Blue Bay Beach Resort and Spa offers a total of 112 rooms. Among them are 88 sea-facing rooms (including 80 superior rooms). There are also 24 Club rooms (with a separate Jacuzzi, including 8 Suites. The lounge area, bar and restaurant are exclusive to the 24 Club Rooms and the 8 Suites of the Resort). There are also six deluxe rooms and two Sultan suites included.

All rooms are tastefully decorated with Zanzibari furniture and a white-and-blue colour scheme reflects the sand and azure ocean. There are four-poster beds with mosquito nets, a writing bureau, coffee table and easy chairs, dressing room, en-suite bathroom and either a veranda or balcony. Each room at this Tanzania beach hotel in Zanzibar is well appointed with an air conditioner, ceiling fan, satellite television, mini-bar, hairdryer and telephone.

The superior rooms are found in the lush, tropical gardens. The garden rooms are slightly closer to the beach and have a smaller lounge and veranda area on ground level. The Club24 rooms have two large four poster beds with billowing mosquito nets, separate dressing room, external balcony or veranda, satellite television and fabulous sea views.

The Sultan rooms are the ultimate in luxury at this Tanzania beach hotel in Zanzibar. These spacious rooms are situated closest to the beach and feature huge 8-foot beds and verandas with sun beds and a Zanzibari lounging sofa. Attended by butlers dressed in elegant, traditional Swahili robes, you can enjoy the luxury and imagine what it must have been like in a Sultan’s palace.

The reception area at Blue Bay is white, airy and spacious with Arabic arches and a fountain set in a palm-fronded atrium.