The Ghion is very photogenic by Ethiopian standards and so it is enticing from the pics. The rooms are overpriced and too exposed to thieves, especially those facing the road. Other places like the Pension Hotel are half the price and clean or for about $40 per night Homland is very good and has the added bonus of good service... More

We arrived there with the "free" shuttle from the airport. We didn't like the rooms and the price they wanted for it, but when we were about to leave they wanted to charge us 100 birr each for the shuttle, which ment we'd just rather stay. The rest of the stay was ok, not horrible but nothing too good to... More

If you're working, the rooms are impossibly dark - by day and by night. They also suffer severely from a lack of maintenance, and I picked up what look remarkably like bed-bug bites... Having said that (and perhaps I was just unlucky in the room I had?), it's in a great location - bang on the lake, but very central.... More

Very basic. Rooms are dark and dirty. Toilet and showers barely passable. Sound from the adjoining room made us wonder whether there really is a wall between the two. Service is indifferent. We were here for only one night, so not a big deal---. Cost was $24 for a double in the off-season. We didn't eat at the hotel, so... More

My husband and I stayed here for 2 nights. Ensuite rooms are large, clean and basic. Electricity is erratic so have a torch handy otherwise you will be left in the dark. Our room was quiet and secure. Get a room nearer the lake, away from the noisy main road. Open air restaurant by the lake has wonderful views and... More

There is something sad about the fact that a hotel with such lovely gardens and setting has been left to get so run down. My family and I stayed here for one night in May and then moved out to another hotel - the Papyrus - mainly because the other hotel was so much better value. Even though the Ghion... More

We selected this hotel because the guide we used mentioned the location (right on lake Tana) and the beautiful garden. It did say the rooms were well past their prime. And it was right. They weren't filthy or anything of the sort, but just very very basic. I suppose that, when traveling in countries like Ethiopia, you have to use... More

The Ghion Hotel should be one of the premiere hotels in Bahir Dar. It's in a wonderful location on the south bank of Lake Tana with a leafy courtyard and bungalow-style rooms, some of which face the lake. It has a pleasant restaurant under an enormous tree in the centre of the courtyard, and even a resident tortoise that wanders... More

I arrived at Bahir Dar airport without a hotel in March of this year. Ghion had a desk ( who knows if it was really them or a private agent who gets a commission for bringing people there) at arrivals and I had read that this was a good, inexpensive place to put your head down. Also, their tours were... More