About this property

Elegant Accommodation: Asimba Guest House in Mekʼelē offers adults-only accommodation with a garden, bar, and free WiFi. Private check-in and check-out services ensure a seamless arrival and departure. Comfortable Amenities: Guests enjoy a lounge, outdoor seating area, and balconies with garden views. Each room features a private bathroom with free toiletries, shower, and wardrobe. Additional amenities include a refrigerator, work desk, and TV. Convenient Services: The guest house provides free on-site private parking, breakfast in the room, room service, and luggage storage. Menus cater to special diets, and housekeeping service maintains a comfortable environment. Local Attractions: Located 5 km from Alula Aba Nega Airport, the property is near Emperor Yohannes Museum Mekelle (2 km) and The Hawetti Marter Memorial Monument (4 km). Highly rated by guests for its excellent service.

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Property highlights

    • Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (9.8)

    • Free private parking available on-site


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1 large double bed
1 double bed
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Guests who stayed here loved

  • Sander
    Netherlands Netherlands
    Chris and Saba warmly welcomed us to their lovely home. They prepared a great breakfast, with local foods such as honey from Adigrat. Due to the difficulty of getting somewhat larger amounts of money from the ATM in Mek'ele, we asked the hosts for...
  • Daniel
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    The nicest place we stayed in Ethiopia, very comfortable and beautiful house designed by the owner Chris. Chris and Saba are very welcoming and excellent hosts, they even shared their dinner with us on the night of our stay when we were too tired...
  • Oli
    Russia Russia
    I liked everything. The communication was spotless, the room is nice, plus I was lucky enough to be invited to celebrate family Christmas together. Traveling by myself in Ethiopia, I thought that was a very special and lucky experience. Chris and...
  • Jack
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    A lovely stay with Chris and Saba. Both the property and the room itself are immaculately kept and I was immediately made to feel at home. Chris and Saba were able to offer lots of local insights/recommendations and prepared an exquisite and...
  • Richard
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    The warm welcome from Chris and Saba. And the breakfast of eggs with chilli and tomatoes.
  • Frank
    Germany Germany
    Das Asimba ist eine Oase der Ordnung und Sauberkeit in einem Meer von Chaos. Die Betreiber ( Saba und Chris) sind ein altes Ehepaar. Sie geben super Tips und helfen wo es nur geht. Mein Koffer ist auf dem Flug verloren gegangen, inkl. der...

Quality rating

Booking.com rated the quality of this property as 4 out of 5 based on factors such as facilities, size, location and services provided.

Hosted by Chris & Saba

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Chris & Saba
The property was designed by the owners and, having trained as a civil engineer with an emphasis of attention to detail and with over 50 years experience in design and construction, Chris was determined to come up with an attractive but well laid out design avoiding many of the irritating things found in many homes and accommodations. It took a couple of years to complete the design and refine the details and Saba and I are very happy with the end result. We think we have accomplished our requirements for a pleasant property that is light and airy and has spacious rooms that should appeal to friends, relatives and guests on their first visit and make them want to return. The property also has a very pleasing walled garden in which to sit, relax or eat meals.
The owners, Chris and Saba, met and married in the UAE where Chris, born and brought up in the New Forest area of southern England, spent most of his working life as a civil/building engineer/project manager. Saba's family roots are in Tigray and as the Tigray skies seem always to be so clear and blue, the climate comfortably warm all year round and the people so friendly, we decided to design and build a home in Mekelle. A result of our upbringings, we both love the natural world and after moving from the UAE to Mekelle we have been able to explore the Tigray countryside and have been very impressed with the variety and natural beauty of the valleys, mountains and plains and the views from the mountain tops and their rock hewn churches are unforgettable. We both enjoy gardens and gardening and are proud of our walled garden which we love to sit and relax in for an hour or so most evenings.
Emperor Yohannes IV established Mekelle as his capital and built a stone palace in the 1870s which is now an interesting museum. The Martyr's Monument and Museum recording the struggle of the people against the Derg regime is a must for those interested in the recent history of Ethiopia. Both museums are within 2.5km of the Guest House as are most of the interesting places to visit and It is very easy to catch a Bajaj 3 wheeled taxi which we always use when we go shopping as they a not expensive, can go, turn, stop and park where no normal car can go and are an Ethiopian experience not to be missed! We love Mekelle. It is not too big or crowded, the skies are clear and unpolluted and the weather is comfortably warm all year round and makes you want to be in the open air, either walking and exploring or to just sit and relax with a drink or meal. The smaller tree lined cobblestone streets give an air of relaxation and provide shade under which to sip the famous Ethiopian coffee at one of the many pavement coffee shops. When the Flame trees, Jacaranda and Oleander are out in flower the streets are even more picturesque.
Language spoken: English

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House rules

Asimba Guest House takes special requests - add in the next step!
Check-in
From 14:00
Check-out
Until 11:00
Cancellation/ prepayment
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Children and beds

Child policies

Children are not allowed.

Cot and extra bed policies

Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.

No age restriction
There is no age requirement for check-in
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
Cash only
This property only accepts cash payments.
Smoking
Smoking is not allowed.
Parties
Parties/events are not allowed

The fine print

Need-to-know information for guests at this property

This property will not accommodate hen, stag or similar parties.

Legal information

This property is managed by a private host. EU consumer law relating to professional hosts might not apply.

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