House of Wonders (Beit-el-Ajaib) Stone Town

It took us a 8hour bus drive from Moshi to Dar es Salaam. The bus station is still at least 15min. car drive from the harbor, where we had to take the ferry to Zanzibar. We arrived at 15.30 to the bus station, got a taxi and were still on time for the last ferry to Zanzibar at 16hrs. The taxi driver took us to a different ferry than we asked, I …

... the displays a little disappointing, but the view from the balconies out to sea was worth going in for. The House of Wonders was originally joined to the other palaces owned by the Sultan, by little suspension bridges so the extensive family could ...

... eventually fell to colonization and became the hub for the East African slave trade. Our tour continued to the House of Wonders; once a palace for the sultan of Zanzibar, the building was converted into British administrative offices in the 19th ...

... see in the small city before in leave tomorrow. It was a morning of culture as I visited the Palace Museum, the House of Wonders and the Old Fort. The Palace Museum, a now greyish whitewashed building that houses, among numerous treasures, portrait ...

... (Fast Forward) Pujini Ruins (Fast Forward) Mkoani harbour Unguja Island Mkokotoni harbour Mangapawni Caves (Detour) Mangapawni Spice Co-operative Warehouse (Detour) Stone Town - House of Wonders (Roadblock) Stone Town - Arabs Fort ...

... million) has its own flag, but otherwise, fully integrated into Tanzania.  The history of Zanzibar can be explored at the House of Wonders museum.  We wish we had more time to spend there!  It is so fascinating... the life of sultans, the ...

... ; My final full day, I wandered the narrow alleys of Stone Town visiting its various cultural sites--the Central Market, the House of Wonders, and the Anglican church built on top of a former slave ...

... our time there. I am so glad we did: we had such a lovely weekend! We got a bit of culture going to the House of Wonders museum (well worth the $3 entry). We watched the sunset sitting in the Mercury bar (Freddy Mercury was born on Zanzibar!). We ...

... and bottle of oils, which is also around the corner from an ATM machine. There is this one museum here called "the house of wonders", it's a mansion that face the sea. It was built quite some time ago and was the first building on the island to have ...

... I knew it was going to be a great tour. We had free time that afternoon to wander around the city, so I headed to the "House of Wonders" National Museum.  Aaron could not think of anything he wanted to do less, so I was flying solo.  And I must ...

... was on her own until tomorrow when she flies home. We enjoyed our combination Ethiopian lunch and then headed off to the House of Wonders Museum that Anigna had planned to see.  It took a long time because we shopped and bought quite a lot between ...