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Tulear's colonial style buildings, grand lanes and many multi-coloured [[rickshaw]]s leaves a lasting impression on its visitors. Since locals prefer rickshaw transport, there aren't many motorised regular taxis and less number of motorised cars , at least not in comparison to other cities of a similar size, which makes Tulear an unusually quite and clean air unpolluted city location, well worth staying and exploring for a few couple of days.
While Tulear itself is missing a perfect beachfor swimming, [[Playa de la Batterie]] (close to the light tower), located approximately 4-kilometre walk north of town across some salt-production fields, may be worth visiting if not only for its large and beautiful sand dunes.
Other nearby attractions suitable for day-excursions include the botanical park of [http://www.antsokayarboretum.org l'Arboretum d'Antsokay] (or Antsokay Arboretum) and the viewpoint from the table mountain 12km south east of Tulear and the [[Reniala Nature Reserve]] - a 45 hectare nature reserve 27km north of Tulear.