From beach resorts to boutique 'bandas': the best places to stay in the Lamu Islands

May 2024 · 1 minute read

Mere months after Princess Eugenie’s lavish nuptials in Windsor, the rumour mill is whispering that another royal wedding may be on the cards after her elder sister, Princess Beatrice, was spotted with her current love interest, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, on Lamu Island – the place where the 34-year-old property developer proposed to his first wife.

The Lamu archipelago, situated off the coast of Kenya, is an extraordinarily well-preserved enclave of Swahili culture where dhows and donkeys are the main modes of transport. It fell out of fashion with travellers for a while after the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office cited security concerns, but now that cautionary advice has been lifted and the island is firmly back on the tourist map.

So where might the couple be staying? Even after several lean years for the island’s tourist industry, it seems that Lamu still has plenty of hotels and villas fit for a princess. Here, we round up the most likely places where Princess Beatrice may have made her love nest.

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