Information About Ethiopia

Information on Ethiopia – Holidays

In Ethiopia holidays are occasions that are celebrated with gusto. There are a total of 14 public holidays that are celebrated. The Ethiopian calendar follows the Julian calendar system that was introduced into the country from ancient Alexandria. And that is why common Christian holidays like Christmas and Easter are celebrated on different dates than the Gregorian calendar that most of the world uses.

This also means that the country is on average 7 to 8 years behind the Gregorian calendar. Ethiopia entered the new millennium 8 years after the rest of the world.

Coming back to the main Ethiopian holidays, they are:

January 7^th – Ethiopian Christmas (Genna)

January 19^th (20^th on Leap Years), Epiphany (Timket)

March 2^nd, Victory at Adwa Day

April 13^th, Ethiopian Good Friday (Siklet)

April 15^th, Ethiopian Easter (Fasika)

May 1^st International Labor Day

May 5^th, Patriots’ Victory Day

May 28^th, Overthrow of the Dergue (National Day)

August 19^th, Eid Al Fitir

September 11^th, Ethiopian New Year

September 27^th, Meskel (Discovery of the True Cross)

October 27^th, Eid Al Adha

Information on calling Ethiopia

If you happen to live outside Ethiopia, the country code to make a call to Ethiopia is +251
If you happen to be in Ethiopia and have got a SIM card from ETC (Ethiopian Telecommunication) and want to get internet connection on your mobile phone, the access point is "etc.com", and if you are asked for a username and a password the default username is "etc" and the password is also "etc".

Information on Ethiopian Hotels

The first thing people check when they start out on planned holidays to Ethiopia is dig up information about Ethiopian hotels. To begin with here is a list of Ethiopian hotels that are located in the capital Addis Ababa. It will be subsequently updated to include hotels in other parts of the country and new hotels as they open.

No.	Name of Hotels	Standard	Address
1.	Sheraton Addis	Luxury Collection	Tel. 011-5-171717 P.O.Box 6002 Fax 011-5-172727 E-Mail:  [email protected]Luxurycollection.com
2.	Hilton Addis Ababa	FIVE STAR	Tel. 011-5-518400 P.O.Box 1164 Fax 011-5-510064 E-mail: [email protected]. Web page: WWW.hilton.com
3.	Axum Hotel	THREE STAR	Tel. 011-6-613916 P.O.Box 40348 Fax 011-6-414265 E-mail: [email protected]
4.	Ararat Hotel	THREE STAR	Tel. 011-6-461166 P.O.Box 115 Fax 011-6-463635                  461177 E-mail: [email protected]
5.	Central Shoa Hotel	THREE STAR	Tel. 011-6-611454        011-6- 61500
6.	King's Hotel	FOUR STAR	Tel. 011-3-711300 Fax. 0113--710744 E-mail [email protected]
7.	Desalegn Hotel No. 2	-	Tel. 011-6-624524 P.O.Box 6342 Fax 011-6-623884 E-mail: [email protected]
8.	Ethiopia Hotel	THREE STAR	Tel. 011-5-517400        011-5-510134        011-5- 151823 P.O.Box 1131 Fax 011-5-510871 E-mail: [email protected]
9.	Ghion Hotel	FOUR STAR	Tel. 011-5-513222 P.O.Box 1643 Fax 011-5-510278        011-5- 505150 E-mail: [email protected]
10.	Global Hotel	FOUR STAR	Tel. 011-4-664766        011-4-663906 P.O.Box 25545 code 1000 Fax 011-4-664723 E-mail: [email protected]
11.	Ibex Hotel	THREE STAR	Tel. 011-4-654400        011-4-653736        011-4- 653767        011-4- 167547 P.O.Box 21429 Fax 011-4-653737 E-mail: [email protected]
12.	Imperial Hotel	FOUR STAR	Tel. 011-6-293329        011-6- 293395 P.O.Box 2966 Fax 011-6-293332 E-mail: [email protected]
13.	Lalibela Hotel	THREE STAR	Tel. 011-6-614917 P.O.Box 7344 Fax 011-6-615522 E-mail: [email protected]
14.	National Hotel	THREE STAR	Tel. 011-5-515166 P.O.Box 100052 Fax 011-5-513417 E-mail: _ __________________
15.	Queen of Sheba Hotel	-	Tel. 011-6-180000        0116188200 P.O.Box 5090 Fax 011-6-613174 E-mail: [email protected]
16.	Ras Amba Hotel	THREE STAR	Tel. 011-1-228080 P.O.Box 34063 Fax 011-1-551587 E-mail: [email protected]. Web Page:WWW.RasAmbahotel.com
17.	Semien Hotel	-	Tel. 011-1-550067 P.O.Box 7658 Fax 011-1-551410 E-mail: [email protected]
18.	Wabi Shebelle Hotel	THREE STAR	Tel. 011-5-517187 P.O.Box 3154 Fax 011-5-518477 E-mail: [email protected]
19.	Yordanos Hotel	THREE STAR	Tel. 011-5-515711 P.O.Box 1647 Fax 011-5-516655
20.	De Leopol Hotel	FOUR STAR	Tel. 011-5-514146 011-5157238 Fax 011-5-531466
21.	Atlas Hotel	TWO STAR	Tel. 011-6-184862 Fax 011-6-613661
22.	Crown Hotel	THREE STAR	Tel. 011-4-391444 Fax 011-4-391428 E-mail [email protected]
23.	Plaza Hotel	TWO STAR	Tel. 011-6-612200 Fax 011-6-613044 E-mail [email protected]
24.	Awraris Hotel	TWO STAR	Tel. 011-6-614933 011-6-614935 011-6-614952 Fax 011-6-625694 E-mail [email protected]
25.	Classic Hotel	TWO STAR	Tel. 011-6-613598 Fax 011-6-610946
26.	Concord Hotel	THREE STAR	Tel. 011-4-654959 Fax 011-4-653193
27.	Extreme Hotel	TWO STAR	Tel. 011-1-553777 Fax 011-1-551077
28.	Finfine Hotel	TWO STAR	Tel. 011-1-514711
29.	Jerusalem Hotel	-	Tel. 011-1-551712 011-111369 Fax-
30.	Gedera No.3	-	Tel. 011-5-531900 Fax 011-5-533893
31.	Gedera Resort Center	-	Tel. 0911-400826 Fax 011-5-533893
32.	G.G Royal Hotel	ONE STAR	Tel. 011-6-292329 Fax 011-6-293123
33.	Holiday Hotel	TWO STAR	Tel. 011-6-612081 Fax 011-6-612627 E-mail [email protected]
34.	Mariot Hotel	-	Tel. 011-6-630500 Fax 011-6-630555 E-mail mariot/[email protected]
35.	Meridian Hotel	-	Tel. 011-6-615050 Fax 011-6-615092 E-mail [email protected]
36.	Yonas Hotel	ONE STAR	Tel. 011-6-626440        011-6-633988        011-6-624566
37.	Desalegn Hotel Bole Branch	-	Tel. 011-6-183030 Fax 011-6-183031
38.	Harambe Hotel	-	Tel 011-5-514000
39.	Airport Motel	-	Tel. 011-6-610422 Fax 011-6-610577
40.	Africa Hotel	-	Tel. 011-5-517385
41.	Bete Abraham Hotel	-	Tel. 011-6-622245
42.	Atlas Resort	-	Tel. 011-1-207662 Fax 011-6-613661
43.	Bole International	-	Tel. 011-6-633000        011-6-633840        011-6-633844 Fax 011-6-62780
44.	Giovanni Hotel	-	Tel-011-6-187480