-Beautiful Red Sea coast

- From the colorful reefs and many fish species

Multi-

-Cool very tasty local beer

-Monuments of Ottoman, Egyptian, and Italian

-Hospitality

In Eritrea, there is a typical tropical climate, but it is very heterogeneous and varies depending on the height and distance from the sea. In summer the temperature reaches 40 degrees especially in the eastern part of the country. Temperature hardly drops below 18 degrees, but winter along the coast (from December to February) can be dangerous, particularly troublesome are huge differences in temperature between day and night. In Eritrea, there are two rainy seasons: the shorter from March to April and longer from June to September, in the mountains is the rainy season and then on the eastern plains there is a hot summer.

While Eritrea can visit at any time of year, it is best to go from September to October, or until March to April. Better to avoid trips during the summer months, ie from June to August.

It is necessary to visit the National Museum in Asmara.

Muslims, Christians: Coptic Church, Catholics, Protestants

Eritreans are hospitable and polite and very willing to relate the conversation, but the language barrier is often too large. During the call, to talk about trivial things, to avoid criticism of the country, politics and so-called. tough topics. Remember not to photograph people or their property without their permission. Please refrain from photographing government buildings and soldiers. Avoid public displays of affection or a flirt, it might be considered as prostitution or encouraging it. Prostitution is legal, but only in authorized areas not subject to public image. Please note that the left hand is considered dirty, so to greet or eat, or use both hands or only the right hand.

Women are not obliged to wear headscarves and cover up in long dresses, but the dress should be decent.

afarski, Arabic, Tigre, Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages

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Hager Ertra means in the local State of Eritrea.

Citizens entering the Republic of Eritrea must have a residence visa (30 USD) for 30 days or transit ($ 16) for 7 days. It can be obtained at the airport in case, if the trainee's home country has no diplomatic Eritrea. The validity of the passport at the entrance should be at least six months.

If Eritrea is the only country of transit should be a ticket for onward travel.

There are no regulations restricting the import and export of currency. A foreigner is obliged to declare the amount of cash they hold at the entrance and the show documents the legal exchange of currency at the exit from Eritrea.

-Ministry of Tourism

PO Box 1010, Asmara, Eritrea

Tel: (1) 126 997th

Website: www.shaebia.org / mot.html

Eritrean-Tour Service (ETS)

Street address: 61 Hartnet Avenue, Asmara, Eritrea

Postal address: PO Box 889, Asmara, Eritrea

Tel: (1) 124 999th

The nearest Embassy of state of Eritrea is located in Berlin.

Embassy of the State of Eritrea

Stavanger Strasse 18, D-10439 Berlin

tel. (0-0 49 30) 446 746 0

Fax: (0-0 49 30) 446 746 1921

Polish Ambassador to Yemen is also accredited in Eritrea.

Polish Consulate in Asmara

Honorary Consul: Tewelde Tasfa Mariam Belay

Address: Consulate of the Republic of Poland (REMATCO Co.).

Asmara, ERITREA

PO. Box 5631

tel. (291-1) 119077

Fax:. (291-1) 125711

E-mail: rematco@eol.com.er

Reporting obligation exists for a stay longer than 30 days.

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Due to strained relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea should not be combined travel to these two countries.

Health care is rather low and the best to come to Eritrea in full health. Hospitals are poorly equipped and the staff and doctors do not speak English, so it is better to avoid these places. The pharmacies also lack basic medicines so you might want to have their own well-stocked first-aid kit. Foreigners Jordanian hospital supports the UN hospital.

There are no regulations on personal insurance and communications.

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Please think about the anti-malarial prophylaxis.

Vaccination against yellow fever is required from people coming directly from the region of the disease.

Also, be sure and drink only boiled water and bottled always check to see if the factory closed. Roast meat only, cooked. Do not eat raw vegetables.

Eritrea is a country safe for its visitors, but you have to follow a few rules, you should never deviate from the busy roads and trails because there are still mines and bombs, and watch out for pickpockets. Entry and exit from each city is the army patrol.

Still, there is a conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea on the course boundaries. Sudan accuses Eritrea of supporting rebels from eastern Sudan, which creates various conflicts between the two countries.

Only local numbers.

It should carry a passport, because if the retention or control by the police or the army, no one will ask for bribes from us, because we're tourists.

