Country Info
- Antananarivo
- Capital
- Malagasy Franc (MGF)
- Currency
- 15,982,563
- Population
- MG
- Country Code
Antananarivo Slideshow
Top Hotels in Antananarivo
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Hotel Carlton Antananarivo Madagascar
37 reviews -
Ibis Antananarivo
11 reviews -
Les Hautes Terres Hotel Antananarivo
6 reviews
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Hotel du Louvre Antananarivo
22 reviews -
Sunny Garden Hotel Antananarivo
5 reviews
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La Varangue Antananarivo
29 reviews
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Le Saint-Laurent Antananarivo
2 reviews
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Motel Coco Beach Antananarivo
1 review
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Palm Hotel Antananarivo
18 reviews
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Le Lac Hotel Antananarivo
1 review
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Residence Lapasoa Antananarivo
28 reviews
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Vakona Forest Lodge Antananarivo
65 reviews
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Les Frangipaniers Antananarivo
3 reviews
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Hotel Colbert Antananarivo
34 reviews
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Hotel Le Pacifique Antananarivo
1 review
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Hotel Niaouly Antananarivo
33 reviews
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Hotel La Ribaudiere Antananarivo
11 reviews
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Hotel Mahatazana Antananarivo
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Hotel Royal Palissandre Antananarivo
47 reviews
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Le Pavillon De L'Emyrne Antananarivo
24 reviews
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Hotel Sakamanga Antananarivo
62 reviews
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Chalet Des Roses Antananarivo
15 reviews
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Hotel St Pierre Antananarivo
2 reviews
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Hotel Le Cactus Vert Antananarivo
3 reviews
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Karibotel Antananarivo
1 review
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Hotel Le Logis Antananarivo
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Radama Hotel Antananarivo
18 reviews -
Sunny City Hotel Antananarivo
8 reviews
Antananarivo
Travel Blogs from Antananarivo, Madagascar
I arrive in Madagascar!
This is a top pick! ... using "non merci" another 3,764 times as I make my way around the entire downtown area in less than an hour. Antananarivo is large but spread out and the downtown is very small and extremely run down. Even the closed U.S. Embassy looks like ...
Antananarivo
This is a top pick! Antananarivo 15th May 2008 We head back to Antananarivo for our last night in Madagascar. We said our thank you and goodbyes to Lova our trusty driver and checked back into the Sole Hotel again. We had a last afternoon of shopping, posting cards and ...
Till we meet again
This is a top pick! Getting on and off the plane was painful with my knee. Luckily our Andry is waiting for us. Tomcat finds us a room with wireless internet, so I can catch up. The plan: for me to move at little as possible and hope nothing is severely ripped. ...
Meet: the lemur
This is a top pick! ... not such a plain white rice lover. Anyway, next stop: the palace of the all-powerful king Andrianampoinimerina (and you thought Antananarivo was a tongue breaker). He had 12 wives of which only one was living with home: the queen. The others he ...
Madagascar: like nothing I have seen before
This is a top pick! It is after midnight by the time we land in Antananarivo. We knew we needed a visa and we came prepared with pass pictures we ... did not need. There is a big cue for the visa. A big cue for immigration and of course, we are pulled aside by security. No, ...
Hedonistic experience in Madagascar
This is a top pick! ... selling stuff, carried on his head. Children are playing, no adults to watch them. Unfortunately, child prostitution is big here. Madagascar is trying to abandon sex tourism complete. I cannot conclude whether that is so good. Child abuse is of course ...
3 more days at Nosy Be
This is a top pick! We go diving 2 more days. We see dolphins BEFORE the dive. We try to get to food between 15h and 19h in town. At least 10 restaurants. No, no, no, no, no! 2 examples: Restaurant gives us the menu. We order a beer and look at the menu. When we are ...
Tilly
This is a top pick! This is Tilly. She was the mate of my nephew Kris and nieces Annick and Elise. She had a long and very happy life, was just loved to bits, clear for anybody to see. When she got cancer and started suffering, my family helped her to sleep in, which ...
Our First Entry From Madagascar!!
Hi everyone- We are currently staying in the Peace Corps "Meva" flophouse in Antananarivo. Wow- where do I start?? The past 2 weeks have been amazing. We arrived in the capital on Thursday, Feb. 16th. We took a small plane from S. Africa to ...
