Sheraton Addis, a Luxury Collection Hotel

Sheraton Addis is the best-known hotel in the Ethiopian capital, set on a hill in the city centre near the National Palace and part of Marriott's Luxury Collection. It has 293 rooms and suites, plus private villas.

At its centre are terraced gardens with pools and a fountain whose water shows play to classical music, and its broad marble-and-wood lobby is one of the city's great meeting places. There is a health club with sauna, steam room and treatment rooms.

We choose it for families and groups who want a spacious hotel in Addis Ababa with international service and several restaurants, Indian cooking among them, a short drive from the National Museum and Meskel Square.