Place Menelik

Rundown, grubby- nothing to see

This was probably beautiful in its heyday but now it is like the rest of Djibouti- dirty, rubbish strewn, dilapidated. All the foreign money coming is not going to improve the place or the lives of it...

Manelik

Around manelik place is a lot of souvenirs shops and taxi drivers. They will try to take lot of money from tourist. Don’t believe to them

Uncharming square

For some reason this is the focal point of European Djibouti, and the place where taxidrivers gather to hassle tourists. Several of the popular hangouts are here, like Hotel Melenik and its bar, and T...

Not the best place to stay.

Not a great place stay and there are many better places for the money. The restaurant is OK. The owner of the club downstairs will drink to much and kick people out or just be rude. The hotel is OK, b...

hmm.. a stop over, not a destination, perhaps

It is fine for a quick stop, whilst you are in the taxi/car, on your way somewhere nice. Whilst I could see how some might find this place interesting, personally I found it neither exceptional in ter...