotels Directory:-Zanzibar Stone Town Hotels Guest Houses Lodges
Zanzibar Stone Town has a large number of hotels. Some hotels are
fragrantly luxurious while others are for budget travellers. Serena Hotel is
the crown in the Jewel of Stone Town Hotels. However for those who
want leisure in exclusive palm fringed, white sandy beaches, then the
North Coast hotels, the
North East coast hotels, and the
East Coast hotels are ideal.
Stone town refers the old quarter of Zanzibar. Our Zanzibar
Hotels directory while not exhaustive, gives one a guideline as to the
location of hotel and the room rates. The room rates shown below
reflects HIGH SEASON RATES are subject to confirmation. For low
season please make enquiries. We have also included the hotels in the
islands like Chapwani. The Hotels directory has two main columns for
rates-Single and double. Some hotels have triple rooms or an extra bed
facility. Do not hesitate to ask for it.
Getting there:
There are two
main ways of getting into Zanzibar:-By air or by sea. |
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Zanzibar Stone
Town Hotels Guest Houses Lodges |
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Africa House Hotel |
Zanzibar Stone Town |
Standard Room |
132.00
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175.00 |
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Royal Delux |
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212.00 |
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Beytl Al Chai
Hotel |
Zanzibar Stone Town |
Sultan Room |
250.00 |
280.00 |
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Prince Room |
190.00 |
220.00 |
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Prince Room |
105.00 |
135.00 |
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Chavda
Hotel |
Zanzibar Stone Town |
Standard Room |
68.00 |
94.00 |
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Suite |
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109.00 |
HB |
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Triple Room |
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103.00 |
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135.00 |
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Dhow Palace Hotel |
Zanzibar Stone Town |
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75.00 |
100.00 |
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Emerson & Green Hotel |
Zanzibar Stone Town |
Standard Rooms |
180.00 |
180.00 |
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Suite Seyyed |
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218.00 |
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Shangani Hotel |
Zanzibar Stone Town |
Standard Room |
75.00 |
103.00 |
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Junior Suite |
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113.00 |
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Tembo Hotel |
Zanzibar Stone Town |
Standard Rooms |
85.00 |
150.00 |
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Family Rooms |
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175.00 |
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Zanzibar Palace
Hotel |
Zanzibar Stone Town |
Standard Rooms |
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95.00 |
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Luxury Rooms |
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225.00 |
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Suites |
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295.00 |
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Zanzibar Serena Inn |
Zanzibar Stone Town, Shangani |
Standard Room |
310.00 |
450.00 |
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Business suite |
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575.00 |
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Honeymoon suite |
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725.00 |
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StateSuite |
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875.00 |
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Getting to Zanzibar:
There are two ways of getting into Zanzibar. By air or by Boat.
By Air
Hotels In Zanzibar Stone town in Brief
Zanzibar Serena Inn
The five star Zanzibar Serena Inn
is a good example of restoration of old historical buildings into modern
hotels in Zanzibar. The old Ex-telcoms house forms the main building
of the resort hotel. The other is the old Chinese Doctor's reseidence.
The hotels features en-suite rooms, a large swimming pool, restaurant and
coffee shop, business centre, conference facilities.
Chavda Hotel
This hotel features Zanzibar style en-suite rooms with multi-channel Tv, air
conditioning, telephone facilities. The rooms are well decorated with
antiques and Persian Carpets. They have an upstairs restaurant and
roof top bar.
Other Stone Town Hotels restored from historic building include.
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Emerson & Green
Hotel- once the home of a prominent merchant- Tharia Topan
who also built the Dispensary. Rooms are tastefully decorated with
antique Zanzibar furniture and carpets. Deliberately rooms have
no phone, fringe or tv. The hotels Tower Top Restaurant offers best
views of Zanzibar
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Tembo Hotel
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Mazson's Hotel
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Hotel International
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Dhow Palace Hotel.
This is a very luxurious hotel.
The only problem is that it lacks sea view. Rooms are en-suite and its
a very pleasant place to stay.
Besides Hotels, Zanzibar Stone
Town has a lot to offer in terms of tourism. Historic buildings, spice
island tours, Arab Swahili culture are the main
attractions to the visitors. The main tourist attractions in
Zanzibar stone town includes:-
- Historic buildings like the
house of wonders, Livingstone's (1860) house(Houses Zanzibar Tourist
Corporation ZTC), the old dispensary. the old customs's house, the Palace
Museum, the house of Wonders, the Arab Fort, St Joseph's Cathedral, Tippu
Tip's House, the old British consulate.
- Forodhani Gardens:-
Zanzibar's Forodhani garedens are a very popular place especially with the
locals in the evenings when they come for drinks and snacks
- The Market:-the main market
of Zanzibar is a meeting place of diverse people's from different part of
the island where they come to sell and buy commodities.
- Palaces-there are numerous
sultan palaces in Zanzibar. Besides the one in Stone Town, there are
others like the Maruhubi, Mtoni, Beit el Ras, Kibweni and Chuni Palaces
all to the North of Zanzibar.
- Water sports:-Zanzibar is a
popular destination for water sports including snorkeling, diving,
swimming and swimming. Diving can be done through out the year.
The Northern coast of Zanzibar and Pemba are the most preferred
destinations for diving.
- Dophin Tours:-the dolphin
tours are organized in the village of Kazimkazi in the southern tip of
Zanzibar. October to February is the most favourable time to see dolphins.
Sightings are not guaranteed and swimming with them is a rare occurrence.
- Spice Island Tours:-Zanzibar
is world famous for its spices. The aim of these tours is to
introduce one to the spices and even fruits which are grown in Zanzibar.
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