Turquoise blue seas, white powder sand, waving palm trees, a rich and mesmerizing Swahili culture... The colourful history of Zanzibar and the fusion of Arab, African, Portuguese and European cultures has created a pace of life, a style of cuisine, a tapestry of architecture, heritage, myth and magic that is found nowhere else in the world. Zanzibar is steeped in culture and to the winding alleys of old Stone Town, through to the cool courtyards of the domed bath houses of the sultans, and out on the expanses of the white sand of it's stunning beaches.