Zanzibar: Shopping Holiday

A Zanzibar Island Shopping Holiday will yield wooden masks, ebony bowls or animals or Masai statues. Masai paintings are exhibited in wonderful solar colors, or from Masai all kind of bracelets and collars, and pareos. Note: Take extra cash or traveler's checks. Don't rely totally on your bank card. There are lots of Shops in the narrow alleys of Stone Town - always BARGAIN! These shops offer batik, chess sets, local crafts, masks, souvenirs, statues, etc. you may get a better deal buying with Euros over Shillings, since the hawkers are more prone to bargaining when buying with foreign currency. There are better exchange rates for large Euro notes i.e. €50, & €100 than on smaller Euro notes i.e. €20, & €10. Four ATMs stand sentry on Zanzibar island, all in Stone Town.

A store that accepts credit card payment is a rarity. Stone Town is a one-stop-souvenir-shopping experience for someone on shopping holiday on Zanzibar Island. There are beautiful textiles, handmade jewellery, intricate wood or stone carvings, spices, knick-knacks, and the list goes on and on. While on your Zanzibar shopping holiday, find and buy a cookbook and spices. Take the trip home with you! Beware that many of the vendors sell fake saffron.