Reviews of Dhow Palace Hotel
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40 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Dhow Palace Hotel and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
"Dhow Palace Hotel review"
Not really got a problem with the place, but our room faced onto the street which was pretty noisy especially because Ramadam had just started. Also the room was well hot at night and the air con unit sounded like one of the safari jeeps, which I suppose drowned out the noise from street level.
The rooms were quite quirky and had some funky antiques in there. Mosquito net had a few holes in though.
Top location right in the middle of Stone Town. But didn't really stay there long enough to use all the facilites etc. Staff seemed very friendly though.
Breakfast wasn't much cop, but I suppose we had been spoilt at Pongwe where they were top drawer." See all these reviews: 9n in Zanzibar; 5n in Tanzania
"Overnight at Dhow Palace Hotel"
The roof terrace and restaurant looked lovely although we chose to eat in a local restaurant for dinner. We had a very early start the next morning but were impressed we were still able to get some breakfast at 5.30am!" See all these reviews: 4n in Tanzania; 1n in Zanzibar
"Dhow Palace Hotel review"
"Dhow Palace Hotel review"
"Character hotel in central Stonetown."
Unfortunately staff were a little bit unhelpful and not particularly polite. Maybe we had been spoiled by our previous hotels. Nonetheless, we really enjoyed our experience in Stonetown - a complete contrast to the safari and Pongwe beach and for the first time, we were mixing with locals in a real environment.
ps the swimming pool is a real bonus at the end of a hot days sightseeing!" See all these reviews: 8n in Zanzibar; 4n in Tanzania
"One night at Dhow Palace Hotel"
"Dhow Palace Hotel review"
The hotel has a relaxing pool in which to cool off at the end of the day. You'll get plenty of exercise getting in and out of the Zanzibar beds, and the Turkish style baths add to a greatly eccentric experience. Fine for the couple of night stay we had to experience Stone town and close to everything we wanted to do there.
Also close enough to the airport to get there in plenty of time - in fact too early given a very relaxed attitude to checking in!" See all these reviews: 7n in Tanzania; 7n in Zanzibar
"Convienient Hotel"
"Dhnow Palace Overnight"
I'd suggest Stone Town is a mx of one night / two days as there is not a huge amount to do unless you take the extra trips (eg Spice Tour / Slave Prison etc)" See all these reviews: 7n in Zanzibar; 5n in Tanzania
"Very central location"
The room was very small but clean. The furniture is inkeeping with the hotel which is lovely but there is nowhere to store clothes - just a couple of hangers. We also thought that it was a bit mean not to provide fresh bottled drinking water each day.
The staff in general were friendly and helpful but our wakeup call was late.
The breakfast is adequate but nothing to write home about. Very nice though to eat up on the roof-top.
Having visited the Tembo Hotel too - but I can't remeber the difference in cost - I think that we would have prefered the Tembo but we didn't see any of the rooms." See all these reviews: 8n in Zanzibar; 5n in Tanzania
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