天窗終端酒店(Ethiopian Skylight in Terminal)

This hotel is situated in the in-transit area of the international airport in Addis Ababa and well worth the money if you have a long layover. The room is lovely and clean, the shower - heavely, and the bed - sublime. In addition, the breakfast buffet had a wonderful variety and was really delicious. The airport shops and restaurants are very expensive and facilities not great, so it is definitely worth booking into the hotel. It's considerably cheaper to book through trip.com, just be sure to book at least a day in advance if you are landing very early - bookings need to be confirmed by the office which only opens at 8am (Ethiopia time). (My photos don't do the bed or shower justice!)

We booked 2 rooms and requested connecting rooms with double beds..reply from hotel was that we had to pay 50 usd for extra beds. Once arrived none of the requests had been planned and we ended up with single beds. Immidiatly next to the room cargo was handled and the noise and vibrations made sleeping impossible. Beds were trembling... Staff was really not caring, manager ot available while the replies clearly indicated that staff is aware of the noise problems in several parts of the hotel, but many complaints haven't lead to a solution. What seems to be a comfortable option (sleeping in terminal) is actually a nigh**are...instead of hotelroom Ethiopian should better advertise 'bed in main cargo loading area'. My claim was simpky wavered of by the desk lady, perfectly trained to dodge unsatisfied customers. Avoid this place or waste your money...you have the choice!

Rooms are fine. The website referenced the skylight as the most luxurious hotel in Ethiopia. We spend significant money on two rooms that were directly above the departure terminal. Unacceptable as the intercom at the airport kept going till 1145PM and started again at 0615AM. There was no way to catch up on some hard earned sleep after a long flight.

First you need to understand what "in-terminal" means and how it relates to the nearby "not-in-terminal" Skylight hotel. In this case, "in-terminal" means the "airside" terminal (not citywide") so you go through transfers to the departure gates and then into the hotel. You do not go through immigration and can't get your checked bags. If you made the mistake of "short checking" them to Addis only I'm not sure what they would do. The ******* description is very confusing because it largely refers to the other Skylight hotel as follows: 1. Says has airport shuttle but there can't be a shuttle in a place with no roads or cars. 2. Says 7 minute drive to airport. But it's in the center of the airport! 3. Maps shows it on the extremity of the airport but it's in the very core of the departure gates. The main thing is if you want an airside, in-terminal hotel this is your only choice and it's pretty good. So take it. If you want a hotel near the airport then the other Skylight hotel is also good. It's about 1/2 mile and technically you could walk it but no one does. The shuttle is frequent. A clean sound safe deal but you pay for it if your only using it for a daytime transit hotel. There is an early check in charge equal to half the night's rate. So keep that in mind if you land early in the morning. Whereas I think the in-terminal hotel is 6am to 6am so works great if land early and leave late that night. Hope this helps!!

It was a beautiful experience. We just had a difficult time at the beginning with the payment problems. I had prepaid but the hotel said I had not paid. Eventually it was resolved and I was really tired.

It was good, the staff were very professional and privided explanations regarding mynstay and their services/obligations to me. The airport prickup was timely too.

Best choice by far to spend a restful night between flights. You don’t need to leave the airport, deal with visas or security