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"The Bradt Guide has almost everything you need to read about the country's history, tourist attractions and hotels, and proves itself to be an invaluable companion while in the country."SX News "Thorough and reassuring, it provides all the practical and background information to make readers leap from their armchairs and visit this vast, magical country."The Daily Telegraph"Essential reading for anyone with the remotest interest in Ethiopia ... a complete reference book to Ethiopia as well as an excellent travel guide."Travel Africa"Highly personal and informative guidebook ... his enthusiasm is reflected in every chapter."Business in Africa"An indispensable handbook for anyone wishing to visit Ethiopia."The Guardian

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A travel guide to Ethiopia. It includes plenty of tips on bridging the cultural gap. It covers various Ethiopia's national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.

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The Federal Republic of Ethiopia, formerly known as Abyssinia, is a land-locked republic in northeast Africa, or the Horn of Africa, lying between 3.5 to 15 degrees north and 33 to 48 degrees east. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars A very informative and useful guide to a fascinating country, 7 May 2003

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This review is from: Ethiopia: the Bradt Travel Guide (Paperback)

I was fortunate enough to spend a month in Ethiopia, 25 days with an organised overland tour and a week on my own. The Bradt guide was an excellent source of historical/background information throughout that time, in addition to providing accurate reviews of accommodation and places to eat. I am not an experienced traveller and can understand anyone's hesitation in considering a visit to Ethiopia. To many people the very mention of the name conjurs up images of poverty and famine. However, this book does make it a much less daunting prospect. Ethiopia has been referred to as "The Hidden Kingdom" and is a country with deserves to have a guide book dedicated to it, rather than as part of a general overview of East Africa. I consider the Bradt the pick of the bunch when compared to the other major travel guides and recommend it without hesitation.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Accurate, informative, well-written and thorough, 11 Dec 2008

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This review is from: Ethiopia (Bradt Travel Guides) (Paperback)

Having used the Bradt guide to Tanzania a few years ago and found it infinitely superior to the Lonely Planet for that country, I was not at all surprised by the high standard of this book.

The author Philip Briggs is clearly passionate about Ethiopia -- memorably urging visitors to 'prepare to Ethiopiate' during their time there -- which helps. He balances amusing anecdotes about the potential hazards of travel (e.g. the bus ceremony (p.92) and 'Dust' (p. 132)) with the painstaking detail of the more mundane yet essential facts like the state of the showers in cheap hotels in Wukro.

Briggs is authoritative* throughout and I never once felt that he had cut any corners during the three weeks I spent relying upon it. Thoroughly recommended.

*The one exception was that the book didn't quite prepare my friend and I for the abysmal state of many of the major roads. The worst example was the principal trunk road from Dessie in the north to Addis which was appalling, largely unpaved and rock-strewn. There are Chinese contractors currently in the process of asphalting most of it but the project seemed a good few years away from completion (and the bus journey that the book said would take eight hours took nearly 14 as a result!)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Top guidebook, 15 Sep 2006

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I've never come across such a brilliant guidebook as this for any country I've been to. Not only is it highly informative, dependable and up to date, as you would expect, but it is also very readable. Mr Briggs' writing style demonstrates a real affection for the country which you will hopefully share by the end of your stay. We certainly did.

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3.0 out of 5 stars An indispensable but highly irritating companion
First up, let me confess that I dont like Bradt Guides. Traditionally, they are long on highly idiosyncratic prose and short on practical detail. Read more

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