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Tulear's colonial style buildings, grand lanes and innumerable multi-coloured [[rickshaw]]s make a lasting impression on its visitors. In this almost always sunny town the locals prefer rickshaw transport over other transport options, as such, there are not many regular taxis or motorised cars in comparison to other cities of similar size and there are certainly no traffic jams. The result is an unusually unpolluted city well worth exploring for a couple of days.
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While Tulear itself is missing a perfect swimming beach, [[Playa de la Batterie]] (close to the light tower), is located an approximately 4-kilometre rickshaw plus a walk way north of town across some salt-production fields, may be worth visiting if not only for its scenery of large . Large and beautiful sand dunes, nice scenery.
Other nearby out-of-town 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 . Also well-worth visiting is the [[Reniala Nature Reserve]] - a 45 hectare nature reserve 27km north of Tulear. The perfect Many beautiful beaches can be found either further north of Tulear, at [[Ifaty]], [[Madiorano]], [[Salary]] and [[Andavadoaka]], or to the south, at [[St. Augustin Bay]], [[Sarodrano]], [[Beheloka]], [[Itampolo]] and [[Anakao]]. For tourists, Tulear is usually a gateway to one of these destinations.
Tulear is the final city along RN7 (National Road 7), which is a tarred road in very good condition starting in [[Antananarivo]]. Drivers choosing this route will many of Madagascar's attractions, such as [[Fianarantsoa]], [[Isalo|Isalo National Park]] and the sapphire boomtown [[Ilakaka]].
A local airport connects Tulear with [[Antananarivo]], [[Morondava]] and [[Fort Dauphin]] with daily scheduled [[Air Madagascar]] flights.