Stone Town Tour

Stone Town Tourstonetown02.jpgStone Town Tour 

Town market, Slave Market, National Museum of Zanzibar, High Court Building, Slave Chambers, Old German Consulate, Africa House – (former English Club) Tip – Tip House, Kelele Square, Old British Consulate, Orphanage Home, Old Fort, Forodhani Gardens, House of Wonders, Sultan Palace (now a Museum), Custom House, Old Dispensary, Old Harbour, Living Stone House, Maruhubi Palace (Ruins), are among the topic of this guided tour in Zanzibar.

The three – hour guided tour begins and ends at your hotel where you will walk and driven to the city market (opened 1904). Here you will be able to see and buy and tropical fruits and spices. Your will also feel the pulse of Zanzibar and hear different dialects being spoken by the people at the market. From there we proceed to the Anglican Church of Christ, built by Bishop Steers in 1874 on the site of the old slave market you will see tiny and dingy rooms where the slaves were wear kept.

You will then be drives or walk (optional) to National Museum of Zanzibar (opened 1925) to see many interesting relics from the time of the Sultans and the early Explorers. Then a drive along the beach the beach road up to Forodhani Gardens where you will see the Old British Consulate (the house where the body of late Dr. Living stone was kept and later sent to Britain), the Arab Fort (1700), House of Wonders (built in 1883). Afterwards a leisure walk through the narrow streets of Stone Town (Old part of Zanzibar Town) where most of the houses date back tom ore than one hundred and fifty years. In this part of town you will find a lot of exotic small bazaars and curio shops.
The City Tour is very flexible and can be adapted suit your interest and time frame, if you’re a shopaholic, culture vulture or history buff. If you want to hunt for antiques and souvenir shop, follow David Livingstone’s time in Zanzibar and walk the path of the slave trade, your guide can recommend and develop routes and itineraries that will optimise your time and get the most out of your trip.Finally, you will be taken to Maruhubi Palace Ruins (1880) via living stone House (1866).

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