3★+ hotels in Bahir Dar from €1048/night (range €1048–1048, 1 hotels sampled, ~3 weeks out).
In Jul, Bahir Dar typically sees ~23°C daytime highs and 29 rainy days.
Top-rated tours and tickets from €134 — book ahead for the popular ones.
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Bahir Dar, also spelt Bahar Dar, on the southern shore of Lake Tana, the biggest lake in Ethiopia, is the third largest city in the nation, after Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa, with a population of half a million. It's the capital of the Amhara region, dominated by the Amhara people, the Ethiopia's second largest grouping; the Ethiopian official language is Amharic. Bahir Dar is a clean and well-maintained city by African standards. Even the cheaper accommodation has neat, but basic, services.
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