Most Traveled-to Cities in Ethiopia

• Addis Ababa

  Cultural sites and Africa's largest open-air market

  Key Attractions: Holy Trinity Cathedral, Ethiopian National Museum, Mercato

• Lalibela

  11 monolithic churches carved from rock

  Key Attractions: Rock-Hewn Churches

• Gondar

  17th-century castles and Ethiopian imperial architecture

  Key Attractions: Fasil Ghebbi (Royal Enclosure)

• Axum

  Ancient relics and the alleged Ark of the Covenant

  Key Attractions: Obelisks of Axum, Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion

• Bahir Dar

  Waterfalls and island churches on Ethiopia's largest lake

  Key Attractions: Blue Nile Falls, Lake Tana Monasteries