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Hotels in Zanzibar currently start at about € 26 per night for two people, with a typical price of € 88 and € 94 for a comfortable 4-star room. Across the 74 properties we can book here, 76% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge; 85% include or offer breakfast; the average guest rating is 8.3/10.
Malindi Mosque, Palace Museum and Forodhani Gardens draw most visitors to Zanzibar, and the hotels below sit within reach of them. We can book 74 properties here, from € 26 per night for two adults, with a typical price of € 88. About 76% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge, and the average guest rating across them is 8.3/10. You pay in TZS, and cash for most things; US dollars are accepted for park fees and hotels.
Per night for two adults, taxes and fees included where the property reports them. Based on the 74 bookable properties we found for a two-night midweek stay a month ahead.
| Cheapest available | € 13 |
|---|---|
| Typical starting price | € 26 |
| Lower quarter of the market | € 56 |
| Typical (median) price | € 88 |
| Upper quarter | € 169 |
| Typical 3-star | € 54 |
| Typical 4-star | € 94 |
| Typical 5-star | € 206 |
The highest-rated properties with a meaningful number of guest reviews, available for our sample dates.
Rated 8/10 or better and priced at or below the city median — the sweet spot most travellers are actually looking for.
The places travellers here look up most, ranked by how widely they are written about. Most sit within reach of the hotels above.
mosque in Zanzibar, Tanzania
1.4 km from the centremuseum in Zanzibar
1.5 km from the centreGarden on Zanzibar
1.7 km from the centreZanzibar sits in Tanzania at 6.1659° S, 39.2026° E. Every hotel below is plotted on the live map, so you can see straight away which ones are walking distance from what you came for and which are a taxi ride out.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre.
Rooms within walking distance of what you actually came for.
Zanzibar is conservative outside the beach resorts — cover shoulders and knees in Stone Town.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Zanzibar stayed within a factor of 1.14, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week. How we measure this.
The price you see includes our margin and the taxes the property reports. Nothing is added at checkout.
Every rate states its own deadline, and you cancel yourself without calling anyone.
See what each property costs before you click, and search any neighbourhood by dragging the map.
You get a reference the property can look up directly, and a page to view or cancel your booking.
Right now the cheapest bookable rooms start around € 26 per night for two people, the typical price is € 88, and the upper quarter of the market begins at € 169. Prices move with the season and the day of the week, so check your own dates.
Yes — about 76% of the rooms available in Zanzibar can be cancelled free of charge up to a deadline set by the property, usually 24 to 72 hours before check-in. Use the free cancellation filter to see only those rates.
The TZS (TSh). Cash for most things; US dollars are accepted for park fees and hotels.
10% in restaurants; guides and drivers are tipped daily.
The best-known places are Malindi Mosque, Palace Museum, Forodhani Gardens. There is more detail in the things-to-do section above.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Zanzibar stayed within a factor of 1.14, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week.