Zanzibar Retreat Hotel

Amazing stay for a quite and relaxing week. The food is outstanding, they have a daily selection and we found it delicious every day : so fresh and full of taste. The hotel is so quite, different relaxing areas, very well equipated. The view is beautiful and you can enjoy either the pool side or beach side. The staff is incredibly nice, always smiling and full of attention. But just enough to let you relax. We spent a perfect week there enjoying the hotel and all the things you can do around. Special mention for the massages with Elisabeth staff and the excursions with Hadji, Madiba tours.

This is a lovely small hotel for those who seek to be outside the tourist masses. Maria and her staff are the kindest people, ensuring everyone has the best stay. We can only praise our time here, with a special focus on the food made by Hadija - some of the best we had on our entire holiday. We do recommend to take a cooking class if you enjoy cooking and getting to know the traditional way of food preparation. The hotel is located right on Matemwe beach, not even 2 steps away. Obviously the tides prevent you from being able to swim in the sea 24/7, but as we did our research we knew that about Zanzibar before. During low tide you can take a walk to the sand bank, seeing beautiful corals, fish, starfish etc (don't forget your water shoes and beware of the sea urchins). The hotel also helped us organise some trips, which was lovely. All in all I would 100% recommend staying here. A bonus was that our room (garden view) now has a balcony, which was not advertised and therefore a pleasant surprise. Do also to try out some of the local restaurants just outside the hotel, the food and the people there are also great. We felt safe inside and outside the hotel 100% of the time, even in the dark - so don't worry about safety in this area.