Eye opening to see something different from your conventional tourist attractions. Merkato is huge, wild, crowded, warm, colourful, busy, chaotic and more. There is a vast array of products here and you need patience to browse and find what you are interested in. You may feel exhilarated or overwhelmed depending on your appetite for adventure and curiosity.

Even though different media's and website claims different marketplace names to be the largest marketplace in East Africa or Africa as whole; many financial and marketing researchers from different part of the world actually discover that Merkato is the largest and multi sector sells places in the in the entire continent and (the place can serve a very small amount of transaction which is less than $1 to huge importers and exporters million dollars market deals) many features of the market made it a very diversified location in the city and a place which won't let you, if you are looking for anything, something or everything. If you actually dropped by around that area, you might understand what I am saying!!

The largest Market in Adisababa.

You can find anything in this market and at the same time lose everything, be aware of the thieves. The best market in town.

I placed an order online the items were never delivered. I tried to contact the phone number listed on the site both in Addis & the US and was never able to get in touch with anyone. The office location listed on the site was also closed. This site is a scam now and you will loose your money if you tried to order and pay online.

I have been there in 2016 for an exhibition. As I know that Mercato is biggest market of the Africa. You can find anything there.

Had a great experience going around Merkato with our tour guide Yared who does a fantastic local tour inclusive of a coffee and snack stop. I would definitely recommend going with a local who can show you around as it can be chaotic. We found Yared’s WhatsApp number off trip advisor based on good reviews there so posting here for more exposure - +251963727196. A great tour guide worth the price! Thanks Yared :)

I ordered a gift to family and friends to Ethiopian new and they delivered half of the orders , then am trying to contact the owner or GM and he trying to explain the reson why they didn't delivered, I was expecting refund my payment or late delivery but they didn't do all things. Its very unprofessional customer service

(Translated by Google) Cool place, but I wasn't there (Original) Классное место ,правда меня там не было

NIce market it is wide

The big market in Africa u will find everything.

Addis Mercato Market is the biggest market in Africa. It is a large open-air market situation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It has different kinds of sight. Small and big alleys, many people carrying heavy load on their heads, ever-moving vehicles, humans and animals. The traffic here is crazy! You just have to catch fun at the sights of the heavy and never-ending streams of pedestrian traffic. It is a place to get all you need.

(Translated by Google) Pay attention to your pockets, it is good to see, if there is no product you are looking for, there is no other place. (Original) Ceplerinize dikkat edin , görmekte fayda var , aradığınız ürün yoksa başka yerde de yoktur.

any goods that you wont to bay best place

MERKATO A MARKET & ONE STOP LIVING MESEUM IN ADDIS ABABA Merkato is the largest open air market place in Africa located in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. It is a the largest market place or hub in the city as well as the entire nation. The are about 7,100 business entities which operate small, medium and large scale business. The market creates for about 13,000 employees. Retailers from a country side purchase about 80% merchandise's for their stock from Merkato. About 200,000.00 people the market daily. Variety of items for sale are 100% available. The market can serve as ONE STOP LIVEING MUSEUM whereby one will have a maximum probability to see all types of agricultural, industrial and hand made products and items from all around the nation and the world.

(Translated by Google) You will go there, pre-filled your pockets, paper-cut cement bags, the size of a hundred dollars, and have complete confidence that they want to clean your pockets. (Original) رح هناك وخلك معبي جيوبك ورق أكياس اسمنت مقصوصه بحجم المائة دولار وثق ثقه تامه يبون ينضفون جيوبك تنضيف لا مثيل له .

The vibe was amazing but couldn’t find parking spaces available easily

(Translated by Google) Gara mala (Original) Gara mala

(Translated by Google) A big market with all the clothes you need, shoes, attar, shoes, honey, building materials, but very crowded (Original) سوق كبير فيه من جميع ما تحتاجه من ملابس احذيه عطاره احذيه عسل مواد بناء بس مزدحم جدا

Merkato is a wild place it's fun to shop in merkato but I see lots of tourists as well and they just come to see the huge market and they're right merkato is a historical market where you can get literally anything at a cheap and fair price

I like merkato u can find anything u sell anything u can buy anything

(Translated by Google) End brsyo (Original) End brsyo

Write directions to merkato.

(Translated by Google) Lafto (Original) Lafto

The size of this place is incredible

This is Sanpolo E-bikes factory place

It was best for marketing

It was such a fantastic journey to the hall of market The Google has provided directions , intersections and all quite well Although , one should be kept in mind is that there are a lot of items and a lot of people with hustle and bustle everywhere . It feels like you are going through a maze and can be quite overwhelming to process lots of information at once , so I recommend you go there with a person you know , who knows the place very well or/and has good communication ability with people

Traditional clothes cafe and restaurant service banking services.

Sunday might not be the best day to go... lots of people but not many shops or vendors open. But it's obviously a big market area for anything and everything.

Loved

If you are in Addis Ababa you must visit Mercato one of the oldest marker in Addis Ababa, you will find everything there almost everything.

one of the largest open market place in Ethiopia

too crowded but almost everything is available & expensive too

my favorite place to buy my undergarments

#Merkato The largest market in Africa

(Translated by Google) A crowded market, I do not recommend going to it, as I was subjected to an attempt to steal from a woman who was following me, but I noticed and was able to escape from it. (Original) سوق مكتظ ، لا انصح بالذهاب اليه ، فقد تعرضت لمحاولة السرقه من امرأه كانت تتبعني ولكني انتبهت واستطعت الافلات منها .

Good

(Translated by Google) Because of the sarcasm (Original) ሣርዩ ስለሆነ

Sweat

It’s a great market in Africia

This the place where recreation center

Sweet

Biggest market in Africa

Staying

The most chaotic market in Africa

I think its the largest open market in east Africa and it is possible to get from small item retails to large whole sales. Besides you can get any thing with a reasonable price and if you are a foreigner's take care of your properties sometimes even for folks its hard to be not deluded by bad guys. So to some up if you are going to visit mercato I advise you to go with people you know from Addis Ababa.

(Translated by Google) Konjo (Original) Konjo

Good

I found all my needs in this market.. But it is very crowded.. There are a parking under the masjid

Lots of shopping places

(Translated by Google) Soucie Ethiopia not terrible (Original) Souc Ethiopie pas terribles

mercato its everthing u wont.

Was here last year biggest market in Africa was told. Can buy every thing here will need a guide with you otherwise you will see only part of it .have to see to believe how big it .highly recommended