KIDICHI PERSIAN BATHS
They are located at Kidichi North East of Stone Town, about 4kms inland from the main coast road in the main plantation area of the Island. They were built in 1850 by Sultan Said who owned land nearby. He and his second wife Binte Irich Mirza also called Schesade or Sherazade would come here for hunting excursions and to oversee the work on their plantations. The Bath house was built so they could refresh themselves after the journey from Town.
Because Schesade was granddaughter to the Shah of Persia, the baths were built in the typical Persian style of the time, with significant decorative stucco work and an underground furnace to keep the bath water warm.
Due to poor maintenance unfortunately mould grows on much of the beautiful stucco work. The domed ceiling contains a circle of small windows that used to be stained glass and would cast beautiful light patterns over the white walls. Today you can enter the baths house and see the changing room, bathing pool and massage table.
