STONE TOWN TOUR EXPERIENCE IN ZANZIBAR WITH MADEIRA
Tour Overview
Your Stone Town tour of Zanzibar with Madeira Tour & Safaris will be marked by many moments of wonder as you view the charms of this old metropolis that has retained its essence, but also has favorably, albeit cautiously embraced the elements of modernization.
Every nuance of its vibrant history is evident in the beautiful buildings, some that whisper about the Omani advent in Zanzibar and others that speak about the origins of Swahili architecture fused with a Persian Shirazi influence.
Stone Town Route: 08:30Am
You shall be picked up ex Hotel for Stone town tour.
Begin with a visit to Zanzibar’s colourful market, alive with the buzz of locals bartering fresh vegetables and baskets of tropical fruit, cocoa farm, amongst the heady smell of exotic fruit.
Continue to the site of a Cathedral built in 1874. The cathedral signifies a potent time in Zanzibar’s history and stands on the sight of a past slave market with the high altar standing on the exact site of the whipping post. Slavery was abolished in 1873 by decree of the Sultan of Zanzibar.
From here visit the residence of the late Sultan of Zanzibar, ‘Tip Tip House’, the Old Fort, ‘Peoples Palace’ and the House of Wonders’, Forodhani garden full of intrigue from days of long ago.
The tour ends with a stroll down the narrow streets of the old Stone Town (Mji mkongwe), the heart of Zanzibar’s chequered history.
12:30hrs – End of tour and transferred back to the hotel.
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