National Museum of Ethiopia · photo: Richard van Alphen, Public domain

Self-guided walking tour of Addis Ababa

18 sights · Ethiopia · capital

Tell us what you like and how much time you have, and you get a walking route past the best sights of Addis Ababa, with a map and thumbs-up from other visitors. Free, no account needed.

The route planner itself is in Dutch for now; the map and the route work the same.

What is there to see?

• Architecture (6)
• Museums (4)
• History (4)
• Squares & streets (2)
• Art & sculpture (1)
• Nightlife (1)
• Parks & green (1)

3-hour walk past the highlights of Addis Ababa

7 stops · 5.5 km · a loop from the centre with time to look around at each stop. Want to go inside somewhere? Set a longer stay in the route planner.

1. Photo: Steffen Wurzel, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 6 min walkHager Fikir Theatre
2. Photo: Vob08, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 6 min walkSt. George's Cathedral
3. 🚶 8 min walkAdwa 00KM Museum
4. Photo: Vob08, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 19 min walkMiyazya 27 adebabay
5. Photo: Richard van Alphen, Public domain
   🚶 11 min walkNational Museum of Ethiopia
6. Photo: Sakari A. Maaranen, CC BY 3.0
   🚶 9 min walkAddis Ababa Zoo
7. Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0
   🚶 2 min walkYekatit 12 monument

More well-known sights in Addis Ababa

1. Meskel Square
2. Tiglachin Monument
3. National Palace
4. Grand Anwar Mosque
5. Monument to the Lion of Judah
6. Guenete Leul Palace
7. Ethiopian National Theatre
8. Ethnological Museum of Addis Ababa
9. Ethiopia Museum of Art and Science
10. Medhane Alem Cathedral
11. Washa Mikael Rock Hewn Church