Abune Filipos

Abune Filipos: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this church: Open, normal crowd · Very crowded today · Festival / special day · Closed today.

Best time to visit Abune Filipos

Season: Year-round; Christmas and Easter week are busiest.

Busiest days: Sunday services; Christmas, Good Friday and Easter.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun packed.

How to reach Abune Filipos — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 15.33967, 38.90039. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Abune Filipos

• Nation Museum of Eritrea · museum · Maekel Region · ~4 km · Must-see
• Fiat Tagliero · attraction · Maekel Region · ~4 km · Must-see
• Great Mosque of Asmara · dargah · Maekel Region · ~6 km · Must-see
• Enda Mariam Coptic Cathedral · church · Maekel Region · ~6 km · Must-see
• Debre Bizen · church · Northern Red Sea Region · ~25 km · Must-see
• Monastery Mariam Debre sina · Buddhist site · Anseba · ~63 km · Must-see
• Shida Monument · fort · Maekel Region · ~4 km
• Casa degli Italiani (Gallery) · museum · Maekel Region · ~5 km
• Kidane Meheret Church · church · Maekel Region · ~5 km
• Saint Joseph's Cathedral · church · Maekel Region · ~5 km
• Pushkin Monument · fort · Maekel Region · ~5 km
• St Mariam · church · Maekel Region · ~6 km
• Baptisms · fort · Maekel Region · ~6 km
• Beleza lake · lake · Maekel Region · ~12 km
• Dem Sebai · fort · Gash-Barka · ~20 km
• Mont Debra 'Harēz · viewpoint · Debub Region · ~25 km
• Mont Addi Qwālqwāl · viewpoint · Debub Region · ~26 km
• Mont Dongurā · viewpoint · Debub Region · ~30 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Abune Filipos

Other churches near Abune Filipos

• Enda Mariam Coptic Cathedral · church · Maekel Region · ~6 km · Must-see
• Debre Bizen · church · Northern Red Sea Region · ~25 km · Must-see
• Kidane Meheret Church · church · Maekel Region · ~5 km
• Saint Joseph's Cathedral · church · Maekel Region · ~5 km
• St Mariam · church · Maekel Region · ~6 km
• Segdo Fīlīp’os Bēte Kristīyan · church · Maekel Region · ~1 km
• كنيسة · church · Maekel Region · ~3 km
• Eritrean Kale Hiwet Church · church · Maekel Region · ~3 km
• Saint Michael's Church · church · Maekel Region · ~3 km
• ቅዱስ ሚካኤል ቤተ ክርስቲያን · church · Maekel Region · ~3 km

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