
The tropical island paradise of Zanzibar, located just off the east African coast, is never more alluring than off-season in the UK.
With its white sand beaches and clear blue waters, it’s the perfect place to kick back, relax and soak up some rays. Though the island’s long history – a colony of Oman, before it was taken over by the British, and eventually integrated into Tanzania in 1964 – also makes it a melting pot of competing influences that begs to be explored.