Forodhani Gardens, Urban park at Stone Town waterfront, Tanzania

Forodhani Gardens is a green park at the Stone Town waterfront with pathways, green spaces, and benches. It offers views of the Indian Ocean and the ships passing by.

The gardens were laid out in 1936 and opened on 21 December that year to mark the silver jubilee of Sultan Khalifa bin Harub of Zanzibar, and also to honour King George V of Britain, who had completed 25 years of rule in 1935. They were known as Jubilee Gardens and were renamed after the 1964 Zanzibar revolution.

The place is mainly known for its evening food market, where local vendors sell specialties like grilled seafood, samosas, and sugar cane juice. Visitors can taste traditional dishes here and experience the everyday food culture of the island.

The park runs along Mizingani Road on the Stone Town seafront, directly in front of the House of Wonders and the Old Fort, so it is easy to find on foot from the old town lanes. The food stalls set up in the main square after sunset; come before dusk to see the square before the market fills. The 2009 rehabilitation restored the pedestrian walkways and the seawall fronting the park, and added lighting and drainage.

The park opened on 21 December 1936 as Jubilee Gardens, marking the silver jubilee of Sultan Khalifa bin Harub and honouring King George V, who had completed 25 years on the throne in 1935. It kept that name until the 1964 Zanzibar revolution, when it became Forodhani Gardens.