Gonder
Close to Fasiladas’ Bath, but otherwise a bit out on a limb, this clean, roadside place is ageing fast. Rooms are drab and a little claustrophobic, but…
Gonder
Close to Fasiladas’ Bath, but otherwise a bit out on a limb, this clean, roadside place is ageing fast. Rooms are drab and a little claustrophobic, but…
Lalibela
Alef’s reasonable new rooms are bright, tiled and clean, with bathtubs and partial views. The older rooms, though dark and uninspiring, are still decent…
Rock-hewn Churches of Tigray
With run-of-the-mill rooms with service that often goes missing, Habesha is a relatively new place that attracts a predominantly local clientele. It's…
Simien Mountains National Park
One of the quieter options along Debark's main street, the Landscape has basic but generally OK rooms out the back, but a pretty ordinary restaurant, so…
Gonder
This popular backpacker spot has the usual broken doors and toilet seats you expect at cheaper places. It’s worth considering, however, if for its central…
Mekele
Simple but clean and even most of the toilet seats remain firmly attached. It’s quieter than other similar nearby options, although some rooms are a…
Rock-hewn Churches of Tigray
An OK choice along the main road through town, the basic Green Hotel has a busy little bar-restaurant and rooms with smallish beds and garish bedspreads.
Northern Ethiopia
A passable hotel on the main roundabout in the centre of town, Gebar Shire has tidy if unexciting rooms; those at the rear of the building are quieter.
Simien Mountains National Park
Similar in standard to the other places around town, but with slightly older furnishings, this place only warrants a mention because it has bathtubs.
Lalibela
Four simple rooms with clean showers and squat toilets. Enquire at Unique Restaurant.
Simien Mountains National Park
One of the more popular campsites for trekkers, with basic facilities and unappealing toilet blocks.
Northern Ethiopia
If you want an early start, Vasco Tourist Hotel is the pick of the bunch, but it's pretty basic.
Simien Mountains National Park
One of the busier campsites for trekkers, with basic facilities and unappealing toilet blocks.
Simien Mountains National Park
Similar to the community lodges, but without meals, this park-run lodge has 20 beds.
Simien Mountains National Park
One of three basic community lodges for trekkers in the park.
Simien Mountains National Park
One of three basic community lodges for trekkers in the park.
Simien Mountains National Park
One of three basic community lodges for trekkers in the park.
Northern Ethiopia
In the centre of town, Eve Hotel is cheap, not very cheerful and overpriced. The rooms are fine for a night, but they're tired and uninspired. The only…
Mekele
This place warrants a mention largely because it’s in a former nobleman’s palace. The eight rooms in the main castle-like structure have lovely high…
Aksum
Along the main street through town, this hotel is really only an option if everything else is full. The rooms are a bit on the nose and rather noisy, but…
Rock-hewn Churches of Tigray
This yellow-red-black-pink spot on the south side of town is the best of the real cheapies. The toilets smelled less here than at any other place we saw,…
Rock-hewn Churches of Tigray
Rooms at this OK, family-run hotel have gone downhill in recent years. The shared bathrooms have squat toilets and we'd stay here only if everywhere else…
Northern Ethiopia
A scruffy place, it has satellite TV in the rooms and offers a fair price, and the lines of vines over the courtyard are a nice touch.
Rock-hewn Churches of Tigray
Rooms are spartan, but bright and breezy. All toilets are the squat variety.