Princess Salme Tour (Gallery Tours)

Located in Stone Town, Tanzania, Princess Salme Tour (Gallery Tours) offers visitors the opportunity to learn about the life of Princess Salme, who taught herself to write, conspired in a plot to overthrow her brother, becoming pregnant and eloping to Germany with a merchant. The tour starts at Mtoni Palace where she was born and spent her childhood. Next is a visit to Marhubi Palace which was built by her older brother who she helped escape after a failed attempt to overthrow their brother, Sultan Majid. Visitors will travel to Stone Town where she lived in exile, shunned by her family due to her deceit. The Palace Museum has a room dedicated to Salem's life and writings. Visitors will also visit her house where the romance with the merchant started. Lastly, a visit to the Gallery Bookshop where her book, Memoirs of an Arabian Princess, can be bought.