What You Will Do
Stone Town is the old city and cultural heart of Zanzibar.It is a place of winding alleys, bustling bazaars, mosques and grand Arab houses whose original owners vied with each other over the extravagance of their dwellings. This is a walking tour that takes you through fabled Stone Town, where history appears to stand still. With visits to the House of Wonders,the former slave market for East African Slave trade, and Arab Fort,Freddie Mercury house, spice market, roman catholic church, Anglican cathedral church and others.
The architectural style of Stone town buildings is a unique mixture of various influences and culture, ornately carved doors Stone Town has some excellent gifts shops with plenty of souvenirs and handicrafts. A guide walk through this colorful and alternating city who knows not only funny of Stone town, but also cruel stories to tell about life of the old times in Stone town. Stone town tour is a walking tour and takes almost 3 hrs walking in the narrow streets.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
We meet all travellers at the old Fort in stone Town near to the House of wonder
1
Freddie Mercury Museum
5 minutes
Freddie Mercury house is place where Freddie born, but his real name know as farouk bulsara, his father from Iran and mother from India but he was famous Queen singer
2
House of Wonders (Beit-el-Ajaib)
7 minutes
This was sultan Palace, and was built by the third sultan known as sultan baraghash. And is known as house of wonder because was the first house with electricity now is museum
3
The Old Fort (Ngome Kongwe)
6 minutes
This is Arab Fort, was built by Arab to defend them self from Portuguese but now is used for festivals like sauti za bulsara festival, regee festival, and zanzibar International film Festival
4
People's Palace Museum
7 minutes
This is sultan Palace, but now is peoples museum, the government opened museum to show people the history, culture and traditions of Zanzibar, and to be the centre of education and research.
5
Old Slave Market/Anglican Cathedral
15 minutes
Here is former Slave market, where slave before were brought here and were sold, but slaves were brought from different part of Africa and were sold here now the area is historical site
6
Darajani Bazaar
7 minutes
This is old and the first market in Zanzibar, but the market is very Day from morning up to evening, they sell fish meat fruits spice vegetables and so on
7
Old Dispensary
5 minutes
This is former hospital, but now is historical building, was built by tharia topan.
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