Stone Town
Zanzibar City
Stone Town
A World Heritage Site where Swahili, Arab, Indian and European histories meet.
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Stories in stone
Stone Town, palaces, baths, cathedrals and the archaeological cradle of humankind.
Zanzibar is a unique and the right destination for heritage tourism. Apart from Stone Town — a world heritage site — a collection of buildings has been marked as the most cultural and architecturally important in Zanzibar, and on the mainland Tanzania holds some of the most important archaeological sites in the world.
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Stone Town
Stone Town
Stone Town
Old Fort (Ngome Kongwe)
Built between 1698 and 1701 by the Busaidi Omani Arabs, next to the House of Wonders.
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Stone Town
Stone Town
House of Wonders (Beit-al-Ajaib)
The National Museum of History & Culture — the first building in Zanzibar with electric light and a lift.
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Stone Town
Stone Town
Palace Museum
The Sultan’s waterfront residence, renamed the People’s Palace in 1964 and a museum since 1994.
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Stone Town
Peace Memorial Museum
Beit el Amani — a domed museum of Zanzibar’s history from the Omani sultans to independence.
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Mizingani Road, Stone Town
Old Dispensary
A grand four-storey building of decorative balconies, now the Stone Town Cultural Centre.
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Mkunazini Road, Stone Town
Anglican Cathedral, Christ Church
Built on the site of the biggest slave market in Zanzibar to celebrate the end of slavery.
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Baghani, Stone Town
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Twin spires drawn by the architect of Marseille cathedral, visible far out at sea.
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Stone Town
Hamamni Persian Baths
The first public baths in Zanzibar, built by Sultan Barghash in the late 19th century.
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Monument
4 km inland, north-east of Stone Town
Kidichi Persian Baths
Built in 1850 by Sultan Said for his Persian wife, in the heart of the plantation country.
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Monument
North-east Stone Town
Livingstone House
Where David Livingstone stayed before his final journey to find the source of the Nile.
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Monument
20 km north of Stone Town
Mangapwani Slave Chamber
A square underground cell cut from coral rock, built around 1880 to conceal human cargo.
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Monument
Kizimkazi Dimbani
Kizimkazi Mosque
Believed to be the oldest Islamic building on the East African coast — and still in use.
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Monument
4 km north of Zanzibar Town
Maruhubi Palace Ruins
Stone columns, bath houses and lily-covered reservoirs from Sultan Barghash’s 1880s palace.
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Mainland
Ngorongoro, Tanzania
Olduvai Gorge
The “Cradle of Mankind”, where fossils of early humans go back nearly two million years.
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Mainland
Ngorongoro, Tanzania
Laetoli Footprints
The oldest known hominid footprints, preserved in volcanic ash for over 3.6 million years.
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Mainland
Southern coast, Tanzania
Kilwa Kisiwani
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, once one of the most powerful city-states in East Africa.
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Mainland
Dodoma Region, Tanzania
Kondoa Rock-Art Sites
Ancient paintings depicting hunting scenes, spiritual rituals and everyday life.
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Mainland
Coastal Tanzania
Bagamoyo
A historical port town and an important cultural centre during the 19th century.
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