🇪🇹 Ethiopia
10 best places in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa is the high-altitude capital of the African Union, sitting at 2,350 metres where imperial palaces meet the continent's largest open-air market and one of the world's oldest coffee cultures.
Meskel Square
The nation's central plaza hosts parades and religious festivals against a backdrop of the city's fast-rising skyline.
National Museum of Ethiopia
Home to 'Lucy,' the 3.2-million-year-old hominid fossil that rewrote the story of human origins.
Holy Trinity Cathedral
A grand cathedral serving as Emperor Haile Selassie's mausoleum, its stained glass tracing Ethiopia's fight for independence.
Merkato
Africa's largest open-air market, a sprawling maze of spice, textile, and coffee stalls that captures the city's pulse.
Entoto Hill
A forested peak above the city holding Menelik II's original capital and sweeping views from nearly 3,000 metres up.
Ethnological Museum
Housed in Haile Selassie's former palace, this university museum showcases the wedding customs, music, and crafts of dozens of Ethiopian peoples.
Piazza
The historic Italian-built quarter, lined with colonial-era architecture, old cinemas, and early-20th-century shopfronts.
Unity Park
A restored palace complex with gardens, a zoo, and halls devoted to the history of Ethiopia's imperial rulers.
Tomoca Coffee
A legendary coffeehouse dating to 1953, pouring some of the finest macchiatos in the birthplace of arabica.
Yod Abyssinia Cultural Restaurant
A shared-injera feast paired with live music and traditional dances from across Ethiopia's regions.
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