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  Disappointing. – Unsure where to start with the experience. After arriving by ferry, we were hounded so much that we ducked into the mercury bar next to the port (which is lovely… read more and would recommend). Quite a few times, after politely saying no thank you to taxi offers, we would be met with a response not in English and from the tone, and it certainly didn’t sound positive.
When we sat in beach front bars, people would hound you for money to buy them food. Not only were we offered drugs multiple times, but when wandering the streets, we saw people doing it. Although dressed appropriately, men were staring, and someone actually stopped in front of me on a moped, forcing me to go back into a wall in the middle of the day! We couldn’t enjoy walking through the streets because of the harassment and the mopeds speeding around.
This town needs more police present and is certainly not safe for solo female travellers. I can not understand how this is a UNESCO site. It’s hugely disappointing.

  Worth it!  – Came here as a elective nursing placement for 5 weeks. Could not be happier. People are nice, polite and very cheerful.
Is not a rich area, but they live their… read more life to the max.

  Great tour and excellent guide  – We had a great day in stone town.This is a historical town,we visited various places.Worth staying there for a couple of days,nice to walk down the small alleys.The slave trade… read more exhibits were interesting but quite hard to listen the history.The town itself is beautiful.We also took a trip to prison island.Our stone town guide suleiman was excellent.He speaks very good english.message him whatsaap +255 756 983 368.offeers variety trips with his group and their prices are competitive.