-Ethiopia

-Djibouti

-Sudan

Asmara Airport (ASM) is the only international airport in Eritrea is located some 6km from the city center. Eritrean Airlines run to Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Milan and Rome, as well as to Dubai and Djibouti. Lufthansa offers flights from Frankfurt to Asmary. If you want to fly to Asmary for a little less than the sum it is best to choose lines or Egyptian jemejskie to fly via Cairo. Other airports are:

-Assab (ASA)

-Massawa (MSW)

- Tessenei Airport (TES)

There is no rail network to Eritrea.

Minibuses run from Kassala in Sudan to Eritrea, but the bureaucracy at the border is so large that it is better to choose another means of transport.

They are closed the borders with Ethiopia. The Sudan can enter a car, but the roads are in poor condition so we have a car with four-wheel drive. You also must have a certificate that he is the owner of the car. The situation on the border with Eritrea is changing all the time, so you should inquire immediately prior to departure.

Massawa is the largest port on the Red watershed, transport by ferry to humans is very limited alejo week ferry from cassava leaves for Jeddah. Another is the Assab port.

Therefore, the best to Eritrea to get air through the lines of Egypt or Yemen.

In the area of Eritrea is more than a dozen airports, but only four are of a hardened surface. They are:

- Airport Asmara (ASM)

-Assab (ASA)

-Massawa (MSW)

- Tessenei Airport (TES)

National Airlines Eritrean Airlines only fly to the airport at Assab.

The railway line between Asmara and Massawa has been renovated and now trains run there regularly. The network of railway lines has a little over 300 miles, so the trains do not belong to a popular means of transport.

This is probably the most popular means of communication. There is no set timetable, buses leave only after they are full. For longer routes to book a place in advance.

The movement in Eritrea is right, and an international driving license entitles you to weirs across the country for a period of 90 days from entry. In some areas, night skiing is prohibited.

In Asmara and white minibuses depart on the designated routes, but do not have stops only stop at the request of the passenger.

In Asmara are yellow taxis, some of them ride on the designated routes as minibuses, but are called kuntrat, which will take you to the designated place. The price should be negotiated.

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1 Nakfa (ERN) = 100 cents

The best change money on the spot and most of them have U.S. Dollars. The best course offers a bank Commercial Bank of Eritrea in Asmara, the money can be exchanged also in private exchange offices, as well as in the larger hotels. There are no ATMs in Eritrea, but it is larger banks respecting traveler's checks is best to have them in U.S. dollars, but it is a lengthy process. Your credit card is accepted by some travel agencies and larger hotels of the capital, but an additional commission of between 5% to 7%.

This is a very cheap country, both accommodation and local food. Expensive products are exported.

Shopping can be done in many stores, but such. in cosmetics is well equip prior to departure.

You should also visit the local bazaars.

Crafts, leather, clay, straw, or the olive tree.

Frankincense and myrrh-

-Pearl, gold, silver, sold on the importance of

-Spears

-Wickerwork

-Drums

• 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco.

• 1l of alcoholic beverages.

Be careful of people trading in the currency, who offer a better rate than money in banks because they can be the agents of the government, and law in Eritrea knows no mercy. Best to avoid conflict with the law in general.

In places souvenirs are available leather zebra, leopard, and ivory, but I do not buy these items, because the trade in them is prohibited not only in Eritrea but also across Europe.

Banks are open:

Mon.-Fri. 8.00-12.00 and 14.00-17.00,

Sb. 8.00-12.00.

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In Eritrea are hotels of different categories from the most expensive, which is located in the capital, where bed per night is ok.150USD to the more affordable $ 30 per night. Outside Asmara more expensive hotels are located only on the coast, ie. in Massawie. Hotels located outside major cities is mainly accommodation of "Modest" or without a bathroom and air conditioning. In hot regions, you must stop in mid-range hotels, where air conditioning is available.

No network of hostels.

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Accommodation for the night a "Modest" does not exceed $ 30, while the hotels on the coast is unlikely to be more expensive than $ 65 per night.

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Kitchen in Eritrea resembles very much in the flavors of Ethiopian cuisine, dishes are spicy, eg. stew, and in the pitas, type of cake made from fermented grains.

Italian cuisine also has left its mark here, so you can eat in restaurants very good pasta or lasagne. In the capital there are several Chinese restaurants, and even Sudanese Indian. On the coast is a must try grilled fish.

