Colosseum Boutique Hotel & Spa
Roman-style pool, spa and squash courts
About this hotel
The pool sits at the centre of a property that treats wellness as the whole point rather than an add-on, with squash courts and a gym running aerobics classes alongside the spa's massages, sauna and steam bath. Suites lean modern with air conditioning, flat-screen satellite TVs and a lounge with dining area and kitchenette, giving longer stays somewhere to unwind beyond the pool deck. Kalypso, the hotel's restaurant, serves Peruvian-Japanese fusion sushi and Asian Swahili tapas with a shisha lounge for evenings, chefs drawn from Cape Town and Zanzibar. The IST Clinic sits two kilometres away, Coco Beach a fifteen-minute walk, and the ferry terminal to Zanzibar around twenty minutes by car, with free on-site parking throughout.
- Outdoor pool, spa and hot tub
- Squash courts and gym
- Fifteen-minute walk to Coco Beach
Our take
This suits travellers who want the spa and jacuzzi to matter as much as the pool, particularly anyone planning a full wellness day around squash, sauna and massage treatments. The Roman-style architecture and Kalypso's fusion menu give it a distinct identity among Oysterbay hotels, though the boutique scale means fewer rooms and treatment slots than the city's larger five-star spas.
- ✓Book a spa treatment ahead of arrival, since the boutique scale means fewer therapists than the larger downtown hotels.
- ✓Try Kalypso's Peruvian-Japanese fusion menu at least once, even if you are eating elsewhere most nights.
- ✓Walk to Coco Beach in the late afternoon, since it is a fifteen-minute stroll from the hotel.
Why we love it
- Hot tub alongside a full spa
- Squash courts and aerobics classes
- Kalypso's fusion menu and shisha lounge
- Roman-style architecture in Oysterbay
Why guests love itA stay here settles into a loop fast: pool, sauna, a treatment at the spa, then Kalypso for dinner and the shisha lounge afterward if the evening runs late. The squash courts pull in a more active crowd than a typical spa hotel, and the Roman-style architecture gives the whole property a distinct look that photographs better than most Oysterbay boutiques. Coco Beach is close enough for a walk once the spa loop winds down, and the ferry terminal to Zanzibar is a manageable twenty-minute drive.