Rice and Poverty in the Capital
... faces more gaunt. There are more homeless people, especially children, and more visible health problems. It's all overwhelming, really. Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world, and the streets of Tana show clearly what that means. ...
36 Mile Bike Race, Work Project and Raising Ducks!
... year has begun for some of you. One of the things that I thought I would really miss from home was the change of seasons, but Madagascar has it's own. We are moving out of the short rainy season, the mud is starting to dry up and the days are sunny with ...
Air Mauritius
So I rocked up at the airport in Mauritius for my flight to Nairobi. More surprises, my flight is going via Antananarivo. My response was the same as yours - where the f#$@ is that?!?!?! Apparently it is the capital of Madagascar. Mauritius, being ...
Back to Tana
... to Ambohimanga, the original capital of the Merina royal family. The view from the rock is amazing. Our last day in Madagascar was shopping day! We brought pretty much everything we possibly could. Unfortunately there were no lemurs for sale! We went ...
Tana again
... . No luck though, can't find it anywhere!!! As of Madagascar, I'm going to miss this place. We have'nt wandered west of Antananarivo so our experiences have been in the east. Once you leave the city, the scenery is absolute magic, almost looks handcarved. ...
Finally Saw Lemurs! Almost Finished Training!
It is Saturday April 8th and we took a trip to the Capital for lunch , internet and the grocery store! We are beginning week 8 of training and are almost finished! Three weeks from now we will be in our own home in Anosibe an'Ala!!! Time is flying by ...
future world or back in time?
... to Tana last night, leaving them with a two day drive to get home(merci, vous ettes les plus jauntils mecs en madagascar!) I started my trip staying at a beautiful old restored bungalow in Tana and ended by staying in the ghetto. ...
Our Home in Anosibe An'Ala
... in life (cookies and pie) excite us!! We said goodbyes to our PCV friends last Thursday and all headed our own ways across Madagascar. Saturday we spent our first night in our new home in Anosibe An'Ala! It is so beautiful here, primary rainforests, a ...
FINISHING OFF MADAGASCAR
... ; & ;nbs p; After that it was simply a matter of getting back to Antananarivo as painlessly as possible. It wasn't that painless eg a 4 and a half hour wait for the taxi-brousse to ...
A bumpy ride
... that came afterwards. I'm not going to get into details here but I got a bit depressed for the rest of the flight. After landing in Antananarivo we had to go through the usual Visa hassle. It was past 21.00 and we were both in a pretty bad mood. You ...
MADAGASCAR
In beautiful sunny Madagascar. The capital city of Antananarivo is located on 12 rolling hills. Staying in my nicest hotel so far, Hotel Tana Jacaranda. Successfully appropriated 600. US dollars worh of Madagascar Ariary which makes me a ...
MADAGASCAR :) :)
... 't possibly have been better. I just couldn't believe it had all worked out so perfectly. I've never been anywhere like Antananarivo, more easily known as 'Tana.'. It is a grotty higgelty piggeldy mess in the most wonderful way possible. Flying over it ...
Madagaskars Ostkueste
Nach Besuch einer Croc Farm treffe ich meinen australischen Freund Dennis am Flughafen von Antananarivo; am naechsten Tag gehts mit einem Taxi Brousse ( meist voellig ueberladenes Buschtaxi) ueber Moramanga nach Andasibe. Dort campen wir im Mitsinjo ...
THIRD time is the charm!
Hi all! Ok, so this is my third attempt at writing an entry.....gotta love technology in a third wold country. I hope all is going well with everyone! I can't believe that it's already been a YEAR and a HALF on this crazy island. Sorry that ...
The long and winding road to Antananarivo
After a 8 hour journey by private taxi we arrived back in Antananarivo, this time deciding to stay near the airport in a place called Ivato. We checked into our guesthouse Tonga Soa which means welcome in Malagasy, and our host Ninah was very welcoming ...
Update from Amy - Halloween
(Update from Amy via email) Hello friends and family!!!! I am in Tana for our IST training while we have a week break from school for All Saints Day. Things are going really well at site. I teach 6eme, 4eme, and 2nde [which i am pretty sure that ...
First Report! (Email from Amy)
... it! We don't have much time to write, but I did already send a letter to you mom and pop and Jay and Mandy:) Madagascar is really crazy, amazing, hard, beautiful, poor, and NOT that cold! Compared to a Chicago winter, it's more like spring time weather. ...