Zanzibar Town
Over the years, this grand building has been home to an Indian merchant, the sultan's family and other Zanzibari dignitaries. Restored to its original…
Must-see hotels in Zanzibar Island
Zanzibar Town
Away from the hustle, 5km south of Zanzibar Town, trim and tranquil Mbweni Ruins Hotel (part of the Marriott-Protea chain) has light and airy rooms set in…
Zanzibar Town
This attractively restored building has a prime waterfront location, including a patch of private beach (separated from the sea and public beach by a…
Zanzibar Island
This beachfront place has a very friendly and refreshingly low-key ambience. Guests can choose from two types of bungalow: small and simple, or spacious…
Zanzibar Town
Dating from 1885, this building once belonged to a minister to Sultan Barghash, and today it's a stylish hotel above a first-class coffeeshop. Eight rooms…
Zanzibar Town
This efficient, friendly, family-run place offers 18 rooms in a characterful house fringed with balconies and decorated with stained-glass windows. Rooms…
Zanzibar Island
With bungalows clustered around three pools, set amid gardens and palms, Dhow Inn is neat and stylish. In the rooms, beige-on-white interiors soothe heat…
Zanzibar Island
South of Paje, in a very spacious garden on a small slope overlooking the sea, are a few bungalows; those lower down are bigger. A major draw is the bar…
Zanzibar Island
Conceived as a community development project between a group of Germans and Bwejuu villagers, this small place has four simple rooms in two bungalows in…
Zanzibar Island
Casa del Mar brings a dash of colour and design to Jambiani with 14 rooms in two double-storey houses set amid tropical gardens just a few short steps…
Zanzibar Island
Karamba, on the northern end of Kizimkazi Dimbani, has around 20 rooms of different sizes in whitewashed cottages along a small cliff overlooking the sea…
Zanzibar Town
In a modern building, the Golden Tulip has the air of a business hotel. Rooms are spacious, although the dark wood furniture is a bit gloomy, and…
Zanzibar Island
This luxurious hotel has well-appointed rooms, some overlooking the sea, in traditionally styled two-storey buildings, surrounded by gardens. All rooms…
Zanzibar Island
This luxurious place has just 12 rooms in what was once a large private house. The polished hardwood floors and safari chairs give it a lovely old…
Zanzibar Island
This long-standing place has bungalows on the beach (though no sea view) and rooms in two-storey blocks on the cliff top. Staff are friendly, but…
Zanzibar Town
Built around two open courtyards, one with a swimming pool, the Dhow Palace is liberally decorated with Indian Ocean artefacts. The theme continues in the…
Zanzibar Island
This relaxed place has eight double rooms perched on a small cliff overlooking Chwaka Bay, with a breezy lounge-restaurant down on the sand below,…
Zanzibar Town
Simple, unpretentious and uncluttered, the Stone Town Café has five rooms with Zanzibari beds dressed in pristine white linens. Black-and-white photos,…
Nungwi
A luxurious hotel complex, with rooms in several two- and three-storey buildings, some with sea views, others overlooking the large swimming pool and…
Zanzibar Island
Blink and you might miss this tiny guesthouse with its sandy front yard and just five simple double rooms. There are two external bathrooms, and one of…
Zanzibar Island
Towards the southern end of Matemwe, this immaculate place has 12 rooms with louvre doors, soft furnishings and traditional-style in-room bathrooms. All…
Zanzibar Island
The enormous luxury resort of Bluebay has around 100 rooms and suites, some in the gardens, others overlooking the ocean. There's a large swimming pool, a…
Zanzibar Town
Slightly off the beaten track, the Rumaisa Hotel is worth the journey. Stairs with bamboo bannisters lead to rooms with Zanzibari beds, fridge and TV,…
Zanzibar Town
The Best Western brand comes to Zanzibar with this newly built five-storey hotel near the busy passenger ferry terminal. From the 'water wall' in the…
Chapwani Private Island Resort
Zanzibar Island
Ten rooms in five luxury cottages sit along the beach, each with private veranda. Tranquillity is guaranteed, and if it all gets too much you can stroll…
Nungwi
In the race among Zanzibar's hotels to build big makuti (palm thatch) structures, this place wins. A truly giant atrium of glass, stone, painted concrete…
Zanzibar Island
Next door to (you guessed it) Original Teddy's Place, there's a choice of seven-bed or four-bed dorms, small bandas (thatched-roof huts) or larger…
Zanzibar Island
Matemwe Lodge, at the northern edge of the village, is a luxurious hotel with a dozen spacious and impeccably decorated bungalows, all with sea views and…
Zanzibar Island
Small, neat and stylish, Sea View Lodge has just 10 rooms in bungalows (five facing the beach, five set back in the garden) and a calm professional air…
Zanzibar Island
This aptly named hotel sits on a low coral cliff jutting into the sea at the southern end of Jambiani. Spacious bungalows have smart furnishings, and…
Zanzibar Island
This local-style place is near the fish market and the effective centre of Matemwe village. It's an odd combination of simple rooms in a two-storey…
Zanzibar Town
Lighter and brighter than many Stone Town hotels, the Seyyida eschews dark wood in favour of white tiles. Rooms are modern and styled in neutral tones,…
Zanzibar Island
South of the village, where the beach is quieter (although the sea still busy with kiters), relaxed and friendly Kilima Kidogo has 10 straightforward but…
Zanzibar Town
This long-standing backpacker favourite is in the scruffy end of town near the dhow harbour. It's not especially clean, and downstairs rooms are dark and…
Zanzibar Island
The Mahali is packed tight between other hotels on the central section of beach, but once inside it's spacious, relaxing and very good quality. Rooms are…
Nungwi
At the far southern (quieter) end of the west beach, Nungwi Inn has rooms in spacious bungalows with palm-thatch roofs. All have a small veranda, and most…
Zanzibar Town
Serena is a chain with hotels and lodges all over East Africa, and its Zanzibar location is hard to beat: with a huge shady patio set above the beach and…
Zanzibar Island
In a spacious sandy garden just a few steps from the beach, this place has 'delux' rooms in a concrete block, beach bungalows and 'eco' (wood and thatch)…
Nungwi
Large, long-standing, efficient: Amaan (pronounced amaani by locals) has over 100 rooms, ranging from small garden rooms to medium rooms around the pool…
Nungwi
Sazani is a low-key place with a local ambience and 10 basic cottages on a small hillside leading down to the beach and overlooking the sea, about 2.5km…