• Kitch (thin wheat bread).
• Indżera (spongy pancake).
• Tsebhi (meat with lamb or beef sauté with tomatoes and peppers świerzymi given hot).
• Alicha Birsen (lentil curry).
• Be fruit bought at the bazaar.

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- "Shifts" - made from fermented bread in water with honey

- 'M.' honey-wine

-Local beer-only one, given the very cold

In Eritrea, a mass of local restaurants, especially in the capital, but there also find Chinese, Indian and Sudanese.

Hotels and restaurants rather count a tip in the price is oko.10%. Tipping is widely adopted in Eritrea. The exception is taxi drivers who do not give tips.

Avoid eating ice cream, salads, drinking juice from freshly squeezed fruit. Everything we cook.

-City of Asmara

• Al Khulafa Al Rashiudin-largest mosque in the city was built of marble
• Town hall
• Cathedral
• National Avenue, the main street in town with its many cafes.
• Italian architecture prevails in the city

-City of Massawa:

• Largest natural deep-sea port in the Red Sea
• The old part of town Bats
• Two islands: Bats and Tualud
• Iman Mosque Hanbali
• Cathedral of St. Mariam's

Emberemi-famous mausoleums of Sheikh El Amin and Muhammad ibn Ali. It is an important place of pilgrimage.

Assab-modern city with the most beautiful wide beaches on the Red Sea.

-Archipelago Dahlak Archipelago was given National Park status. On his terni is more than 200 islets, reefs and a huge amount of different fish species. You can dive there, but only with permission.

- Akordat-there are many beautiful buildings from the period of Turkish and Egyptian Min. tomb of Said Mustafa Hasan defects.

- The award is also a road from the Asmary Massaua, starting in August at an altitude of over 2000m and descends to sea level many sharp corners, but they are beautiful views, road runs alongside the Orthodox monastery of Debre Bizen

-City of Asmara

• Al Khulafa Al Rashiudin-largest mosque in the city was built of marble
• Town hall
• Cathedral

Emberemi-famous mausoleums of Sheikh El Amin and Muhammad ibn Ali

Hanbali-Iman Mosque

-Cathedral of St. Mariam's

The tomb of Mustafa Said-Hasan defects.

- Qohaito-ancient ruins

Nardowe-Museum.

-Cinemas in Asmara

-Archipelago Dahlak Archipelago was given National Park status. On his terni is more than 200 islets, reefs and a huge amount of different fish species. You can dive there, but only with permission.

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-January Eid al-Fitr feast to celebrate the end of Ramadan, takes place between September and November, depending on the Islamic calendar ..

Genna-January Leddet Orthodox Christmas is celebrated in Eritrea on January 7 of each year.

Timket-January, three-day event which is the equivalent of the Three Kings Day falls on January 19 of each year, two weeks after the celebration of Christmas.

-March Prophet's Birthday

-24.05 Independence Day

This feast commemorates independence from Ethiopia in 1993.

-September Enkutatash the Eritrean New Year. Celebrated a very colorful, fun and dancing, as in Europe. Our 2007 years will Eritrean 2000.

Meskal-September is a holiday celebrated in Eritrea for more than 1,600 years to commemorate the finding of the True Cross of Christ. Residents are arranged stacks of crosses and flowers, and later set fire to them.

-Dec Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). This feast commemorates the devotion of Abraham, who was prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac to God. During Eid al-Adha in the sacrifice consists of sheep and goats, which are then transmitted to the poor. This feast is also launching a Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

Eritrea Festival - every year starts in July last Friday cultural event in the Odeon cinema. The ceremonial opening event takes place on the basis of the Expo on Saturday. Festival Eritrea in Asmara is the largest event of this type in. The festival offers performances nine Eritrean nationalities, art exhibitions and handicrafts, models of traditional houses, traditional food and drinks, rituals and ceremonies, and the reduction of industry models and ecosystems. Around the exhibition travels to the camels, ponies and the historic rail. Eritrea Festival is the perfect event for visitors to have fun and learn about Eritrea, its culture and customs of its inhabitants.

In the capital and the coast is a lot of bars, cafes and nightclubs. Everyone will find something for everyone.

If the plateau area is warmer clothes for the evening will surely be useful to us.

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