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Best Hotel Dar es Salaam #5: Harbor View Suites Dar es Salaam
If you want to stay in downtown Dar es Salaam, the Harbor View Suites is a hotel to consider.
Located in the heart of the city centre, Harbor View Suites Dar es Salaam offers both regular and self-catering accommodation.
These come in the form of studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom suites with kitchenettes.
Harbor View Suites Dar es Salaam also has a good restaurant, Flavours, that offers fantastic views.
This is where you can find my best local secret place in Dar es Salaam.
Harbour View Suites features a gym and swimming pool.
It is located within a big commercial building, with the hotel taking up only a few floors of that building.
This unusual location and the navigation it necessitates is a small drawback of the establishment.
Harbour View Suites is only a 5-minute walk from the Zanzibar ferry terminal.
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Hotel Near Ocean Dar es Salaam
One of the best things about Dar es Salaam, is its proximity to the Indian Ocean.
Many travelers to Dar es Salaam, therefore, want to stay near the ocean.
Of the luxury hotels mentioned in a previous post, Sea Cliff Hotel, is right by the ocean but doesn’t have beach access, and whereas Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam, The Kilimanjaro is located on Dar es Salaam’s downtown waterfront, it too has no beach access but has some incredible views of the ocean and Dar es Salaam Harbour.
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Best Hotels in Dar es Salaam #6: Ramada Hotel Tanzania (Hotel Near Ocean Dar es Salaam)
Ramada Resort Dar es Salaam is one of Dar es Salaam’s premier beachfront properties.
Like Azure Boutique Resort, Ramada Resort is also on the Mbezi Beach hotel strip, so pay attention to this if you have to commute to town regularly while you are in Dar es Salaam, especially if you have to do so during rush hour.
That said, if you are on a leisure holiday or your business in Dar es Salaam doesn’t take you too far from Mbezi Beach, Ramada Resort with its white sands, beautiful swimming pool, and amazing ocean views might be the place for you.
I find the food and drinks at Ramada unnecessarily expensive, especially that the food doesn’t always live up to expectations.
Still, the location and environment are great plusses.
Be sure to get an ocean facing room if you can. The ocean-facing suites are particularly delightful!
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Best Hotels in Dar es Salaam #7: Azure Boutique Resort (Former Beachcomber Dar es Salaam)
Dar es Salaam is a big city plagued with serious traffic jams, so the first thing I will have to point out to you, if you are thinking of staying at Azure Boutique Resort, is that it is located on Dar es Salaam’s northern Mbezi Beach strip.
This is not particularly far from the city center, but if your business in Dar es Salaam requires you to commute during rush hour, then this might not be the place for you.
If, on the other hand, your are in Dar es Salaam for leisure and are looking for an inexpensive place to stay by the beach, then this new Dar es Salaam offering (it used to be the Beachcomber Hotel until very recently), might just be what you are looking for.
Right on the ocean, in an area full of beach hotels and water-related activities, Azure Boutique Resort is particularly quiet and peaceful.
On top of proximity to the ocean, it also has a big beautifully maintained swimming pool.
The service is friendly and attentive but the choice of food and beverages is a little limited.
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