Eleven atmospheric rooms in central Stone Town, with a rooftop tea house, a ground-floor Swahili grill garden and the old town's alleys on the doorstep.
The short answerEmerson Spice is a boutique hotel in central Stone Town, Zanzibar, with eleven rooms, a rooftop tea house serving a nightly five-course set menu, and a ground-floor garden restaurant with Swahili grill dishes. It has no pool. Cars cannot reach the door: parking is about a three-minute walk away.
Emerson Spice is in the middle of Stone Town. Vehicles cannot drive right up to the hotel: the nearest parking is the mosque car park by the House of Wonders, about a three-minute walk away. Its sister hotel, Emerson on Hurumzi, is a minute's walk.
We arrange the transfer and a porter if you need one. See our Zanzibar itineraries for trips that start in Stone Town.
There are eleven rooms, including a family room that sleeps a double and two singles. Rooms have air conditioning, fans, fridges and mosquito nets. Wi-Fi is in all rooms, laundry is free and usually takes about 24 hours, and the hotel has no television.
Rooms have no safe, so valuables go in the central reception safe. Power runs 24 hours with a generator back-up, but air conditioning does not work on the generator.
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Stone Town's alleys, markets and seafront are on foot from the door. Spice tours, dhow cruises and beach days are easy to add. See Zanzibar beyond the beach.
Many guests spend a night or two here, then move to a beach resort. Our guide to adding Zanzibar to your safari shows how.
Facts checked on 14 October 2026 against the lodge's own and the travel trade's published information. Rooms, inclusions and rules can change, so we confirm them again when we quote your dates.
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11 rooms, including one family room
Price on request
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