236 Hurumzi
Formerly Emerson & Green, but now operating under a new name and without Emerson, this Zanzibar inst...
Formerly Emerson & Green, but now operating under a new name and without Emerson, this Zanzibar inst...
Chavda is a quiet, reliable hotel with some period décor and a range of bland, carpeted rooms with TV, t...
Warere has good-value rooms – some with small balconies and all with hot water – plus a rooftop terrace...
No frills but cheap and fine, with straightforward rooms – all with mosquito nets and fans – around a courtyard. There is also a common TV and a rooftop sitting/breakfast area.
This five-star hotel in a 200-year-old restored building in the Kiponda area is the latest project of the venerable Emerson, of Emerson’s House and Emerson & Green fame, and undoubtedly the best.
This family-run guesthouse has small, clean rooms (check out a few as they’re all different) – many with bathroom – and solicitous proprietors. It’s next to Culture Musical Club, and there are discounts for stays of more than two days.
Garden Lodge is an efficient, friendly, family-run place in a convenient, quiet location – diagonally opposite the High Court.
Good, clean rooms with high ceilings, mosquito nets and fan, plus a common kitchen and a fridge. Turn left as you exit the port – it’s just two minutes’ walk ahead on the right-hand side.
Clean, basic rooms – most with air-con – near Ciné Afrique and the port, and diagonally opposite Mr Mitu’s spice tours office.
The long-standing Mazsons has impressively restored lobby woodwork and a convenient location, which go some way to compensating for its rooms – modern and quite comfortable, though rather pallid. There’s also a restaurant.
This old favourite and very backpacker-friendly place has clean, basic rooms, a travellers’ bulletin board, free coffee and tea, and a small kitchenette for self-catering. It’s just south of Mkunazini, between Soko Muhogo St and Vuga Rd.
Karibu has a convenient location in the heart of Shangani, within a five-minute walk of Forodhani Gardens, with dorm beds and quite decent rooms with private bathroom.
Just around the corner from Flamingo Guest House, and also popular with backpackers, Jambo has free tea and coffee, clean rooms, including some with air-con, decent breakfasts and an internet café opposite.
A new place, down-to-earth and welcoming, with simply furnished but clean and comfortable rooms and a restaurant (no alcohol). It’s diagonally opposite Chavda Hotel.
Confusingly named, as it’s currently under different management to Malindi Lodge, this place is just behind Bandari Lodge, with no-frills, somewhat rundown but decent rooms sharing cold-water bathrooms.
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