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Zanzibar Serena Hotel, Zanzibar

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Description & Facilities

STAR RATING:

5 Stars

Hotel Type:

Hotel

Atmosphere:

Early departure
Identification card at arrival
Non-smoking establishment (fee)

Amenities:

Wheelchair-accessible
Car park (fee)
24-hour reception
Check-in hour 18:00 - 00:00
Check-out hour 10:00 - 11:00
Wi-fi (fee)
Local and international calls
Car hire (fee)
Airport Shuttle
Room service
Laundry service
Babysitting service
Multilingual staff
24-hour security (fee)
Bellboy service
Fireplace (fee)
Smoke detector
Hotel safe
Currency exchange facilities
Cloakroom
Lift access (fee)
Shop
Garden
Terrace
Concierge
Newspapers
Luggage room
BBQ facilities
Library
Towels and bed linen (fee)
Café
Bar
Restaurant 2
Smoking area (fee)
Poolside snack bar
Conference room
Meeting room
Sun loungers
Parasols
Children playground (fee)
Kids’ club
Game room
Massage (fee)
Spa treatments
Spa centre (fee)
Diving (fee)
Windsurfing (fee)
Canoeing (fee)
Horse riding (fee)
Golf (fee)

Zanzibar Serena Hotel is situated on the sea-front of ancient Stone Town, the hotel is set in 2 historic building that have been restored into this magnificent hotel.

The Zanzibar Style hotel features cultural decor of the Sultan influences from the early 19th century with warm Arabic and Swahili influences.  The hotel is surrouned by the bazaars of Stone Town, the ancient Dhow Harbours and Portugese Forts and encapsulates the beauty of the historic bygone era.

The beautiful rooms are are luxurious and sophisticated with wooden doors which open onto private balconies offer breathtaking views of the Indian Ocean. Each room is decorated with cool colours offering a tranquil and serene ambience. Guest can choose from Standard Rooms,  Prime Rooms and Executive Suites.  The intimate hotel has only 51 rooms.

The hotel has many fabulous facilities and experience for guests including treatments at the Spa, seaside dining, sea adventures, visits to the Freddie Mercury Museum, Stone Town Tours, Spice Tour and Dolphin tours.

Swahili Restaurant is open daily serving delicious seafood, creative cocktails and fabulous entertainment  Baharia Restaurant, Mashani Bar and Terrace Seafood Restaurant are all delightful choices

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Hotel
Zanzibar Serena Hotel
Flight Time
9 hours (approximately)
Weather

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January

"Hot with a breeze"

February

"Weather was great. A bit of rain on safari and one day of rain in Zanzibar but other than that it was hot and dry."
"Weather was hot, approx 35 degrees celcius"
"Hot but with a cool breeze off the sea. Quite humid in Stonetown on the west coast but typical Indian Ocean on the East Coast where we were based. Evenings warm but comfortable. Sun very strong!"

March

"very good"

April

"Not bad considering that it was the rainy season."

May

"Very light rain on a few occasions, other then that, Amazing."
"tropical/showers"

June

"poor - rain and overcast for 10 days. the other days overcast with heavy rains showers then clearing up. Only one full day without rain"
"warm and pleasant"
"Good sunshine with a little rin on some mornings."
"Good"
"Overcast and windy most of the week, with frequent showers, but the locals and staff all seemed to think this was very unusual for the period"
"In genera many cloudy days, no rain. Warm and humid. 50% sunny"

July

"Sunny quite breezy temps up to 28 degree."
"25c very nice"
"V good"
"Good, not too hot"

August

"The weather was hot and sunny 95% of the week, suntan guaranteed"
"It was cloudy a lot of the time and rained 3 - 4 days. When the sun came out it was glorious and there was a lovely breeze by the sea."

September

"Could not have been better, sunshine all day everyday."
"Perfect although some drizzle on last day."
"can be cloudy in the mornings but clears by midday for a full afternoon of sun."
"Lovely - sunny, not too hot though, about 27"
"hot and sunny"
"Perfect. Dry, hot and sunny with a constant on-shore breeze."

October

"Hot with only a couple of spells of rain"
"Average of 28c daily very little cloud"
"warm"
"Absolutely fantastic until 31st Oct..then literlly rained from Nov..rained 1 whole day but was expected and fantastic up til then and not enough to spoil anything"
"Hot and humid, little sunshine."

November

"Lovely and hot and sunny. Average temp was about 29-31 C. No rain at all. No humidity which was nice."
"Hot - around 30 deg c daytime and 25 night time. Occasional shower."

December

"V hot"
"v hot"
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