Queen's Palace in Mahajanga

A very beautiful place although couldnt enter inside because of the renovation bring down

Interesting history with travel guides just outside the gate. You cant actually go in, but still worth walking around with a guide.

It was closed

The palace isnt open for visit.They said its under renovation but didnt see any working done.The local saying it will take another 3 years.The tour guid asking for quit a lot of money to take you around the place, you can do it by your self.Nice view because its the highest point in the city.

We went there yesterday but discovered it is presently closed to the public due to renovations. However there are local guides who can give you a tour around the outside so that you can look over the fence as they recount some of the beautiful history of the palace and it’s queens and kings to you.

The place is really nice, but tis not open to tourists yet. Government employees wont let you take photos, but guides nearby will walk you around so you can see it from all angles. They expect a tip. They know 20,000 Ariyani isnt much in $ / €, so they want more, but they are nice and very helpful and the past 2 years have been tough for everyone.The walk down the path to the lake goes past some old, traditional Malagasy homes to the football stadium and lake with the WWI memorial to the Malagasy troops who fought alongside the French. Haute-Ville is just a few more minutes away.Post office there sells postcards and are helpful!

Been closed for renovation for years without end in sight. there are a lot of local "tour guides" who are not actually licensed guides who swarm up to the car as soon as you arrive then try to coerce money out of you however they can.Theyll keep telling you that they need to split the money between them and they need to save the money, wants euros or US dollars instead of the local currency (ariaryso they can get more, and its not easy to leave until you pay them A LOT more than what they should guide (based on what the hotel and local driver told me). The driver was scared to tell me that they were asking for too much since these fake local "guided" would get mad at him later.The whole country is full of people who try to trick, beg, or coerce money out of you. Beware. I wont be going back and will let my friends/family know not to visit. The lemurs are not worth with dealing with the humans there.

Not open, no photos aloud eather.

Very impressive

It was closed for renovations. Local people say the neighborhood is not safe so you have to have one of them as a guide for your safety but actually they are the dangerous ones.

Very nice place for adventurer and people who loves history and geography.

closed because of maintainsits a place u can think far.wishing will visit inside

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Not worth to go there. Agressive, drunk local "guides". Smell, making you to pay them for "guiding". That is a public place. Everybody can walk around without any guide. The palace is restricted area anyway, so you can walk just around, free without "help" of those agressive guys, ofending everybody arround, acting like wild apes.

The palace is closed for public, the neighbourhood is dangerous, smelly and full of drunk guys calling themselves "local guides". They agressive, suggesting that without their help you could have the accident or bad luck beeing robbed or atacked.

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its soo beautiful ❤️❤️

Just to let know, those complaining that foreigners pay 10.000Ariary (about 2 eurosand locals only 500.Ariary. In Europe you have rates for students and another for tourist (even free VIP pass for any reporters). Malagasy people can hardly afford this 500AR to visit a place and you guys are visiting a monument for about 2euros a lot less than you pay anywhere else. Just enjoy instead of wanting it for free. Geez...

the queen wasnt there when i went. shame

Beautiful and sadly, it wont be there for much longer

Highly recommend. We had a great guide named Martin who speaks English very well.

An amazing place! Offers the best views of Tana. Definitely catch the sunset from here. Guides are available outside and will take you for a one hour ish tour of the various palaces in the complex, the church and the memorials. Definitely worth a visit especially to see the ship shaped palace construction style.

Ita has rich history to it, when you pay you get a tour guide, they speak both english and french so that was helpful, unfortunately the place was burnt down years back and UNESCo and the government are trying to reconstruct, they say in two years it will be ip. So for now you tour tje compound and get to hear the rich history behind it. Plus the place is at the highest hill in the city so you get a view the city on each side

If youre visiting Tana, you should definitely go up to the Queens palace to learn a bit about their history and just to take in the beautiful view from up there. A local guide will help to understand the history but we brought one of our local student with us that helped explained a lot of things! Ive been there twice now and the views are still amazing everytime I go. Again, foreigners do need to pay to get in, the sign is right at the ticket booth indicating how much it is.

A potentially good attraction in the capital but sadly they have still not completed the renovation to the main palace after the fire. From history I understood that they did receive a good financial aid to get it done but seems that half the aid has not been put to good use. Becareful of the so called guides at the entrance, they will insist that you need an official guide to visit but this is not true. There is no clear entrance fees posted but upon reading online I understood is 10000MAG but they will insist you pay 20000MAG for their service and entrance. I insisted on not having a guide and when I paid the lady in the ticket office I did not even get a ticket or receipt. I am sure she and those guides will pocket the money themselves. For me I just wanted to visit the place and have a nice view of the city.

Little displays to understand history and architecture, totally relying on local "volunteers" to give info. View of the city impressive but leaves to be desired on the history side of things.

Beautiful historical tourism in Madagascar..so lovely with kind tour guide.

Very nice place, and I different in Tana.Beautiful history between his walls

Good view and good place to learn the history of Madagascar. guide obligatoire.

This is a must-go site for every newcomer in Tana. The history is so rich and the artifacts and relics are still in tact. It costs 10.000 Ariary for adult foreigners to get in, and additional 20.000 Ariary if you want to be accompanied by a local guide...which I strongly recommend. The view is also very breathtaking since you can enjoy aerial view the entire city as well as watch the sun setting. Its such an amazing site.

Its 20000Ar for foreigners and just 500Ar for local people

Not bad, but why tickets for locals cost 500 and for foreigners 10000? The price for foreigners is 20 times higher. Very strange

Worth the entrance fee and the fee for the tour guide. It is not possible to go into the palace because it burned down 1995. But the look over the city is gorgeous.

Guides are extremely aggressive. Try to triple the entrance fee. Hard to go unless you are Malagasy or part of a tour.

A historical trip back to the 16th, 17th and 18th century kingdoms of Madagascar. This preserved history including a temple that has been restored from fire is a beautiful sight for tourists to Madagascar.

The Queens Palace seems to be one of the few historical things available in Antananarivo at this time. The site is small but a worthwhile introduction to the history of Madagascar. We hired a guide, Florida, at the gate and the 20,000A on top of the 10,000A/ person gate fee was well worth it for his knowledge. It is also a good spot to see the city view. We had an excellent lunch just outside the gate at Le Grill de Rova, then met Florida again for a quick tour of the Prime Ministers palace nearby.

Well preserved, great place for tourists in the area, lots of information from the guides around

Well its burned down and ruinus. We were forced to hire a guide told it was mandatory. And the tour was not that interesting.

The palace is being reconstructed, the actual Palace was destroyed in fire in 1996. Good to capture scenic view of Antananarivo & gain a bit knowledge about the city.

Its nice and good design in top of the city.

Small museum with a few items from the palace that burned down

nothing special and expensive for what you see.

I saw the palace but, wheres the queen?

I didnt expect anything and still I was disappointed. You cant really see the palace well from the neighbourhood, if you are not willing to pay 20000 Ar to let you go to the courtyard to see the empty building closer and another sum to let you in.

Must visit place if go Madagascar...

Cool history. Would love to see it restored.

Its okay... if youre into old kings and ruins I guess. The view is the only reason to go in my opinion. You also need to hire a local guide at the entrance which is 20,000 AR + admission fee.

Nice quiet place with stunnig view on the city. Like everywhere in Madagaskar`s turist places you have to pay for entrance and for a guide and sometimes even twice.

Ive visited this palace very often