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Free Wi-Fi a location close to the beach and an on-site restaurant with room service are some of the perks at the non-smoking Protea Hotel by Marriott Dar es Salaam Courtyard. Three floors with exterior corridors are arranged around an outdoor courtyard with an outdoor pool at the non-smoking Protea Hotel. The 51 traditionally decorated rooms are outfitted with free Wi-Fi and flat-panel TVs and have the convenient perks of kettles and minibars. The on-site restaurant has breakfast lunch and dinner menus and after a day exploring guests can mingle at the bar. Fitness buffs get a workout in the exercise room and for those with deadlines check with the 24-hour front desk for fax and copy services. Parking is free and extras include room service laundry facilities and an available airport shuttle. The Protea Hotel is a five-minute walk from Dar es Salaam's Palm Beach on Tanzania's coast. Guests take the ferry for day trips to Zanzibar about a two-hour ride or head to the gorgeous beaches on Mbudya Island less than an hour away. The Village Museum and the National Museum are each about a mile from the hotel and offer insight into local history. Other activities include the Kunduchi Wet 'N' Wild Water Park 40 minutes north and a golf course within a half-mile. Transportation includes the bus stop two blocks away and Julius Nyerere International Airport an eight-mile drive.