Longo Hotel Arcobaleno


This simple Italian-run place feels like a small oasis of calm at the north end of town. Rooms are outstanding value for the price and those with air-con are a little larger. The bathrooms come with, wait for it, bidets. It's the best lower-midrange choice in the town itself, although it's quite a walk from the centre.


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1. Musée Cedratom

0.9 MILES

This small, three-room museum is run by the local university and features exhibits on local culture, an elephant-bird egg and other oddities, including an…

2. Mangrove Information Center

6.37 MILES

On the west side of the road, 12km north of Tuléar, a sign directs you to the Mangrove Information Center a 2-sq-km wetland complex created by Honko, a…

3. La Table

7.03 MILES

This table mountain is unmissable as you approach Tuléar down the RN7, about 10km from town. There’s a relatively easy trail to the top, which takes about…

4. Arboretum d'Antsokay

7.16 MILES

This is the one must-see attraction in Tuléar. Essentially a 400,000-sq-metre distillation of the entire spiny forest in one place, it's a fantastic…

5. Reniala Nature Reserve

15.53 MILES

This is a 0.6-sq-km spiny forest full of baobab trees and some birds. There are two circuits, one of 45 minutes to an hour and the other of 1½ to two…

6. Village des Tortues

15.56 MILES

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