One day in Lalibela, Ethiopia
A day through Lalibela’s best-known sights that lie close together: Monolithic churches in Lalibela, Church of Saint George, Bete Maryam, Biete Medhani Alem, Bete Gebriel-Rufael and Bete Abba Libanos. 6 stops, about 1 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Monolithic churches in LalibelaLandmark · On the map
- Church of Saint GeorgeTemple or shrine · 0.3 km on from Monolithic churches in Lalibela · On the map
- Bete MaryamTemple or shrine · 0.3 km on from Church of Saint George · On the map
- Biete Medhani AlemTemple or shrine · 0.1 km on from Bete Maryam · On the map
- Bete Gebriel-RufaelTemple or shrine · 0.3 km on from Biete Medhani Alem · On the map
- Bete Abba LibanosTemple or shrine · Next to Bete Gebriel-Rufael · On the map
6 stops, about 1 km between them in straight lines.
More for Lalibela
- Things to do in Lalibela, Ethiopia · 13 places to see, led by Monolithic churches in Lalibela and Church of Saint George
Photo credits
- Monolithic churches in Lalibela: Sailko, CC BY 3.0
- Church of Saint George: Sailko, CC BY 3.0
- Bete Maryam: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Biete Medhani Alem: Sailko, CC BY 3.0
- Bete Gebriel-Rufael: Sailko, CC BY 3.0
- Bete Abba Libanos: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0
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.