Asmara Eritrea's capital is situated on the eastern edge of Eritrea's highland plateau. Asmara enjoys a great climate, clean and picturesque streets, attractive palm trees, and a reputation as one of the safest, calm and alluring capital cities in Africa. "The people of Eritrea will always make you feel welcome and the country will always provide a diversity of activities and experiences that will have you wanting to come back for more." "Asmara is, by any standards, a very safe, picturesque and relaxed capital. " Eritrea - The Bradt Travel Guide "Constructed almost entirely between 1936 and 1941, Asmara was effectively a blank canvas on which its Italian colonizers were able to design and build their own urban utopia in East Africa...... owing to Asmara's relative obscurity and distance from Europe, the architects and engineers who came to practice there could escape the constraints imposed on their activities in the more conservative European environment, making it an even more exceptional city" Asmara - Africa's Secret Modernist City Source: http://www.asmera.nl/ Asmara is located in E. Africa Africa Travel Destination

• published: 02 Nov 2007
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