Meliá Zanzibar

Location, Excellent service, The executive staff is amazing and always accessible to hotel guests, Delicious and varied food, The place is maintained to a high standard

First of all the area in the resort is spectacular, a jungle dream just gorgeous with so many trees and greenery it’s so calming to just walk around. The staff are very friendly but people from Zanzibar are generally extremely nice. They have a good selection of food and so many places to relax, if you want to relax this is the place for you! If you want to escape your city life and busy work schedule, this is the place for you! I recommend staying in either the beach bungalow or the romantic pavilion because the beach view is out of this world!!!

I can’t honestly say there was one thing I didn’t like but there were a few minor problems which a five star hotel shouldn’t have. Once we received a bottle of water and the water smelt bad, but it was one water bottle out of so many and the others were fine, we informed the reception so hopefully they check the waters. The first day housekeeping, didn’t refill our coffee and put extra toilet rolls so we had to ask for it but it seemed that housekeeping had ran out while making rounds but they should still make sure to bring some later, we had to call for it ourselves. When they brought it, it was amazing they got us a lot so they made up for it. Sometimes walking back at night there wasn’t enough light, I suggest that the property adds more solar light. If you are looking for a place with a good beach, gabi beach which is where Melia is, is not the best beach to swim because even in high tide there are stones. However still nice and you can chill by the beach during low tide. If you want to swim maybe other areas of the island would be better like a little north. Overall i can’t say it was bad because these minor points you forget when you see the beauty of the place.