Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
START
POINT DE VUE DU ROVA
FINISH
GARE SOARANA
DISTANCE
3KM
DURATION
1½ HOURS
Walking Tour Antananarivo
This walk starts at the viewpoint below the Rova, so you could combine it with a visit to
the palace or come straight here by taxi (Ar10,000 from the centre).
The views from the lookout below the
Rova
make it clear why the city's rulers de-
cided to build their palace here: the Malagasy landscape unfolds for miles in every direc-
tion.
A few hundred metres downhill is
Musée Andafivaratra
, housed in the magnifi-
cent pink baroque palace of Prime Minister Rainilaiarivony (r 1864-1895). From here,
