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Stone Town

Zanzibar's World Heritage old town of carved wooden doors and narrow lanes, with the old fort and the sultans' palaces by the harbor.

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Price
Free
Time Needed
Full day

Why Go

Zanzibar's World Heritage old town of carved wooden doors and narrow lanes, with the old fort and the sultans' palaces by the harbor.

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