Addis · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Bole Addis Ababa International Airport
Camila Reyes The Adriatic and Greece
These are my five favourites in Addis, out of the 61 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.8 down to 4.4.
All five are within 1.8 km of Bole Addis Ababa International Airport.
Highest rated of the five
Ethiopian Skylight Hotel
★★★★★4.8 from 15,269 reviews
Ethiopian Skylight Hotel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.8 from 15,269 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 5 star property, found under poi and around $166 a night on the dates we checked.
61 hotels in Addis qualified for this list and five made it. DoubleTree by Hilton Addis Ababa Airport is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Poolsomewhere to cool off between walks
- Spatreatment rooms on site, no booking a taxi for it
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
- Bara drink without going back out
All five, ranked
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Ethiopian Skylight Hotel
★★★★★4.8 from 15,269 reviews
800 m from Bole Addis Ababa International Airport, about a 10 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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2DoubleTree by Hilton Addis Ababa Airport
★★★★★4.9 from 475 reviews
900 m from Bole Addis Ababa International Airport, about a 11 minute walk
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
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3Best Western Plus Addis Ababa
★★★★★4.8 from 3,397 reviews
1.8 km from Bole Addis Ababa International Airport, about a 22 minute walk
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
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4GOLDEN TULIP ADDIS ABABA
★★★★★4.4 from 779 reviews
1.6 km from Bole Addis Ababa International Airport, about a 20 minute walk
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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5Best Western Plus Pearl Addis
★★★★★4.5 from 670 reviews
1.1 km from Bole Addis Ababa International Airport, about a 14 minute walk
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
How this list was put together
61 Addis hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Bole Addis Ababa International Airport second, then took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
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