At present Madagascar numbers 20 Regional offices affiliated to the National Office. Their distribution may coincide with administrative regions but this is not a rule : some key-spots of tourism like Nosy Be or Sainte Marie have their own Offices, others may be created according to the same criteria to promote them...
Antananarivo is one of the most picturesque capitals in the world thanks to its relief and history. Built like all fortresses on a hilltop, it spread to the neighbouring knolls, invested the slopes and transformed the marshes below.
170 km from Antananarivo along the RN7,,Antsirabe, the capital of Vakinankaratra is a spa town surrounded by volcanic mountains which benefits from a particularly vivifying climate.
At the extreme north of the Great Island, Diégo Suarez is situated in an exceptional site, at the bottom of a real internal sea formed by the Bays of the French, of Thunder, of White stones and by the Gallois cul de sac.
Fianarantsoa is often referred to as the twin sister of Antananarivo. Like the capital, it has its Lake Anosy, a railway line going to the east coast, hills and an Old City, the Tanana Ambony whose construction started in 1830.
Mahajanga, the second port of Madagascar, settled at the mouth of the Betsiboka reddened by alluvial deposits. In this « City of Flowers » whose origin is lost in innumerable legends, indo-arabic influence left its imprints such as houses built in cube or finely carved doors.
OFFICE NATIONAL DU TOURISME DE MADAGASCAR
3, rue Elysée Ravelontsalama - Ambatomena
101- Antananarivo
