Swiss-Belresort Zanzibar

Most of the rooms are Deluxe Rooms of 32 to 35 m² with a sea view and a king bed or twin beds. The Standard Rooms look over the garden and the Superior Rooms have a garden or partial sea view, at the same size. These rooms sleep two adults and one child. For more space, there are Junior Suites of 50 m², Deluxe Suites of 55 m² with a separate bedroom and four Honeymoon Suites of 64 m², all facing the sea. The largest option is a single Family Prestige suite of 155 m² with two bedrooms. All rooms have a balcony, a minibar, an espresso machine, a kettle and Wi-Fi, and room service runs 24 hours a day.

The renders show white buildings with carved Zanzibari details, light timber and pale stone inside, and rooms that open onto the sea through tall shuttered windows. The main pool covers 228 m² and runs down to a stone waterfall, with loungers and palms around it, and there is a separate children's pool.

The main restaurant, the Swiss-Café, seats 160 and serves an international menu with a lot of seafood and a live cooking station, with brunch on Sundays. There is also a lobby café for pastries and Tanzanian coffee, and a poolside bar for fresh juices and wood-fired pizza. In the evening, the rooftop deck serves shisha, Arabic coffee and sweets at sunset. Lighthouse Bay, the deck over the water, has room for about 25 to 30 guests and is used for sunset tea, lunch and dinner, with Arabic dishes alongside the international menu.

The spa has five treatment rooms with separate areas for men and women, and includes a sauna, a jacuzzi and a hammam. There is a gym open 24 hours for hotel guests. The resort also has a ballroom and meeting rooms, so you may share it with a wedding or a conference on some dates.