Lodging Type: Hotel
Dining: Ethiopian, A la carte: Ethiopian and some international dishes
Facilities: Business / Conference Facilities, Fitness Centre, Laundry, Mini-bar, Showers - 24hr hot water, Spa, TV - Satellite
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Price range:
50-149 USD
Centrally located in Addis, Addissinia is an elegantly designed hotel with décor to suit its quirky name.
The 58 en-suite rooms are made up of standard, delux, family suite, executive suite and presidential suite. All rooms have satellite TV, safe, desk, minibar, hairdryer, iron, ironing board, blackout curtains, and tea and coffee making facilities. The suites are more spacious and have 2 bedrooms, 2 balconies and a living room, and their bathrooms include a Jacuzzi. The restaurant serves Ethiopian cuisines and has some international dishes. The café serves tea, coffee and snacks. The bar has a selection of local and international drinks. The wellness centre has a sauna and steam room, and offers massage. There’s also a conference room, business centre and gym. Services offered include luggage storage, ticketing assistance and laundry.
Addis is the resting place of Lucy, Ethiopia’s oldest resident. Discovered by paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson in 1974, Lucy’s skeleton is dated to about 3.2 million years ago. Other highlights of the city include Entoto Mountain, the previous capital of Ethiopia, Shiro Meda, the city’s largest market for traditional clothes, the Addis Ababa University’s ethnographic museum, and Merkato, said to be Africa’s largest open air market.
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