City
Mekelle
Culture & heritage
About Mekelle
Tigrayan — northern highland heartland
Capital of the Tigray region, set among rugged escarpments. Mekelle is a gateway to the rock-hewn churches of Tigray, the Danakil Depression, and the salt caravans of Afar — and home to Emperor Yohannes IV's stone palace.
Highlights
- Yohannes IV palace museum
- Gheralta rock churches
- Danakil expeditions
- Tigrayan tihlo & shiro