There was a staff member posted at the entrance 24 hours a day. There is also a pool table and seating area in the lobby of the annex. The annex has its own swimming pool! It's walled, but open above. Our room was air conditioned, which was so refreshing. We loved our FANTASTIC, large room on the second floor, with a large en suite bathroom. Our room was in the annex, which is in an adjacent building. This is THE place to stay in Stone Town! The hotel design is stylish and beautiful, with 3 swimming pools, a terrace restaurant with a view of the water, seating areas, beach lounge chairs, and rooftop spaces to view the ocean. All in all for the price and people manning it, I would 100 stay here again.… They do not serve alcohol and you cannot drink on premises. Not the best hotel o have stayed in - but wow with their customer service. The history and overall ambiance blew me away. You have to wait 15 min for hot water but then it was great. It is centrally located and the AC is good. But the fact that they did this for me speaks volumes about their customer service. The hotel is in the center of town and old. Again, manager was so willing to work with me (luckily I found a taxi company that took PayPal). I only had $100 which was the price of the transfers. My debit card also did not work so I couldn’t pay taxi from Tembo to another hotel and back to the airport. Once I was at another hotel I found it inside my passport - the only place I did not look. They reviewed the tape with me and no one entered my room while I was out. He said most of the time in his 23 years the customer has it somewhere. I lost $60 USD - manager was so willing to work with me. I am really impressed with the honesty of this hotel. Flanking the Beit-al-Ajaib is the Old Fort on one side and the Palace Museum on the other side.In other words, Tembo House Hotel is situated on a prime location, you need not go far to find the shops, the restaurants and the Historical sites that Zanzibar Stone Town has on offer.Zanzibar port is just 5 minutes drive away and the Zanzibar International Airport a further 15 minutes away.Welcome home away from home This landmark building, is the largest and by far, the tallest building in Stone Town. Livingstone’s body was brought before embarking on its long journey back to England.A stone throw away is the Beit-al-Ajaib of House of wonders. As a rising new star in the British, and the world music scene, Freddie Mercury and his family used to retreat to what is now ”Marashi” apartment whenever they came back to Zanzibar on holidays.Next to Tembo House Hotel is also what used to be the British Consulate, where in 1874, Dr. Mahatma Ghandi, stayed here a few weeks with the Dinwash family on his journey back to India from South Africa 1930. To this day, the name of Cowasjee Dinwash & Partners is still visible at the main entrance of Tembo House Hotel.Tembo House Hotel has seen a few celebrities pass through is doors during the consulate era, the Conwasjee Dinwash era and as a Hotel. Their headquarters was in Aden(what now is know as the Port of Suez), and with trading posts notably in most of the British Protectorate areas, it became the largest trading Company in the India Ocean. Between 18 it served as the American Consulate in Zanzibar then passed on to become the trading offices of Cowasjee Dinshaw & Partners.
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