Archaeology handicrafts and science and technology sites to visit Eritrea

It is located behind the Coptic Cathedral Enda Mariam, after Afabet Street.

This former caravanserai, built in 1914, is now home to two different kinds of activities. On the one hand, young girls in working blue are busy planting dried peppers using electric mills to make them berbéré (extremely spicy powder used in cooking). The powder thus obtained flies across the aisles of the caravanserai and there is a lot to bet that it will be coughing you quickly. Take advantage of it to see what's going on a little further. Just a few yards away from the pepper mills, there are old pneux and worn signs and a whole bunch of metal objects waiting for a second life. The noise of hammers, meuleuses and torches in action echoes in the aisles, and cans can be observed as small coal kilns (those used for the coffee ceremony) among other transformations. This is a great recycling lesson that we are taking here: nothing gets lost, everything turns out!

Keren is known for its markets and wandering in the for a afternoon is a good way to immerse itself with the atmosphere of the city. Just behind the Keren Hotel is a covered market where you sell fuits and vegetables; and just behind it begins a series of small, beaten alleys that are the of the city. A whole aisle is dedicated to gold and silver sellers, and then several aisles see themselves with vendors of fabrics and tailors; the latter, sitting behind their sewing machine, are waiting peacefully for the next hem to be made. A little further, small aisles lead to another covered market: this time, it is the grain market, where many cereal varieties are piled together alongside others in large canvas bags. Right on the right is the wicker market, and there are also a few shops selling basketry and pottery.