Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
SLEEPING & EATING
Génération Hôtel Annexe
BUNGALOW €€
( 57 220 22;
www.generation-hotel-foulpointe.com
; d or bungalow Ar36,500, q bunga-
low Ar 81,500; ) This garden site towards the southern end of the strip offers a choice
between standard concrete rooms and nicer thatched bungalows, some two-tier models
sleeping up to six people. It's not directly on the beach but the big terraced restaurant,
which serves Chinese and French food, is only 20m away.
Le Grand Bleu
BUNGALOW €€
( 57 220 06, 032 02 311 61, 033 08 080 69;
www.hotel-grandbleu.com
; d bungalow
Ar68,000,6-personvillaAr124,000; )The'BigBlue'hasasimilar set-uptotheGénéra-
tion, with two main differences: the complex fronts directly onto the beach, and here it's
the rooms that come better equipped, though if you're any judge of character you'll forego
air-con for the subtler breezes of the cute wickerwork bungalows.
Manda Beach Hôtel
HOTEL €€
( 57 220 00;
www.mandabeach-hotel.com
; d Ar40,000, bungalow Ar77,000; ) With
its central pool, concrete rooms, tennis courts, Western music, and long stretch of parasols
on the sand, not to mention the nearby golf course, this place feels more like an upscale
beach motel in Florida than a hotel in Madagascar. Choose the beachfront bungalows over
the industrial rooms. Airport transfers for one to three people cost Ar90,000.
GETTING THERE & AWAY
Foulpointe lies 58km north of Tamatave. Minibuses depart from the Tamatave taxi-brousse
station daily, generally in the mornings (Ar5000, 1½ hours). For short hops, such as to Ma-
hambo or Fenoarivo-Atsinanana, you can try flagging down just about any vehicle going
in the right direction; hotel vehicles may be able to take you all the way to Tamatave, but
you'll have to pay at least the equivalent of the taxi-brousse fare.
Several vehicles daily pass Foulpointe on their way between Tamatave and Soanierana-
Ivongo. Heading south, the time they pass Foulpointe depends on what time the ferry from
Ile Sainte Marie arrives at Soanierana-Ivongo. Heading north, wait by the road side before
9am to get to Soanierana-Ivongo in time for the best boats.
