Marea Boutique Hotel

Property class: 2.5

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Jambiani Beach is located near Marea Boutique Hotel, which provides free full breakfast, a beach bar, and a terrace. Treat yourself to a manicure/pedicure or other spa services. The on-site restaurant, "Sora Eugenia", features ocean views. Free in-room WiFi is available to all guests, along with a coffee shop/cafe and a garden.

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Breakfast included
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
The current price is ￥11,775
￥15,736 total
includes taxes & fees
Nov 13 - Nov 14

Room options

View all photos for Double Room, Sea View

A white building with arched doorways and a tiled patio area with plants and umbrellas.

Double Room, Sea View

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Sea view
  • 16 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Double Room, Garden View

A bedroom with a bed, a wooden cabinet, a mirror, and a wall-mounted air conditioner.

Double Room, Garden View

  • Garden view
  • 16 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Deluxe Double Room, Sea View

A hotel room with a bed, a chair, a balcony with a view of the ocean, and a hanging light fixture.

Deluxe Double Room, Sea View

  • 25 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Deluxe Double Room

A neatly made bed with a swan-shaped towel and red flowers, a wooden nightstand, and a view of palm trees through a window with curtains.

Deluxe Double Room

  • 25 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed
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About the neighborhood

Located in Jambiani, Marea Boutique Hotel is on the beach. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Jambiani Beach and Paje Beach. With snorkeling, windsurfing, and fishing nearby, you'll find plenty of adventures in the water. Visit our Jambiani travel guide
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Unguja South, Jambiani, Jambiani-Zanzibar Road

What's nearby

  • A traditional wooden boat on clear turquoise water.
    Jambiani Beach
    13 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Kuza Cave
    18 min walk - 1.6 km
  • Kite Centre Zanzibar
    3 min drive - 2.6 km
  • Paje Beach
    4 min drive - 3.7 km
  • Kuza Cave
    10 min drive - 1.9 km

Getting around

  • Zanzibar Intl. Airport (ZNZ)
    84 min drive

Restaurants

  • Mapacha
    4 min drive
  • Shanga Paje
    5 min drive
  • Paje By Night
    5 min drive
  • Beach Boheme
    4 min drive
  • Flow Beach
    5 min drive

About this property

Marea Boutique Hotel

  • Hotel near Jambiani Beach
  • Free full breakfast, a beach bar, and a terrace are just a few of the amenities provided at Marea Boutique Hotel. Treat yourself to a manicure/pedicure or other spa services. The on-site restaurant, "Sora Eugenia", features ocean views. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi, and guests can find other amenities such as a coffee shop/cafe and a garden.
  • Other perks at this hotel include:
    • An outdoor pool
    • Free self parking
    • Bike rentals, a roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge), and smoke-free premises
    • Outdoor furniture, luggage storage, and tour/ticket assistance
  • Room features
  • All guestrooms are individually furnished, and have comforts such as premium bedding and air conditioning, as well as perks like free WiFi.
  • Other amenities include:
    • Bathrooms with rainfall showers and free toiletries
    • Private yards, ceiling fans, and daily housekeeping

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Frequently asked questions

Does Marea Boutique Hotel have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

How much does it cost to stay at Marea Boutique Hotel?

As of Oct 25, 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Marea Boutique Hotel on Nov 13, 2026 start from ￥11,775, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Is Marea Boutique Hotel pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Marea Boutique Hotel?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 7:00 AM. After-hours check-in is not available.

What time is check-out at Marea Boutique Hotel?

Check-out is at 10:30 AM.

Does Marea Boutique Hotel provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle that runs on request. A fee of TZS 290000 per vehicle applies.

Where is Marea Boutique Hotel located?

Nestled on the beach, this Jambiani hotel is 0.5 mi (0.9 km) from Jambiani Beach and 1.9 mi (3 km) from Paje Beach. Kuza Cave and Swahili Cave are also within 1 mi (2 km).

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Reviews

Marea Boutique Hotel Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

8.6

Cleanliness

8.0

Location

9.0

Staff & service

8.2

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 22 out of 41 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 41 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 41 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 41 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 41 reviews

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful property right at the beach. Great restaurant. Amazing massage. Highly recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the property, its location by the sea its personel and owners. The restaurant with italian food. Service great, special mention Colin in the receprion, Joy in the restaurant and Leila who cleaned my room. Did not like the floors in the bathroom as very alippery when wet.
Stayed 14 nights in Feb 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Geo Zanzibar Resort has very friendly staff all around. The hotel isn't a 5 star one ( nor does it claim to be). We were there for breakfast and dinner only since we were in excursions every single day of our stay. The restaurant is excellent!!! The A/C could not keep the room cold because of the unreliable power in Zanzibar. That was the only thing that I didn't like which there was nothing that could be done. They did provide a fan that helped a lot during the night. During the day it does get hot, but since we were not there (except for our last day), it didn't matter. They were very kind and allowed us for a late check out. The staff is treated very nicely by the owners. We had a nice stay overall.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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The Marea (formerly the Geo) is a gem

