4 days tour Asmara - Keren - Massawa

Ziua 1 · Asmara

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   Asmara Central Market

   5 ore

   Upon arrival at Asmara International Airport, you will be met, assisted and transferred to your hotel.

   Discover Modernist Asmara , a UNESCO heritage site and Africa’s best city, also called as “Piccola Roma” (Little Rome) and stroll through its eclectic modernist architectures includingthe Fiat Tagliero building, the fabulously detailed old Opera house (now Cinema Asmara),the National Museum, the main Post Office, theRoman Cathedral, the colorful Market squares [vegetable, spices, souvenir, Medeber (recycling depot)],the Grand Mosque,the Orthodox Cathedral and more.

Star Hotel

Ziua 2 · Asmara - Keren

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   Keren War Cemetery

   8 ore

   Start early in the morning, drive to the charming city of Keren.

   Explore the charming city of Keren that was once a favorite resort for European visitors because of the temperate climate and fertile soil, and a place where the decisive battles of WWII carried out between the British and the Italians.

   Some of the things to see in Keren include the colorful Monday’s market including camel market, souvenir and jewelry market etc, the famous Mariam Dearit inside a Baobab, the British and Italian cemeteries of World War II, the old Railway Station from 1930’s, the 19th century Tigu Egyptian Fort, St. Antony Romanesque Church, the old Mosque, etc.

Sarina Hotel

Ziua 3 · Keren - Massawa

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   Ferrovia Coloniale Massawa-Asmara

   8 ore

   After breakfast, drive to port city of Massawa via the zigzag highway through mountains and valleys, with stops on the way.

   Massawa regarded by many as “the city of Islands” and “the Pearl of the Red Sea” is Eritrea’s major port.

   Massawa possesses exquisite Turkish, Egyptian and European architectures, shopping arcades, delicious seafood and the 1000 year old Shafi Mosque, one of the oldest mosques in Africa believed to have been built by the 1st Hejira to this area.

Dahlak Hotel

Ziua 4 · Massawa - Asmara

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   Cathedral Our Lady of the Rosary

   5 ore

   After breakfast, drive uphill while enjoying the magnificent scenery and lush vegetation all the way to Asmara, as time allows with stops on the way at interesting sites and encounters with the local people.

   Free to discover Asmara at your leisure time, go shopping to pick a memorabilia from magnificent Eritrea.

   Transfer to airport for departure.