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Please note that the check-in voucher states that this hotel is 2*, not 3.
1. Check-in and check-out - no surprises, they don’t settle in advance, when checking out without excesses, the deposit for towels was returned, nothing was attributed
2. There is practically no territory, the courtyard is quite landscaped, there is where to sit, there are two hanging "beds" on which, respectively, you can lie down. Quite noisy from the operation of the pump and air conditioners, they all come out here.
3. The rooms are small, well-equipped (air conditioner, ceiling fan, refrigerator, safe, hair dryer, iron), everything worked. No soundproofing
4. Meals - breakfasts are generally normal, just get ready for a long wait, especially around 7.30-8.00. The menu is tasty and large portions. Next to the street to the right is a restaurant of the same owner with a focus on seafood, more comfortable, but without air conditioning.
5. No entertainment
6. Maintenance of norms, problem solving is not. The broken door that was impossible to open was not repaired all day, only a complaint to the owner (present in the restaurant every evening) helped to solve the problem.
7. Beach - you can use the infrastructure of the SanSeaBar hotel, owned by the same owner. Stomp to it for 10-15 minutes in a rather dull environment. The hotel's beach is comfortable enough, there is a swimming pool. But there are not enough sun loungers when hotels are full, although the staff tries to install portable umbrellas. The water is close, but a lot of parked, out-and-in boats are right in front of you. Hence the garbage at the bottom, the smell of fuel, etc. It is not comfortable to bypass the parking lot of boats in the heat, plus when you move away from the hotel sunbeds, you will fall into the power of rather annoying merchants (they don’t enter the hotel area, for no reason).
8. Excursions - in general, it is safe to buy on the beach, you can bargain. I recommend categorically to refuse any prepayment - it works. Attempts to prick on something are likely, we ran into the seller Maldini - as part of the excursion Jozani forest, Paje beach, Kuza cave - firstly, there was no promised water and fruit, and secondly, instead of Kuza cave they brought to the neighboring Swahili cave or " secret", where you can also take a good swim and take pictures, but this is a very limited location without the set of attractions that Cuza has.
9. Around the hotel, along the street, there are a lot of fruit shops, alcohol shops. Prices are about the same, mangoes and pineapples are sold by the piece. Moreover, if the price of pineapple depends on the size, then mangoes at a standard price differ greatly in size. Walking through several shops, you can choose large and ripe ones. By evening, the choice is reduced. There are no souvenir items along the street, there are such shops on the beach on both sides of the hotel.
Wi-Fi - in principle, there is, in the hotel and on the beach, but weak and overloaded. Until 7.00 and after 22.00 - it is not available.
We flew Fly Dubai with a connection in Dubai, the flight was comfortable, but on the way back we faced a sudden need to pass a PCR test (from 12/15/2021). In Zanzibar it is expensive (from $80 officially plus a transfer to the city) and difficult, so a charter is preferable.
1. Check-in and check-out - no surprises, they don’t settle in advance, when checking out without excesses, the deposit for towels was returned, nothing was attributed
2. There is practically no territory, the courtyard is quite landscaped, there is where to sit, there are two hanging "beds" on which, respectively, you can lie down. Quite noisy from the operation of the pump and air conditioners, they all come out here.
3. The rooms are small, well-equipped (air conditioner, ceiling fan, refrigerator, safe, hair dryer, iron), everything worked. No soundproofing
4. Meals - breakfasts are generally normal, just get ready for a long wait, especially around 7.30-8.00. The menu is tasty and large portions. Next to the street to the right is a restaurant of the same owner with a focus on seafood, more comfortable, but without air conditioning.
5. No entertainment
6. Maintenance of norms, problem solving is not. The broken door that was impossible to open was not repaired all day, only a complaint to the owner (present in the restaurant every evening) helped to solve the problem.
7. Beach - you can use the infrastructure of the SanSeaBar hotel, owned by the same owner. Stomp to it for 10-15 minutes in a rather dull environment. The hotel's beach is comfortable enough, there is a swimming pool. But there are not enough sun loungers when hotels are full, although the staff tries to install portable umbrellas. The water is close, but a lot of parked, out-and-in boats are right in front of you. Hence the garbage at the bottom, the smell of fuel, etc. It is not comfortable to bypass the parking lot of boats in the heat, plus when you move away from the hotel sunbeds, you will fall into the power of rather annoying merchants (they don’t enter the hotel area, for no reason).
8. Excursions - in general, it is safe to buy on the beach, you can bargain. I recommend categorically to refuse any prepayment - it works. Attempts to prick on something are likely, we ran into the seller Maldini - as part of the excursion Jozani forest, Paje beach, Kuza cave - firstly, there was no promised water and fruit, and secondly, instead of Kuza cave they brought to the neighboring Swahili cave or " secret", where you can also take a good swim and take pictures, but this is a very limited location without the set of attractions that Cuza has.
9. Around the hotel, along the street, there are a lot of fruit shops, alcohol shops. Prices are about the same, mangoes and pineapples are sold by the piece. Moreover, if the price of pineapple depends on the size, then mangoes at a standard price differ greatly in size. Walking through several shops, you can choose large and ripe ones. By evening, the choice is reduced. There are no souvenir items along the street, there are such shops on the beach on both sides of the hotel.
Wi-Fi - in principle, there is, in the hotel and on the beach, but weak and overloaded. Until 7.00 and after 22.00 - it is not available.
We flew Fly Dubai with a connection in Dubai, the flight was comfortable, but on the way back we faced a sudden need to pass a PCR test (from 12/15/2021). In Zanzibar it is expensive (from $80 officially plus a transfer to the city) and difficult, so a charter is preferable.
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