Visit Stone Town, Zanzibar, and you’ll be gob-smacked by its twisted alleyways, crumbling limestone palaces, mosques and faded mansions.
Stone Town is the historic old part of the capital of Zanzibar.
See locals shopping, vendors selling food on the streets, the devout going to pray at mosques. Stone Town isn’t that large, and it can easily be explored on foot.
One of the saddest places to visit in Stone Town is the old slave market and whipping post. Zanzibar was once the center for the East African slave and ivory trade.
We had to gingerly step across dirty wet floors – picking our way around toothless vendors squatting on the ground, weighing yellowfin tuna, ringed by local bidders.
It was used as a prison, then a railway terminal and a ladies’ club. It’s the oldest building in Stone Town – and it’s free to wander in and look around.