If visitors to Zanzibar haven’t seen the heritage or Stone town market then we can say that they haven’t seen anything. Spread over 13 kilometers. This market can be described as the biggest mall of the world. Except two wheelers and hand carts, other vehicles are prohibited to enter this heritage market with only 4-5 feet wide very narrow lanes. It starts at 7.30 am and closes at 4.00 pm and re-opens again at 5.00 pm like Chor Bazar of Mumbai and remains open till late in the night. Morning market is full with the foreign tourists while in the night market mostly local hoteliers and poor people from the interior rural areas arrive to purchase essential goods at cheaper rates. Spread over 13 kilometers this market at the instance of Sultan AliBin Hamid, an Indian Parsee, Bombanji Maneckji restored it during 1904.
If visitors to Zanzibar haven’t seen the heritage or Stone town market then we can say that they haven’t seen anything. Spread over 13 kilometers. This market can be described as the biggest mall of the world. Except two wheelers and hand carts, other vehicles are prohibited to enter this heritage market with only 4-5 feet wide very narrow lanes. It starts at 7.30 am and closes at 4.00 pm and re-opens again at 5.00 pm like Chor Bazar of Mumbai and remains open till late in the night. Morning market is full with the foreign tourists while in the night market mostly local hoteliers and poor people from the interior rural areas arrive to purchase essential goods at cheaper rates. Spread over 13 kilometers this market at the instance of Sultan AliBin Hamid, an Indian Parsee, Bombanji Maneckji restored it during 1904.