One day in Asmara, Eritrea
A day through Asmara’s best-known sights that lie close together: Enda Mariam Coptic Cathedral, Great Mosque of Asmara, Asmara Synagogue, Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and Kidane Mehret Cathedral, Asmara. 5 stops, about 1.3 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Enda Mariam Coptic CathedralCathedral · On the map
- Great Mosque of AsmaraMosque · 0.3 km on from Enda Mariam Coptic Cathedral · On the map
- Asmara SynagogueSynagogue · 0.2 km on from Great Mosque of Asmara · On the map
- Church of Our Lady of the RosaryTemple or shrine · 0.3 km on from Asmara Synagogue · On the map
- Kidane Mehret Cathedral, AsmaraCathedral · 0.5 km on from Church of Our Lady of the Rosary · On the map
5 stops, 1.8 km on foot along the streets: about 22 min of walking.
More for Asmara
- Things to do in Asmara, Eritrea · 6 places to see, led by Great Mosque of Asmara and Church of Our Lady of the Rosary
Photo credits
- Enda Mariam Coptic Cathedral: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0
- Great Mosque of Asmara: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0
- Asmara Synagogue: Reinhard Dietrich, CC0
- Church of Our Lady of the Rosary: sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kidane Mehret Cathedral, Asmara: Unknown author Unknown author ., CC BY-SA 1.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.