Zanzibar is, for many visitors, the full stop on a wider Tanzania trip, something Meliá knows, with its urban property in Arusha and Safari-focused stop in the Serengeti.

With the hard work of a safari to recover from, there’s no better way to relax and recuperate than with your toes in the sand of a picture-postcard beach on exotic Zanzibar.

Sol Meliá, in line with its plan to grow in new markets, will open a new hotel on the island of Zanzibar, its first property in Tanzania. The Meliá Zanzibar is expected to be a five-star holiday ...