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The history of the
Stone Town (Unguja) goes beyond 19th Century when the
island was the most vital trading center in the Indian
Ocean. Today the town is an outstanding material
manifestation cultural fusion and harmonization. Above
all the only remain of early Swahili coastal trading
towns of East Africa, which maintains its urban fabric
and townscape. The evidence can be seen from historical
buildings in the heart of town; among them
House of Wonders (Bait-el-Ajab), The
Palace Museum, Dr. Livingstone’s House, Arab Fort,
Maruhubi Ruins, Anglican Cathedral ,
slave trade market and Malindi Minaret Mosque and narrow arrays [see more about
stone town Tour]
The
Zanzibar Island, locally known as
Unguja, is a scented paradise full of aroma of locally grown
spices such as, cloves, vanilla, peppers, cardamoms and many more.
The spices were brought to the island by the Sultan of Oman
in 1698 after he banished the Portuguese traders who used the
island as a transit port for repairing and refueling their ships,
on the way to the long journey to the Far East.
Owing to the
growth of slave trade in 18th and early 19th century,
Zanzibar became an essential location along the Eastern African
slave-trading routes. Slaves were taken from as far as Congo,
traveled to Bagamoyo, then shipped to Unguja to either work in the
cloves and coconut plantation in Unguja and
Pemba, or to be shipped to
the Middle East and former French colonies of Reunion, Mauritius,
Seychelles and Madagascar, or North America.
Accommodations:
there are many hotels to accommodate travelers with
different budget
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