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Banks
Commercial
Bank of Ethiopia at airport.
Commercial bank of Ethiopia Churchill Rd.
National Bank of Ethiopia Churchill Rd.
Postal and Communication
Services
Post Office on Churchill Ave near Adua square, open 0800-1600.
Telephone Calls can made through the telecommunications Head Office
opposite Holy Saviour church. Telex, telegram and fax service are
also available from here, and from the main Post Office on Churchill
Rd. Collect calls can be made. Most of the larger hotels have telex
and telegram facilities.
Hospitals and
Medical Services
Black Lion
Hospital on Churchill Rd behind Tiglachin monument.
Ethio-Swedish Clinic, Tel.449933.
Pharmacies.
City Council runs a number of inexpensive public pharmacies. There
is one next to the National Tour Operation head office, near Ghion
Hotel off Menelik Ave, on Ras Dista Deneten St. It stocks some
imported medicines. There is also a pharmacy in Hilton Hotel.
Tour and Travel companies
In addition to
the state-owned National Tour Operation, there are several private
tour and travel agencies.
Alfa Travels, PO Box 4263,Tel. 511177,
Al-tad Travels, PO Box 1223, Tel. 513755, Fax 515244,
Distance Travel Agency, PO Box 70186, Tel. 151715, Fax 515963.
Eastern Travel and Tourist Agency, PO Box 1136,Tel. 511574, Fax
511468.
Tourists Informations
Ethiopian
Tourist Commission, on the corner of Desta Damtew St/Abiot Square,
PO Box 5709, T 152955. There is also a branch in Addis Ababa Hilton,
Tel. 158400, Telex 21104, Menelik Ave open daily.
The Department of Natural Resources, just off Africa Ave (the road
towards Bole).
Sells a range of information sheets and maps for many of the
national parks, for just a nominal charge.
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