When reading about reviews on Entoto Hill you expect to climb a mountain and end up at a peak overlooking Addis. This is not the case. In stead you get to see a place of worship on the side of the road where a lot...More
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When reading about reviews on Entoto Hill you expect to climb a mountain and end up at a peak overlooking Addis. This is not the case. In stead you get to see a place of worship on the side of the road where a lot...More
Don’t go up that hill to just have a different view of Addis Ababa, behind the Church that is hard to miss is a little house in which one of the most notorious Empress of Ethiopia is resting in peace, and the old palace of...More
Nice view with a historical Museum including a National ancient Palace inside the St Mary Cathedral compound.
The views are good and the museum is interesting if a bit expensive. Unfortunately no photos are allowed inside
What you will see on the road from Addis is pretty amazing,... women carrying big chunks of wood, goats, donkeys,... for the rest, the top of the hill has a small museum (not worth) and what they call a palace... it s actually some houses...More
An important location in the history of Addis, Ethiopia and Africa in general. The place where the foundation of Addis as the capital of Ethiopia was established by Emperor Menelik and Empress Taitu. The original palace still stands as does the 1st church. There is...More
Pleasant tio visit, but the entry fee iss way too high for what it is - and they wont even let you go inside the church,
It is a lovely drive to top of the hill. We stopped at look out point which allowed us to see for about 180 degrees. At the top of the hill is St Mary's church and a little museum. The museum has interesting pieces but...More
The entoto area is a real ecape from the Addis chaos. Menelik II is one of the big heroes of Ethiopi's (recent) history. His palace is small, charming, hidden away, almost difficult to find. The guide was pure surrealism.
Toto in Kiswahili means a child and Entoto is so much larger than life. I decided to visit this special place a few weeks ago with a relative who had missed his flight to South Africa, and had just half a day in Addis before...More