Culture Tour in Axum

Free Culture Tour in Axum with Roamee Pro

Roamee Pro, also known as Roamee, offers a free self-guided culture tour route in Axum. The audio walking tour can include stops such as Northern Stelae Field — towering carved granite obelisks up to 33 meters tall, some dating to the 3rd century AD, Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion — Ethiopia claims the Ark of the Covenant is kept in a chapel here, guarded by one monk, Queen of Sheba's Bath — a large ancient reservoir still used by local residents, plus hidden gems like Lioness of Gobedra — a massive rock carving of a lioness on a cliff face outside town, easily missed without local guidance and Dungur Palace — the excavated ruins of a large 6th-century mansion often called the Queen of Sheba's Palace.

Use this page as a starting point for a Axum walking tour, a free self-guided route, or the Roamee app for Axum. Roamee Pro keeps the route flexible so you can follow the stops, skip ahead, or explore nearby streets at your own pace.

• •Northern Stelae Field — towering carved granite obelisks up to 33 meters tall, some dating to the 3rd century AD
• •Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion — Ethiopia claims the Ark of the Covenant is kept in a chapel here, guarded by one monk
• •Queen of Sheba's Bath — a large ancient reservoir still used by local residents
• •Tomb of King Kaleb — an underground royal tomb with stone sarcophagi carved from single granite blocks

• •Lioness of Gobedra — a massive rock carving of a lioness on a cliff face outside town, easily missed without local guidance
• •Dungur Palace — the excavated ruins of a large 6th-century mansion often called the Queen of Sheba's Palace