Eritrea Asmara Tours

Asmara rewards slow exploration. Most tours of the Eritrean capital are built around walking rather than driving.

Modernist Architecture at 2,300 Meters

UNESCO listed Asmara in 2017 for its concentration of early twentieth-century Italian modernist buildings. Guides typically link the Fiat Tagliero service station of 1938, its concrete canopies cantilevered like airplane wings, with Cinema Impero and the cathedral along Harnet Avenue in one loop.

Coffee, Markets and the Road to the Sea

Espresso culture arrived with the Italians and never left, so pauses in pastry-filled cafes are part of any itinerary here. The Medebar market, where craftsmen turn scrap metal into stoves and tools, makes a striking contrast, and longer programs descend toward the Red Sea at Massawa through a long series of highland switchbacks.