Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
CAPITAL PAMPERING
Balnéoforme Colbert
SPA
(
www.hotel-colbert-tananarive.com
;
22 625 71;
Hôtel Colbert, 29 Rue Prince Ratsimamanga; admission Ar50,000;
6.30am-4.30pm Mon-Sat, from 10am Sun) For a truly indulgent experience, try
this fantastic spa with a mosaic swimming pool, Finnish sauna and Turkish bath.
The entrance fee also gives you access to the gym. For additional pampering,
there is a treatment list an arm long including body wraps, bubble baths and
every kind of massage imaginable - relaxing, slimming, water, ying-yang… It's
not cheap (prices start at Ar100,000), but worth it if you've just arrived back in
Tana after some hard trekking.
BioAroma
MASSAGE
( 22 326 30; 54 Rue Ramanantsoa; 8am-6pm
Mon-Sat, 8.30am-12.30pm Sun) As well as selling local oils and bath, spa and
spice products, BioAroma offers a comprehensive range of massages (from
Ar38,000 for one hour) as well as facials, scrubs, reiki, and manicures and pedi-
cures.
Homeopharma
MASSAGE
( 22 686 47;
www.madagascar-homeo-
pharma.com
;
47 Rue Ratsimilaho; 8am-6pm Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm Sat) The
state-approved natural-health chain Homeopharma has outlets all over Tana and
throughout the country; many, such as this branch, offer massages and other
treatments (Ar12,000).
Le Royal Palissandre Spa
SPA
( 22 605 60;
www.hotel-palissandre.com
;
13
Rue Andriandahifotsy; 9am-9pm) Another gorgeous spa, with a beautiful
heated outdoor pool and a
hammam
(Turkish bath); a number of treatments are
available (from Ar90,000).
Résidence Lapasoa
BOUTIQUE HOTEL €€€
( 22 611 40;
www.lapasoa.com
;
15 Rue de la Réunion; d/ste Ar121,500/162,000;
) The exquisite Lapasoa is a modern twist on colonial decor: there are polished wood
floors, beautiful wooden furniture (including stunning four-poster beds), colourful fabrics,
and light flooding in from skylights and big windows. The top-floor rooms, with their high,
sloped ceilings, are the loveliest. The same owners run the superb Kudéta restaurant next
door.
La Varangue
BOUTIQUE HOTEL €€€
( 22 273 97;
www.tana-hotel.com
; 17 Rue Prince Ratsimamanga; r/ste from €70/90;
) Discreetly set down a steep lane next to the Presidential Palace, La Varangue's nine
