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cozy quartersBackpackers Hotel · Stone Town

RATED 10 OUT OF 10

Cleanliness, comfort, location, staff, facilities, value — every category scored 10.0 on Booking.com. From one stay so far, which is exactly as many as we have had.

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a teak bunk bed beside a long wooden counter in a whitewashed room

what a bedcosts here

kokoni street, stone town

A bed in a four-share dormitory starts around US$15 a night. A twin room with a shared bathroom is US$38, and the double with its own bathroom is about US$43 — the same all year, whether you come in August or at Christmas. Taxes are already in the price, there is nothing to pay up front, and you settle at the front desk.

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a narrow Stone Town alley of whitewashed walls and carved wooden doors

stone town startsat the door

Step out and you are already in it. The Old Dispensary and the Sultan's Palace are 650 m away, the Hamamni Persian Baths and the House of Wonders 700 m, the Old Fort 950 m. Stone Town Beach is a seven-minute walk. Nothing on that list needs a taxi.

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  • Cleanliness 10.0 — Booking.com
  • Location 10.0 — Booking.com
  • Staff 10.0 — Booking.com
  • Value for money 10.0 — Booking.com

a clean, quiet room of your own, in the middle of stone town.

Cozy Quarters is a small backpackers hotel on Kokoni Street, behind one of the carved teak doors Zanzibar is known for. Whitewashed walls, solid teak beds, kitenge at the windows, and paintings by people who live here. A bed in a four-share starts at about fifteen dollars a night. The Sultan's Palace is six hundred and fifty metres away, and the beach is a seven-minute walk.

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everything hereis on foot

Map of Unguja showing Stone Town and Karume airport, 7 km apart

Abeid Amani Karume International Airport is 7 km from the door — fifteen or twenty minutes, traffic depending. Check-in runs from 13:00 right through to midnight, so a late flight is not a problem.

a solid teak double bed in a pale room with sheer curtains

teak beds andquiet rooms

Four ways to stay: a bed in a mixed four-share, a bed in the women-only four-share, a twin with a shared bathroom, or the double with its own. All of them air-conditioned, all with a desk, a seat and a fan, all made up with clean linen.

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Inside the House

the sharedkitchen

A tiled counter run with a sink, a fridge, a microwave and a kettle. Enough to make breakfast, keep your water cold, and avoid eating out three times a day.

Inside the House

the rooms you
share

  • The Kitchen

    Shared, tiled, and stocked with a fridge, microwave and kettle. Yours whenever you want it.

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  • The Lounge

    Teak sofas, kitenge cushions and a fan. The room where people actually meet each other.

    Inside the House
  • The Long Counter

    A teak plank and three stools against a whitewashed wall — breakfast, laptop, or both.

    Inside the House
a quiet dormitory room with a jute rug and a black and white photograph of Stone Town

no spa. no pool.just quiet

We should be straight with you: there is no spa here, no pool, and no restaurant. What there is, is a house that gets cleaned every day, thick walls that keep the street out, and a lounge nobody is hurrying you out of. Our first guest called it clean and peaceful. That is the whole idea.

Inside the House
a lounge with teak sofas and bold kitenge cushions
teak sofas with patterned cushions around a low table in the lounge

coming asa group

The four-shares can be taken bed by bed or all at once, and the two private rooms sit alongside them. If you need more than four rooms, write to us first — the house handles larger groups differently.

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A day at the house

morning at Cozy Quarters — 7:00amold town at Cozy Quarters — 10:00amafternoon at Cozy Quarters — 1:00pmevening at Cozy Quarters — 8:00pm
7:00am

The kettle in the shared kitchen, and the street already awake outside. Nobody is checking out at seven, so the house is still quiet.

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Rated 10 out of 10

Studios Tanzania via Booking.com · our first review, and so far our only one

“The hotel was amazingly clean and peaceful, the staff were super friendly and helpful and affordable price”
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