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Gondar

Population 323,900 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Ethiopia

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Ethiopia

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Timkat

    January

    Timkat festival, Epiphany, 19 January. Christian celebration with re-enactments of baptism and dancing

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Gondar); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Kdame Gebeya

    1. Monday: 05:00–19:00
    2. Tuesday: 05:00–19:00
    3. Wednesday: 05:00–19:00
    4. Thursday: 05:00–19:00
    5. Friday: 05:00–19:00
    6. Saturday: 05:00–19:00
    7. Sunday: 05:00–19:00

    05:00–19:00

    240 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Getting around

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