Antananarivo — tid och väder

Sevärdheter och historiska platser

• The hill of Rova Ambohimanga, the royal palace and fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• The Rova of Manjakamiadana, the royal palace complex on the city's highest point overlooking the capital's rooftops.
• Lake Anosy with its granite monument and avenue of jacaranda trees in the heart of the city.
• The old upper town with its narrow cobbled lanes, churches and brick houses of the Merina era.

Museer

• The Andafiavaratra Museum, the former prime minister's palace, holding royal relics rescued after the palace fire.
• The Photography Museum of Madagascar with a unique archive of images of the island from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• The University Museum of Art and Archaeology with collections of funerary sculpture and ethnography.

Var man kan umgås

• Tsimbazaza Park, a zoological and botanical garden with lemurs and endemic plants within the city.
• Lemurs' Park on the outskirts, where dozens of lemurs roam free among tropical greenery.
• The Analakely market and the La Digue craft market, the best places to buy souvenirs and handicrafts.

Lokal mat

Try the national stews romazava and ravitoto in local 'hotely' eateries, street mofo gasy pancakes for breakfast, and highland coffee with koba dessert.