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Zanzibar Palace Hotel
Zanzibar Palace Hotel
Zanzibar Palace Hotel
Zanzibar Palace Hotel
Zanzibar Palace Hotel

Zanzibar Palace Hotel


6°9’36.6"S 39°11’31.3"E

Reviews of Zanzibar Palace Hotel

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50 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Zanzibar Palace Hotel and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

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Mr R & Miss B
London

"Zanzibar Palace Hotel review"

1 night Arrived 19 Aug 2011
"Very helpful and friendly owner who gave us lots of information about what to do in Stone Town.

Room was impressively sized and appointed." See all these reviews: 8n in Zanzibar; 3n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Mr McD
Bournemouth

"Zanzibar Palace Hotel review"

1 night Arrived 13 Aug 2011
"Wonderful counterpoint to the luxury beach and safari hotels.

I loved the hubub and the rooftop room was perfect ... glad we had help with the bags!

Dinner was lovely and special thanks to the Night Porter who kept us comfortable with Breakfast at 0430!" See all these reviews: 8n in Zanzibar; 3n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
The A Family
Hassocks

"Zanzibar Palace Hotel review"

2 nights Arrived 24 Jun 2011
"This is not a great hotel.

The rooms are dark, have horrible scratchy fabric on the beds, no chairs to sit on and the bathroom was not very clean, the bath was rank. All very dull and below par.

Very disappointing after our wonderful experiences on safari and in Zamzibar." See all these reviews: 8n in Tanzania; 2n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Poor

Location:
Poor
Service:
Poor
Rooms:
Poor
Food:
Average
Mr E & Ms W
Uk

"Zanzibar Palace Hotel review"

1 night Arrived 21 Dec 2010
"A very beautiful and atmospheric hotel - the room was huge with a quite spectacular bathroom. It is well located and the staff were extremely helpful.

We didn't eat lunch or dinner at the hotel but breakfast was very pleasant." See all these reviews: 9n in Tanzania; 5n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs S
Rickmanswo

"Zanzibar Palace Hotel review"

2 nights Arrived 22 Sep 2010
"We had a very spacious room with large ensuite facility, extremely comfortable beds. Reception staff extremely helpful, good location - in all, very good value.

Zanzibar Palace Hotel is in a good central location, very helpful reception and the rooms were spacious, comfortable and extremely good value.

Would recommend." See all these reviews: 7n in Zanzibar; 5n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
The W family
Ireland

"Zanzibar Palace Hotel review"

1 night Arrived 17 Jul 2010
"Very courteous and helpful staff during our short stopover here." See all these reviews: 6n in Tanzania; 5n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs W
Devon

"Zanzibar Palace Hotel review"

2 nights Arrived 10 Mar 2010
"We were glad to have air conditioning at the Zanzibar Palace Hotel. Friendly helpful management and staff

The weather felt so much hotter in Stone Town.

The room was very comfortable. The food was very good." See all these reviews: 6n in Zanzibar; 4n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr S & Miss G
London

"Perfect place to end a holiday."

1 night Arrived 13 Feb 2010
"Stayed for one night only. Beuatiful room,, great place to end the holiday." See all these reviews: 5n in Zanzibar; 4n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs D
Vanbrugh

"Zanzibar palace hotel review"

1 night Arrived 13 Oct 2009
"Beautiful hotel, lovely staff, good location, lovely lunch.

Couldnt have been better" See all these reviews: 7n in Tanzania; 7n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Dr M & Dr Y
Richmond

"Zanzibar Palace Hotel review"

1 night Arrived 19 Sep 2009
"Expert Africa suggested The Zanzibar Palace Hotel for our night in Stonetown and it proved an excellent choice.

We were not there long enough to really appreciate it but our room was superb, with the highlight a roof top bathroom and veranda from which we watched the sun go down. An excellent dinner was served in the hotel and they went out of the way to make sure breakfast was available before we left at 5.30am.

We would highly recommend." See all these reviews: 8n in Tanzania; 6n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
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