DHOW PALACE HOTEL IN STONE TOWN ZANZIBAR

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Zanzibar Island is well accounted in the annals of history as an important port on the spice route where unlike kinds of cargo aside from seasonings were traded in. Do include it in your AfricanMecca itinerary when traveling in Tanzania and delight in its mystic, quaint charm. The Shangani section of Zanzibar's capital, Stone Town is well-known as a buzzing bazaar and residential epicenter, and located in this UNESCO World Heritage Site is the budget accommodation namely Dhow Palace Hotel. Stay at this quaint house, and you will have modest experiences of living in an authentic Swahili house since it retains almost all of its early architecture along with traditional Zanzibari decor. Built by the merchant Bin Mujbia around 1559 AD, it remained in his family for over three centuries before being converted into a bed and breakfast hotel for guests’ vacationing in the soul of Zanzibar. In recent times, an adjacent building has been included into the hotel so that it now offers more rooms and also a swimming pool. The Dhow Palace Hotel offers 30 rooms in all in different price ranges to suit every kind of economy traveler. They offer standard and suite rooms in various configurations from singles, double, twin and triple beds along with family quarters. Guests looking for more spacious living spaces while culturally touring this region of East Africa can opt for the Presidential Suite or the Executive King Suite. All rooms include standard amenities such as an ensuite bathroom complete with a hairdryer, air conditioning, ceiling fan and mini-fridge.

Have your meals at their Dhow Restaurant located beside the pool where they serve you a variety of international and Swahili cuisine. They also arrange for intimate, romantic meals served on the rooftop of the hotel. But if you would like to sample authentic street food when dream holidaying Zanzibar that includes the choicest of seafood tempered with the freshest of fragrant spices, then make your way in the evening to the Forodhani Gardens by the Stone Town seaside. You could also shop for colorful textiles like kitenges and kikoys and much like the Omani princesses of yore, you could stop by at a "duka" and check out its collection of delicately crafted jewelry embedded with Tanzanite stones. Go on an exploration of the historical buildings like the Beit-al-Ajaib or the House of Wonders, the Sultan's Palace, the Anglican Church, Tippu Tip’s House and many more. Your knowledgeable AfricanMecca guide accompanying you will introduce you to the interesting tales behind the edifice of each of these mesmerizing buildings. Include a tour to the spice plantations of Zanzibar into your trip and try your hand at harvesting them and tasting them in their natural form. Look for lemon grass, pepper, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and many more. Sample the many spices and try discerning them from the seasoning products you find in your grocery stores from back home. The next leg of your excursion of discovery will take to the Jozani Forest, home to the Kirk's red colobus monkey and also Sykes’. You will also encounter an unbelievable diversity of flora and their diverse tiny denizens like butterflies, crawlies like millipedes, amphibians and reptiles e.g frogs and lizards, to name a few    

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