The Great Reef
It would be more accurate to describe this place as a work of art that you stay in rather than an arty guesthouse. The work of Bruno Decorte (a Frenchman…
Must-see hotels in The Great Reef
The Great Reef
This creative burst of liberal personality is one of the best hotels south of Tana, and it just keeps getting better. Dario and Valerio, the young Italian…
The Great Reef
Le Domaine d’Ambola is one of those special places that lingers in the mind for its serenity – you know you're somewhere special when a place lists its…
The Great Reef
This is the premier resort along the Southern Reef. It’s not that any of the elements are unique, but each one is carried off to perfection. The bungalows…
The Great Reef
Now here's something special. Designed in part by Bruno Decorte of Bakuka in Tuléar, and opened in earnest in 2019, Olo Be has stunning rooms, all lovely…
The Great Reef
Perched high on sand dunes looking out over a turquoise sea along an otherwise-deserted stretch of coast around 10km north of Ankasy, Five Senses is a…
Ifaty & Mangily
This place caters mostly to divers, but offers comfortable bungalows climbing up through the trees from the beach, a small swimming pool and an excellent…
The Great Reef
This excellent place is filled with light and the bungalows are all dressed in white, and are spacious with subtle but discernible charm. The views are…
The Great Reef
Down the coast, 16km from town and 11km from the airport, lies this interesting ecolodge. Located in the mangroves, it has everything from budget…
Ifaty & Mangily
Easily the pick of Mangily's midrange options, Sur la Plage has tidy, colourful, if simple bungalows that are kept sparkling clean – they're actually just…
The Great Reef
This charming beachside maison d'hôte (gueshouse) is warm and welcoming. The large, spotless rooms are outstanding and look like they've been freshly…
The Great Reef
This resort sits high on a sandy headland, affording spectacular 270-degree views from the restaurant (mains Ar40,000), taking in a broad turquoise lagoon…
The Great Reef
The bungalows at the Arboretum d'Antsokay, 12km east of the city, represent fabulous value as long you don't need to be in town. The superior bungalows…
The Great Reef
With massive (100 sq metre) high-end bungalows, on a broad, beautiful 1.3km of private beach, the family-friendly Ankasy Lodge is terrific. Food is…
Ifaty & Mangily
This high-end property has a magnificent thatched-roof lodge for eating and pretty bungalows made of locally quarried stone. The villas get the beach…
Ifaty & Mangily
This luxury, but attractively priced Ifaty property has a tropical-jungle lobby that opens onto a sea-facing courtyard dining room and a shimmering…
The Great Reef
Located between two fishing villages, this resort offers some neat circular bungalows strung along an elegant arc of beach. The rooms are fine, if…
The Great Reef
Three cheers for the best entrance to a lodge on this coast: you arrive by pirogue on the resort’s little white powder beach and sink your toes in the…
The Great Reef
‘Upscale beach shack’ sounds like a contradiction in terms, but this place manages to pull it off. The family versions are claustrophobic, but the doubles…
The Great Reef
It may be close to the taxi-brousse station, but Chez Alain has a quiet garden area sheltered from the surrounding clamour. The simplest rooms are basic…
The Great Reef
Laguna Blu is an excellent Andavadoaka choice, blissfully isolated and with good if unexciting-for-the-price beachfront bungalows. For a long time, it…
The Great Reef
A secluded location overlooking the spiny forest to Nosy Ve, a private stretch of beach, wooden bungalows discreetly hidden in the dunes with hammocks and…
The Great Reef
The rooms here are attractive and wonderfully central – the newer, more expensive doubles on the 2nd floor are worth the extra price and most have views…
The Great Reef
Lots of nice touches set these beach bungalows apart from the crowd, including stone steps, drapes, shady terraces and well-appointed bathrooms with…
The Great Reef
This old Tuléar stalwart has rather attractive rooms arrayed around a large garden and set back from the road at the eastern entrance to town. The rooms…
The Great Reef
Choose from simple six-bed bunk dorms or an expansive suite with a shaded terrace overlooking the beach. There's something for everyone at this lodge…
Ifaty & Mangily
This classic Mangily bungalow village is more village than garden, but the whitewashed bungalows are tidy and tumble down the hill to an OK beach.
The Great Reef
At the eastern end of town, Chez Laurette has excellent rooms, all arrayed around a pretty, shaded garden.
The Great Reef
This laid-back and genial guesthouse is your best budget option; most nights there are more Malagasy guests than foreigners. The simple rooms in the…
The Great Reef
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…
The Great Reef
This hotel is aptly named, as it overlooks the sea, with a panoramic view of the fishermen’s village shared by rooms, restaurant and bungalows alike. The…
The Great Reef
This outpost of a Tuléar hotel has great potential but lacks warmth and a little greenery. The rooms are excellent for the price, and the beach is right…
The Great Reef
These very basic bungalows that seem to lean into the wind support many Blue Ventures personnel and are the only near-budget accommodation around. Coco…
The Great Reef
Run by Bernard, Marie and Johana, Chez Bernard has some decent accommodation with wooden rooms and bungalows just back from the beach. It's slightly…
The Great Reef
Longomamy is perched at the end of the Onilahy River, where local fishers practice their timeless rhythm. It's a place where hours slip past unnoticed…
The Great Reef
The Pirogue d’Or has big rooms right by the sea, but they're pretty bare, dark and careworn these days; mattresses aren't the most comfortable. The bar…
The Great Reef
The simple whitewashed rooms at this friendly maison d'hôte (guesthouse) have mosquito nets and private bathrooms; the bungalows have shared facilities…
The Great Reef
For the closest Sarodrano comes to midrange accommodation, try this place, which appears on the right side of the road just before the peninsula. Putting…
Ifaty & Mangily
Auberge'In is located 100m from the beach, but manages to be among the best budget options in Mangily anyway. The dirt-cheap country bungalows with…
The Great Reef
With its oceanfront setting, pool, good restaurant and well-appointed rooms, the Hyppocampo is the high end of in-town accommodation, although we reckon…
