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Best Hotels in Africa (2026)

Places to stay, from budget guesthouses and boutique hotels to large international properties, grouped by area and style.

143 places · Updated November 12, 2026

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103. Hotel Slipway

Waterfront hotel$$Msasani Peninsula

A good-value hotel in the Slipway waterfront complex on the Msasani Peninsula, overlooking Msasani Bay, with restaurants, shops and boats to Bongoyo and Mbudya.

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104. Marsam Hotel

Historic West Bank rest house$West Bank

The oldest rest house on Luxor's West Bank, formerly the Sheikh Ali Hotel, with 36 simple rooms and a garden restaurant using home-grown produce.

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108. Riad Laaroussa

Boutique riad$$$Fes el-Bali

A boutique riad in a 17th-century palace with eight rooms and suites around an orange-tree courtyard, plus a roof terrace, hammam and restaurant.

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109. Seku Bi

Boutique hotel$$$Dakar Plateau

Seven-room boutique hotel in two colonial-era villas near Place de l'Indépendance, decorated with contemporary African art and home to the Italian restaurant Il Pappagallo.

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113. Taitu Hotel

Historic budget hotel$Piazza

Ethiopia's first hotel, founded in 1905 by Empress Taitu in Piazza, now a budget hotel with a restaurant, a jazz lounge and simple rooms.

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115. Tembo House Hotel

Beachfront heritage hotel$$$Shangani, Stone Town

Beachfront hotel in Shangani, open since 1994, with sea-view balcony rooms, two pools, a private beach area, a gym and an oceanfront seafood restaurant.

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120. Bogobiri House

Arts boutique hotel$$Ikoyi

Opened in 2003, Bogobiri House is a small, art-filled boutique hotel in Ikoyi with an art gallery, a bar and weekly Thursday open mic music nights.

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