Top Things to do in Stone Town
Top 10 Shopping in Stone Town, Zanzibar Archipelago
Former palaces and Arab mansions along the twisting streets of Stone Town hint at a grander age for this port city on the western coast of Zanzibar. The Old Fort, built in the 1700s to fend off the Portuguese, now hosts local performances, a café and an art gallery. Overstuffed bazaars lend an air of nonstop bustle. Mafia Island Marine Park sits just offshore, a haven for snorkeling the local reefs. Day tours visit working plantations where the island's legendary spices are grown.
Restaurants in Stone Town
1. The Coins Shop
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 80 reviews
All real coins cut by hand! The Coins Shop is a very unique place of handcraft,history,art and creativity! A must see in Stone Town,Zanzibar ! If you worry that your bag will be too heavy for the plane,but still want to find great gifts for everyone then this is the place you need! Personalized designs available on a simple request. Your name on a coin of your choice,letters,logos,symbols and more ! From pendants to earrings,bracelets,key chains to puzzles and frameworks. All our coins are carefully designed and cut by hand using a tiny handsaw and a lot of patience! We ship worldwide. Thanks for reading and we hope to see you soon :)
Reviewed By travelforfun2233 - Fruita, United States
This shop has more than souvenirs- they carry gifts that will become treasured keepsakes. I am so glad that I did some research before my trip and found this gem. I was able to bring some specific coins from home that have special significance to me. I bought two coins from the shop that were already made and then I left two coins for them to make with special inscriptions. They took my information and said they would be mailed out to me within a few days. Due to customs and such it took a few weeks to reach me at home but I was so very pleased with their work. One was sent off as a gift to a friend who truly loved it and the other was for me. I wear it all the time and it is a great reminder of my wonderful time in Africa. Asante Sana.
2. The Little Duka, by Zarnigar
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
3. Sew in Group
4. Black land Safari
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Black Land Safari Is a Specialist Travel and Tour company, which collectively provide an unrivalled range of holidays to every corner of East Africa. When you book with Black Land Safari you are assured of the finest personal service, expert knowledge, and a holidays of the highest expectation
5. Inaya Zanzibar
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
We draw our inspiration from Africa’s rich nature and diverse cultures when formulating our soaps & beauty products. Our all-women production team creates our products from carefully selected African grown botanicals, oils and essences using, whenever possible, organic and wild harvested ingredients. Our products are handmade, hand-blended, hand-poured and hand-packed in small batches to ensure optimum freshness and meticulous quality standards. We are committed to produce natural, authentic and exclusive skin & body care. Inspired by Africa. Made in Zanzibar. Please note: This is Inaya Zanzibar Stone Town flagship store. The factory is located in Mtoni on Bububu (Malawi) road.
Reviewed By Ioana_Lungu - Bucharest, Romania
Wonderful products, nice range and everything smells amazing. I bought a set of body butter, scrub soap and lip balm and it came in a lovely little pouch, all for 30 USD. Highly recommend.
6. Imani Zuberi
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5.0 based on 9 reviews
As a self-motivated tour guide who grew up in Zanzibar, I love sharing untold stories about historical sites, spices, and marine life. Since I completed my studies on professional tour guiding six years ago, it has always been my commitment to offering the best tour guiding services that satisfy customers' needs and go beyond their expectations.
7. Yawara Massage & TingatingaArts
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
YAWARA always have more than 200 high quality TINGATINGA Art , Also Japanese standard Chiropractic Massage available, Welcome to YAWARA.
Reviewed By KatyaZnZ
Yawara Gallery is a very unique selection of the finest Tinga-Tinga paintings. It is a very special collection of exceptionally talented artists from Tanzania, who are all unique story tellers conveying their life experiences, wisdom and vision through the Tinga-Tinga traditions and style. It’s hard to find similar quality work elsewhere, so you better not miss the opportunity when you’re in Zanzibar. Support these supremely talented artists by purchasing their beautiful works. Beside the Art Gallery, Yawara provides an excellent pressure point Japanese massage. All masseurs are highly qualified and certified through the reputable Japanese Shiatsu school. Very effective traditional Japanese massage, I thoroughly enjoyed it and highly recommending to everyone who seeks muscles stain relief. Exceptionally good!
8. 1001 Organic Spicery (at Gizenga)
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
The 1001 Organic Spicery at Gizenga Street is the latest branch of the first organic spice concept store in Tanzania. The organic spice shop is part of "Zanj Spice Limited", a social spice company that applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in social, environmental and financial well-being of its small-scale farmer cooperatives. All products are harvested & processed in Zanzibar.
9. The Beautiful Eyes
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4.5 based on 20 reviews
We start more than three year ago, a fine art photo gallery in the centre of Stone Town in the former tourist shop of Zakia.The idea to initiate The Beautiful Eyes as a place to present art photography started in May 2008 when three photographers visited Zanzibar for a week of photography. They missed a place to talk, present and even to buy photography.In September 2008 Hans Agterdenbos, one of the three, came back to stone town and started investigations to open a gallery. He met Zakia Abdullah they married in march 2009 and they founded The Beautiful Eyes place to talk about photography, find inspiration and maybe good ideas. Up to the present time ±4500 visitors found the way into there gallery.Some take an original photograph home, others attend one of the workshops the Photowalk© the Shambawalk© the Pembasafari. Most caught some inspiration and all of them left the gallery with a good feeling and positive words
10. Zanzibar Curio Shop
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4.5 based on 58 reviews
Reviewed By lielavanschalkwyk - Polokwane, South Africa
What a treasure in the heart of Stonetown. I wish I had a week to go through all the antiquities and rare finds. Would go back to Zanzibar JUST for this shop !
