Zanzibar Stone town walking tour with local guide Mohamed
Description
Stone Town, the historical and cultural heart of Zanzibar, offers a truly immersive experience through its winding alleys, bustling bazaars, and beautifully preserved heritage. This guided walking tour takes you deep into the soul of the city, where history seems frozen in time. Explore iconic landmarks such as the House of Wonders, the Arab Fort, the former East African slave market, Freddie Mercury’s house, spice market, Roman Catholic Church, and Anglican Cathedral each site telling a story of Zanzibar’s complex past. Stone Town’s architecture is a fascinating blend of Arab, Persian, Indian, and European influences, with beautiful carved doors and grand residences reflecting the city’s diverse cultural heritage. Along the way, your expert guide will share with you captivating and humorous tales, With its rich narrative, architectural charm, and vibrant street life, this three-hour walking tour offers a unique and unforgettable insight into the living history of Zanzibar.
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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
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
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
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.
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
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
This is former hospital, but now is historical building, was built by tharia topan.
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- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(6)
We really enjoyed the historical walking tour with Mohamed, our guide Mohamed was super nice, he is very professional and knowledgeable, we learnt a lot about history of zanzibar, culture and modern traditions, he showed us different attractions but very interesting places for was at fish and spice market. We highly recommend him, he the one of the best tour guide in Zanzibar.
Very interesting half day trip to Stone Town. We first visited the slave museum, then went with our (German speaking!) Guide Mohamed walked through the large market where we could calmly view the wide selection of goods (meat, fish, vegetables, coffee, spices). Then visit the well-known buildings from the outside, these are unfortunately often dilapidated or have just been renovated. There was never the feeling of being in a historic neighbourhood. Despite everything very interesting also thanks to the remarks of our guide. Good thing to interrupt the beach holiday.
The guide (Mohamed) was very prepared. He summarized us the story of the city, showing us the main point of the actual Stone Town city. We recommend him.
Thank you chiara, I wish all the best, have good holiday
Professional ,polite altogether perfect. Done at a lovely pace. One of the historical tours you will never forget. Always felt safe everybody greeted me with mutual respect. ...Thankyou again Mohammed
We made the half-day excursion to the city, we were changed at the last moment, we had to wait more than half an hour, during this time Mohamed was with us trying to make us wait more bearable. The visit was with Henry, he showed us the city with brief explanations at different points, the problem is that his Spanish was limited and we think he could have told us more details. Enterprise was formal and met the established itinerary and time. We have Mohamed to thank for his management.
We took this tour on a very last minute, just a night before. Was the only one that was not scheduled in the morning, so actually we did not have much of a choice. Luckily, all went just fine. Our guide Mohamed was punctual, decent young man with many interesting stories he was telling during the walk through Stone Town. He was not in a hurry, so we stayed longer than expected and it was really pleasure. We want to thank him and would definitely recommend Mohamed for anyone who wants to explore Stone Town.
