Visit Old Town In Mombasa

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Mombasa, on the East Coast of Africa, in Kenya, is filled with history, and is Kenya's second largest city. from the 15th century, when trading in ivory, sandalwood and other items dominated the East African coast, Muslims and Africans were brought together to form a curious culture that still survives today. Visit Old Town in Mombasa, to have a glimpse into this world of the old Kenya. Many cultures came together to form the culture that exists in Mombasa today, including Swahili, Arabs, Asians, Portuguese and British.

Visit Old Town in Mombasa to be filled with a sense of times gone by, of the greatness of Swahili culture and its demise in the slave trade: many historical buildings that date back to the 18th Century are found in Old Town. Visit Old Town in Mombasa to see the original beautiful hand crafted door frames and doors and the elegant balconies that stretch over them overlooking the narrow, romantic streets. Visit Old Town in Mombasa to see the fading remnants of a time when Arabs influenced Swahili culture greatly. When visiting Old Town you are surrounded by ancient buildings, extravagant art designs and curio shops selling antique articles and souvenirs with a particular Kenyan style.

Explore Old Town on foot, allowing a local tour guide to take you through the more interesting places, providing useful information as you go along. Follow up your visit to Old Town in Mombasa with a tour of Fort Jesus nearby; built in the 16th century by the Portuguese, a tour of this monolithic masterpiece of architecture is superb to combine with your visit of Old Town in Mombasa. Various artifacts that evince eras past take you back to the days of the slave trade and when this part of the world was a strong trading post. Inside Fort Jesus you will find chilling remnants of this bygone era, including torture rooms and prison cells where slaves were kept. Preserved canons jut out of the old walls, used in times gone by to defend the fort from invading colonial nations. Visit Old Town in Mombasa to complement your superb holiday in Kenya, enjoying some of the other activities that Kenya has to offer such as scuba diving, game viewing and hot-air balloon safaris. Mombasa itself is a tourist paradise, with pristine coastline and the turquoise Indian Ocean surrounding it.