Addis Ababa

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Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia.

Contents 1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By plane 2.2 By train 2.3 By car 2.4 By bus 2.5 By boat 3 Get around 4 See 5 Do 6 Learn 7 Work 8 Buy 9 Eat 9.1 Budget 9.2 Mid-range 9.3 Splurge 10 Drink 11 Sleep 11.1 Budget 11.2 Mid-range 11.3 Splurge 12 Contact 13 Stay safe 14 Cope 15 Get out 16 External links

Understand

With over 2 million people, the city is located in the geographic center of the country. The city's population is divided by class, with the majority of the wealthest people living in the Southeast and Southwest parts of town.

The headquarters of the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa can both be found in the city.

Get in

By plane

• Bole International Airport, ADD.
  • British Airways.
  • Ethiopian Airlines, +251-11-661-6161, +251-11-661 6666, [1]. This airport is their primary hub. Offers domestic, continental and worldwide flights.
  • KLM.
  • Lufthansa.
  • Sudan Airways.

By train

• Arrive via Djibouti. Over 700km trip that takes approximately 24 hour trip from point to point, stopping about halfway in Dire Dawa. Reservations are strongly recommended.

By car

• The roads are in pretty poor condition, so keep this in mind when estimating time between destinations.

By bus

• Bus terminals:
  • Autobus Terra near Mercato. This is the main bus terminal where most of the national buses arrive and depart.
  • Ras Mekonin Avenue near the railway station. Buses to/from Adama (Nazret) and Debre Zeyit are here.

By boat

Get around

• Very few streets have names and when they do, they may not be named correctly on a map; use landmarks to navigate the city.
• Blue and white minibuses travel quite efficiently around the town.

See

• Ethiopian National Museum. See a plaster replica of Lucy, an early hominid.
• Ethiopian National Library.
• Ethiopian Ethnological Musem.
• Addis Ababa Museum.
• Ethiopian National History Museum.
• Ethiopian Railway Museum
• National Postal Museum.
• St George's Cathedral, North end of Churchill Road. Built in 1896 to commemorate Ethiopia's victory over the Italians. Open 8am - 9am, Noon - 2pm. Also houses a museum.
• Holy Trinity Cathedral. The burial place for many famous people and once the largest Ethiopian Orthodox Cathedral. Built to commemorate the country's liberation from the Italian.
• National Palace. Once known as the Jubilee Palace, the National Palace is the President's residence.
• Africa Hall, Menelik II Avenue. The headquarters of the UN Economic Commission for Africa.

Do

• Jan Moda Race Ground.
• Bihere Tsige Recreation Center.

Learn

Work

Buy

• Merkato Market. Large market where you can get anything from tourist goods (t-shirts, wood crafts, etc.) to fabric to metal goods.

Eat

Budget

Mid-range

Splurge

Drink

well if you want to drink the national drink of Ethiopia, you have to try the 'TEJ' which brewed from honey and you can also try 'tela' which is like a beer. But all kind of drinks are available in all the bars from blue label to vodca

Sleep

Budget

• Filwoha Hotel, near the hot springs, tel 511404.
• Fin-Fin Hotel, opposite the Filwoha Hotel.
• Hawi, Debre Zeit Road, south of the city center.
• Holidar Hotel, Asmara Road near the Plaza Hotel.
• Yordanos Hotel, Asmara Road, tel 515711, fax 516655.

Mid-range

• Axum, Asmara Road, tel 188832.
• Balu, Near Piazza.
• Buffet de la Gare, tel 517888, 517125, fax 515959.
• Maskal Flower Hotel, near Debre Zeit Road, tel 517187.
• Tourist, near the Grand Palace and Trinity Cathedral.

Splurge

• Addis Ababa Hilton, central Menelik Ave, tel. 518400, fax 510064.
• Sheraton Addis, central Yohanis St, tel 517138, fax 514029.
• Carrera Lodge, Rossevelt St, tel 517400, 447400.
• Ghion, central Menelik Ave near Revolution Square, tel 513222, 443170.
• Ras, Church Rd just North of the railway station, tel 517060, 447060. One of the oldest hotels in Addis.

Contact

Stay safe

Cope

Get out

External links

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