I did lots of research for my family's trip to Zanzibar because there did not seem to be a lot of accurate information online. I felt comfortable with my reservation at the Marea (fka Geo) and it turned out I was right. From the owners (who may be there to greet you) to the hospitality, and dining options were perfect for a middle class family from the West Coast. The room is basic but comfy enough. You can ask for extra pillows. The besds have sheets but no blankets. This encourages you not to blast AC all night long. Also: the beach. I heard mixed answers about the quality of the beach in Jambiani. Well, I can tell you the beach right in front of the hotel is perfect white sand. The water is not clear. There's some (not a lot for us) seasweed. Maybe it's not as good as Kendwa and Nungwi. But there were almost no beach boys. And the ones who were there accepted a no after the third time. My family had the beach all to ourselves each morning. That's never really happened to us before! Don't miss out on a walk to the village. The people are super nice. Bring something to MOVE Zanzibar to donate to the kids it benefits.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic Italian food
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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Amazing place

The environment was great. The housing conditions were beautiful and clean. Customer service were awesome. Is good place for vacation
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice

The staff were very good. Good food. Beach is better than further north. We enjoyed our week there.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
not good,not recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic on-site restaurant with a wonderful breakfast which is included and an excellent dinner menu. The pizza is authentic Napolitana pizza! Scrumptious! Rooms are nice. Balcony looks out over the gorgeous beach. 2 beds in our room - one had a big dip in the middle and the other was perfect. Bathroom was nice and large. A/C worked. There were holes in the mosquito screen and gaps between the screen and the window so opening the window was not an option. Lovely pool so you could swim even when the tide was out. Limited beach chairs so need to get out early to claim your spot! Very close to the bar on the pier which I highly recommend for happy hour drinks! The Vietnamese restaurant next door is also excellent. A VERY long beach and easy walking as you turn right out of the hotel property. Excellent option for coffee and lunch just down the beach at the Coffee house. Great location, walking distance to so many wonderful other eating options although you don't really need to leave. Final excellent option is being able to book your airport transportation through the hotel! Would definitely come back.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nous avons adoré notre séjour dans cette hôtel. Nous sommes triste de ne pas être resté plus longtemps. Nous avons hyper bien mangé. Je vous conseille cette hôtel à 100%.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2026
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness

Déçus …

Hôtel bien placé, restaurant italien excellent, accueil chaleureux du réceptionniste mais hôtel sans charme particulier et cher! Tout est fait pour vous inciter à dépenser des sommes astronomiques pour des services qui nous ont été facturés dans d autres établissements deux fois moins chers. (Excursions, service blanchisserie, suppléments au petit déjeuner) De plus l équipe du restaurant ne semble pas épanouie et l accueil y est désagréable. Il y a eu beaucoup de coupures d électricité durant la nuit et lorsque le groupe électrogène a pris le relais, nous avons été systématiquement réveillés. Bref le rapport qualité prix du Marea Boutique Hôtel est le plus décevant des 6 hôtels visités à Zanzibar.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Personnel aux petits soins et très agréable. Nourriture italienne très bonne. Plage paradisiaque et très calme. Transats super confortables. Service de sécurité omniprésent. Service de taxis. Très bon séjour.
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2025
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness

Rapport qualité prix médiocre

Personnels très sympathique et très accueillant. Le point négatifs est plutôt du côté des propriétaires qui ne daigne même pas dire bonjour. Certainement un gros problème d'éducation. Au niveau du restaurant, le petit-déjeuner est très bien, quand aux repas cela s'arrête au pizza et pasta.... Heureusement qu'il y a d'autres restaurants moins chers ou l'ont peut manger local juste à côté.
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A little bit of paradise

Ett familjeägt hotell med pool, 2 min till deras privata stens. Solstolar och parasoller och egen vakt. Bra restaurang med Italiensk mat och trevlig hjälpsam personal. Inget partyställe vilket passar oss utmärkt.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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Our stay was great.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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Vi blev väl mottagna vaden hjälpsamma personalenpå respiten, läget var fantastiskt vid stranden. Frukost och mat var av högsta klass
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020
Verified review

8/10 Good

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Cucina ottima e personale disponibilissimo. Il gestore ha sempre soddisfatto le nostre richieste. Le camere avrebbero bisogno di qualche manutenzione in piu.
Stayed 8 nights in Jan 2020
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Literally on the beach!

A great stay, right on the beach with wonderful friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ottima gestione e posizione. Staff perfetto (molti parlano italiano) e sempre attento alle nostre esigenze, ottimo ristorante con la miglior pizza mai mangiata all'estero ( la clientela dei resort vicini veniva spesso al ristorante proprio per questo motivo ). Ottimo rapporto qualita' / prezzo e decisamente una struttura che intendo segnalare positivamente per chi volesse soggiornare sulla spiaggia di Jambiani.
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

New years holidays

We stayed in the hotel for 2 week during new years holidays. Main purpose was kiting but we got no luck with wind conditions, however the beach is good place for kite in the middle and high tide. Kite school around the corner.  Conditions in hotel is good for its price, A \ C, shower, breakfast and right on the beach. There were some power breaks out but there is generator and we barely notice them. Especially want to mention host - Suleiman. He literally do everything to make guests comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We hadden een goed en prettig verblijf bij GEO. We werden goed begrepen door het personeel. Alles is wel aanwezig om van de vrijheid/vakantie te genieten. De locatie is top, direct aan het strand!
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 9 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Stayed 11 nights in Apr 2026