Sultan Palace Hotel in Zanzibar Island is a small luxury boutique hotel overlooking the most beautiful beach in Zanzibar. In a land renowned for its exotic flavors and spices, Sultan Palace Hotel offers a delectable beachfront retreat amid gardens perfumed with citronella and frangipani. The main clubhouse, with its splendid wooden terraces facing the ocean, welcomes guests into warm ambiance of a private villa. The Sultan Palace Hotel resort offers a unique taste of the real Zanzibar, peaceful, picture perfect and very private. Hotel Sultan Palace Hotel is managed by Exclusive Classic Properties Hotels & luxury lodges, with head office based in Nairobi. The managers & chef have been selected and chosen for their experience and qualifications but also for their ability to blend into a culturally different and fragile society with total respect towards the people, their religion, customs and mentality. Water is supplied via truck; electricity is on the mains, with back up generator power. Telephone, e-mail and fax are available to the guests at the hotel. The hotel offer also Aromatherapy massage in a "beach Banda", "hena" hand painting and baby sitting services on request. It’s a high standard accommodation with friendly staff at you service ideal for those who need to be in a quiet surrounding to fulfil their holiday relaxation.
Situated on the southeast coast of Zanzibar the Sultan Palace Resort blends the opulence of Arabia with true Zanzibar hospitality. Its nautilus shell-shaped cottages, each resplendent with gleaming white castellations, feature local antique furnishings including carved omanite doors and ornate beds draped in fine net. All are air-conditioned and have private verandahs with sun beds. Five Imperial Suites and four Ocean Suites offer stunning marine vistas, the former boasting a private garden with hammock. The six Garden Suites, naturally, are set in the scented tropical gardens. Enjoy swimming and snorkelling by the beautiful beach, take a boat trip along the channel, a bicycle ride to the nearby village or simply relax with a beach massage.
The best time to tour Sultan’s Palace hotel in Zanzibar Island is January to March and August to October. The weather is fabulous and the ocean is clear of sea weed. Sultan's Palace on Zanzibar Island is 60 kilometers from the airport. Sultan Palace resort is a place to unwind after a hectic Kenya and Tanzania safari and the luscious clean beach offers the dream holiday. Being a small boutique hotel on Zanzibar Island the tranquility it offers to the clients is the best. Sultan's Palace does not have its own airstrip; therefore all transfers are from Stone Town on Zanzibar Island, by vehicle. Famous for it's rich history, royalty and romantic setting, Zanzibar is one of Africa's last remaining, great, exotic coastal destinations. Descendants of migrants, conquerors and slaves now combine to produce a uniquely friendly community. To mention the name 'Zanzibar', with its World Heritage listed 'Stone Town', is to open the mystery of Sultans, ivory, slave trade, spices, navigators and explorers Sultan’s Palace, a Zanzibar beach hotel mixes romance, exclusivity and relaxation in the elegant atmosphere of a private villa. Sultan's Palace offers a wonderful beachfront retreat .The warmth and kindness of the Zanzibar people creates a wonderful welcome to this exotic Zanzibar beach hotel.
Accommodation in Sultan Palace Hotel in Zanzibar Island
Sultan Palace is one of the few five star hotels in Zanzibar. It is built in Arabic Zanzibari style and is a romantic, private and peaceful lodge. At Sultan Palace accommodation is offered in shell shaped cottages which are elegantly furnished with local antique furniture including the carved Omanite doors and Zanzibari beds with hand painted tiles decorating the wooden headpiece. All cottages at your Zanzibar hotel accommodation are air-conditioned, have private verandahs, mini-bars, a safe, ceiling fan and bathrooms with shower, bidet and a hairdryer.
The 15 cottages are individually designed and divided into sections of Zanzibar hotel accommodation: Five Imperial suites of 185 square metres overlooking the ocean with 2 queen sized beds, a luxurious bathroom containing twin showers and twin wash basins, a large wardrobe and a private garden with a hammock.
Four Ocean suites of 70 square meters overlooking the ocean with single shower and a double bed. Your Zanzibar hotel accommodation also has Six Garden suites of 150 square metres overlooking the luxurious tropical garden with scents of Citronella , Frangipani and other exotic plants. With one double bed or twin beds.
The main Club House with its splendid wooden terraces facing the ocean welcomes guests into a bright lounge. The Arabic terrace is a place to relax and enjoy the aromatic spiced coffee or tea whilst gentle winds blow from the ocean. Meals are served in the local beach “Banda’s” during lunch and candle lit romantic dinners on the terraces of the Club House offering sumptuous fresh seafood and local varieties All rooms have air-conditioning and mini bars
Sultan Palace Hotel Restaurant
The cuisine at Sultan's Palace on Zanzibar Island has been raved about for a while as all clients that have had an opportunity to stay have been thrilled with the chef’s delights.
Delightful cuisine, with the accent on fresh seafood & Zanzibar spices, is served on the beach Banda’s at lunch time, feet away from the calm blue waters of the Indian Ocean, informal & relaxing.
