Best places: Historical landmarks in Shangani, Tanzania

😠 Do not go out of your way to visit this. You will most likely see it while leaving Stone Town, or as you walk around the area. It is literally just an arch, with no plaque or signage that does tells you what it was for or the significance of the arch. It's beautiful, especially if you like architect...

Elegant late-19th-century building with elaborate Indian & European elements, now home to a museum.

👍👍 The site is unique. A small square: the heart of the chaotic city of Stonetown. The facades of the old houses around the square are painted white and purple and some beautiful doors that belong to the UNESCO Heritage are also preserved, carved in wood, in Indian, Arabic or Swahili styles from the 18...

👍 To wade through the history of Zanzibar move a little north towards Bububu and reach Mtoni Palace Ruins. It islocated just north of Maruhubi, built between 1828 and 1834 for Sultan Said. The land believed to be belonged to Saleh bin Haramil, the Arab trader who imported the first cloves to Zanzibar....

👍👍 Tippu Tip built himself a trading empire that he then translated into clove plantations on Zanzibar. Abdul Sheriff reported that when he left for his twelve years of "empire building" on the mainland, he had no plantations of his own. By 1895, he had acquired "seven 'shambas' [plantations] and 10,00...