Port Directory: Zanzibar, Tanzania

A handful of travel destinations has legendary names that excite adventure, and this colorful, vital and historical port is one of them.

Who goes there

Zanzibar is not the most popular cruise ports, but the African and Indian Ocean tracks are gaining popularity. Azamara, Crystal, Emerald, HaPAG-LLOYD, MSC, Oceania, Regent and Viking are among the cruise lines that call for, either on global cruises and cruises in East Africa or Indian Ocean flights (which are usually taken in Madagasher and Seychelles) or re-puts the lives that link Africa India.

Sail

UNUGUJA island’s landscape and Zanzibar height, so you will not get much by scenic drama. However, the color of the tropical water is great, and on your maneuvering ships around the sand islands with coconut comfort and humiliating white beaches. Who will not be seduced by the sailing story in Zanzibar?

Marina

The sidewalks of the cruises are located in Zanzibar in different locations on the waterfront in Kivokoni or sidewalks in the city of Zanzibar. Essential facilities, but you can walk to Stone Town in about 15 minutes – although heat and humidity may want to think about a taxi. Make sure to agree on the fare in advance.

Go to the beach

Stone Town is an old commercial port with Arab, African, Indian and European influences in architecture. It drowns in its narrow streets to admire the decorative palaces, the Persian baths, the ancient outstanding clinic, the mosques, the Hindu temples, and the palace museum, full of royal messages from the days of Zanzibar as Sultan. The graves of the sultans are located abroad. Wonderland has a beautiful architecture guarded by copper cannons. One of those who must be associated with the worker in the church is a worker in the Church of the Church of Christ, one of those who should be associated with before chanting in the markets and along the waterfront, where children jump and blow.

Do not miss

The old fortress, which was built by the Omani Arabs in 1699, is the oldest alive building in the town of Stone. The building facing the sea was a Fort and imprisonment, but it was converted into an art and festival center where there is always music, dance or another event, and it is often a market for handicrafts as well. Below the fences, there are the gardens of forodhani, which are popular with the locals heading and busy with sellers who sell grilled fish.

Be active

Stone Town, thanks to moisture and tight streets, are not the best exercise places, so you wake up early and hit the gym for your shift instead. You need to look beyond the stone city to get good beaches, to destinations like Nungwi and Matemwe. Through the eastern coast of the island, the beaches of Paje and Gambiani’s beaches are great for surfing. The journey to any beaches will take about an hour.

Retail

Dargani Bazar, also known as the Estela Market, accumulates colored colors of tropical fruits and vegetables with meat holders. One section is devoted to penetrating spices. Local population shops much more, from mobile phones to plastic games. For souvenirs, explore the small stores surrounding them, which sell traditional goods such as wooden sculptures, boxes, antiques (may not be outdated as claimed), textiles and jewelry.