Zanzibar Stone Town
Zanzibar’s capital Stone Town, which has been declared a World Heritage site, with its impressive architectural monuments of Swahili culture, is the best preserved witness of East African coastal history. The Portuguese occupied the island as early as the 16th century and Arab conquerors prided Zanzibar as the capital of the Sultanate of Oman in 1840. Zanzibar also was a major center for slave trade, and explorers such as Livingstone, Burton and Stanley used it as a gateway to enter the Dark Continent in search of the source of the Nile and other mysterious sites.
Today, the narrow streets of Stone Town cater for most travelers’ need to satisfy their appetite for history, architecture, museums, souvenir shopping and promenading.
Zanzibar’s capital is the amazing best kept secret of East Africa.