Dinner is served in the candle lit terraces of the Club House...perched on a cliff overlooking the beach & ocean. The Chef creates his art in tantalizing dishes blending the exotic with the Mediterranean. a journey of discovery into culinary fantasies..
Sultan Palace Hotel Activities & information
There is an array of adventurous and relaxing activities to choose while staying at Sultan Palace for your Zanzibar holiday. There are other excursion opportunities that Sultan's Palace can arrange for you including Blue and Green Safaris, should you wish to go on them on this Zanzibar holiday.
Zanzibar, or 'Unguja', the spice island beckons you to its golden shores, warm smiles and delectable cuisine. An island with a history dating back to as early as 1st century AD, when Greek and Roman ships sailed down the East Coast of Africa. Centuries later saw a succession of Arab, Persian, Portuguese and African traders all searching for ivory, tortoiseshell, ebony, coconuts, fruit, timber and slave trading. Geographically, Zanzibar's location made it a viable commercial centre for trading through the centuries and as a result we see an incredible mix of architecture with buildings displaying Arabic, Indian, European and African characteristics. Of particular note are the city's 500 or so doors, with their intricate carvings, brass spikes and even verses quoted from the Koran. Zanzibar was the capital of Oman for well over a century and was eventually colonised by Great Britain while the mainland became a German colony. Zanzibar is now independent and has had its own government since 1990. Famous explorers such as Stanley, Livingstone, Burton and Elton visited Zanzibar at some stage of their adventures and it remains still very untouched and tropical. The main inhabitants of Zanzibar speak KiSwahili and fall into three ethnic groups, the Wahadimu, the Watumbatu and the Wapemba and relations between the various clans or tribes is very relaxed. The people of Zanzibar are predominantly Muslim, about 95% of the population being followers of Islam. The population of the archipelago is estimated at over 800,000 of which approximately 100,000 call Stone Town home.
Most of the population lives in the more fertile regions of the north and west. The eastern part of the island is arid and covered in coral making it unattractive for farming, but the beaches and the reefs on the eastern coasts make them ideal for fishing villages, tourist guesthouses, and resorts. Zanzibar consists of two islands, one being actual Zanzibar and then Pemba. Zanzibar is approximately 85 km long and 30 km wide with an area of 1500 km. Like most other Indian Ocean Islands, the monsoon season starts early March till end May and then again in November but for the rest of the year hot sunny temperatures are the norm, ranging from 26 - 28 C. (80 - 83F). Zanzibar is famous not only for it's spice production but also for it's beaches. Extending almost entirely around the perimeter of the archipelago runs a halo of soft, white, sandy beaches cooled by the lapping turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean.
The island boasts world-class beaches, opal coloured seas plus a choice of luxury and budget hotels to suit all tastes plus easy access, whether it be by air or by ferry. World famous for diving and snorkelling these seas offer unspoilt coral reefs with a variety of marine life including whales, dolphins, dugongs, big game fish and delicious fresh fish. Just south of Zanzibar town are Fuji and Chuini Beach, offering facilities for a wide range of water sports; while to the north is Mangwapani. On the northern tip of the island is Unknown, where visitors can watch fishermen building their boats or swim in the coral lagoons. On Zanzibar's north-east coast are the beaches of Matemwe, Mapenzi, Kiwenga and Uroa with their wide stretches of uncrowded sands and ideal for snorkelling. Other well developed areas are Pingwe, Bwejuu and Jambiani, found on the south-eastern coast.A walking Spice Tour is the best way of seeing the countryside around Stone Town where most of the ingredients of the average kitchen spice rack are represented - cinnamon, tumeric, ginger,garlic, chillies, black pepper, nutmeg and vanilla, to name but a few. Many spice tours include a visit to the Persian baths built by Sultan Said for his harem.
Please refrain from buying large shells, turtle shells, or pieces of coral from street or beach vendors. These are mostly taken from endangered reefs and marine species and buying them only encourages the destruction of Zanzibar’s ocean fauna.Please do not walk around stone Town or other towns and villages in Zanzibar dressed in bikinis, miniskirts or similar clothing. Modest dress is requested of all tourists in keeping with the Islamic faith of most of the island’s inhabitants. Women should cover their shoulders and wear trousers or skirts that reach below the knee. Men should not walk without t-shirts.Please refrain from topless bathing on the beaches of Zanzibar. Bikinis and swim wear are acceptable on tourist beaches, but not if there are fishermen or seaweed harvesters nearby.Please be careful about walking on the beach or on deserted parts of the island late at night or early in the morning.
DON’T carry valuables on the beach or walk alone.Under no circumstances accept tours or transport from unlicensed ‘beach boys’– their services are illegal and unreliable.
During the holy month of Ramadan, while Muslims are fasting, it is considered the height of bad manners to eat, smoke or drink on the street or in public places.
Please ask permission before taking pictures of people or private houses.
Zanzibar is a Muslim society, although alcohol is freely available on the islands, drunken behavior is not regarded with tolerance but is considered offensive by most people.
