3★+ hotels in Antananarivo from €40/night (range €40–175, 18 hotels sampled, ~3 weeks out).
In Aug, Antananarivo typically sees ~22°C daytime highs and 4 rainy days.
Top-rated tours and tickets from €360 — book ahead for the popular ones.
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Antananarivo (AN-tan-AN-ah-REEV-oo) (City of a Thousand), also known as Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. It has more universities, nightclubs, art venues, and medical services than any other city on the island. Major historic landmarks and attractions in the city include the reconstructed royal palaces and the Andafiavaratra Palace, the tomb of Rainiharo, Tsimbazaza Zoo, Mahamasina Stadium, Lake Anosy, four 19th-century martyr cathedrals, and the Museum of Art and Archaeology.
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