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Table of Contents: Travel to Bagamoyo, visa requirements / Get around / Bagamoyo attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Bagamoyo souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Bagamoyo nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get out More from Tanzania: Arusha hotels and youth hostels, Bagamoyo hotels and youth hostels, Central Tanzania culture, Dar es Salaam tourist attractions, Iringa travel tours, Mbeya culture, Mount Kilimanjaro culture, Mwanza travel tours, Northeast Tanzania hotels and youth hostels, Northwest Tanzania travel tours, Ruaha National Park souvenirs, Serengeti National Park tourist attractions, Southeast Tanzania tourist attractions, Zanzibar travel tours More from East Africa: Comoros souvenirs, Djibouti souvenirs, Eritrea souvenirs, Ethiopia hotels and youth hostels, Europa Island souvenirs, Glorioso Islands souvenirs, Juan de Nova Island travel tours, Kenya souvenirs, Madagascar hotels and youth hostels, Malawi hotels and youth hostels, Mayotte culture, Mozambique travel tours, Somalia culture, Tanzania culture, Uganda hotels and youth hostels More from Africa: Central Africa tourist attractions, East Africa souvenirs, North Africa culture, Saharan Africa hotels and youth hostels, Seychelles tourist attractions, Southern Africa hotels and youth hostels, West Africa culture More from Travel Tips 24: Africa culture, Asia souvenirs, Europe culture, North America hotels and youth hostels, Oceania hotels and youth hostels, South America travel tours Popular destinations Istanbul (Marmara region ) travel tours, Barcelona (Catalonia) tourist attractions, Rome (Lazio) souvenirs, Singapore (Southeast Asia) culture, Western Europe (Europe) souvenirs, South Africa (Southern Africa) souvenirs, United Kingdom (Western Europe) culture, Europe (Home) hotels and youth hostels, Vancouver (Greater Vancouver) culture, Morocco (North Africa) hotels and youth hostels

Bagamoyo is a town in Tanzania. The most recent history has it as a terminal point on the coast for Arab trading caravans. It was also used as a holding point for slaves brought from the interior and awaiting transportation to Zanzibar. During German colonial times, it was the economic and administrative capital of German East Africa. Since the capital was moved to Dar Es Salaam, Bagomoyo has been in decline. Architecture of European origin is slowly falling down, but still beautiful to see. The Arabic influence on local architecture is also significant.

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Travel to Bagamoyo, visa requirements

Situated 70km on the main northern trunk from Dar Es Salaam on a good tar-seal road.

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Get around

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Bagamoyo attractions and sightseeing

• Architecture. Walk around the town in daylight and view the entrance portals of the homes which often display intricate carvings with Arabic influence. View the aging German buildings.

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City tours

• History. Stand at the portal outside the old German headquarters from which many of the European explorers entered the hinterland, amongst them Burton, Speke and H.M. Stanley. Imagine the excitement as the caravans of men strode off to a land hetherto unknown to Europe.
• Respect. Visit the Catholic mission north of the town. Pay homage to Dr David Livingston who's body last rested here on African soil before being transported to London to be buried at Westminster Abbey.
• Ruins. Visit the medieval Kaole ruins five kilometres south of Bagamoyo. The ruin of the mosque dates to the 3rd and 4th centuries.

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Shopping, Bagamoyo souvenirs

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Good restaurants and cheap meals

At the resorts along the coast to the north of the town.

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Bagamoyo nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs.

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Hotels, youth hostels, lodging

A number of resorts are situated on the coast to the north of the town.

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Get out

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