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Tourism Toulouse
Established By the Volques-Tectosages, Toulouse, also nick-named the "Pink Town" for the reflects of its lights on the bricks, is the 4th biggest French city. It also had two others nick-names : the "violets city" for its inceasing violet culture, and the "Mondine city", as a tribute made for the counts dinasty. On the Studies side, it has, after Paris and Montpellier, one of the France eldest university which contains more than 100.000 students.
What to do in Toulouse ?
Toulouse is mostly famous for its Capitole place. The city is also equipped by numerous prestigious cultural sites. it includes the Capitole theatre and the grand theatre in the TNT city. More recently, other sites were added to the "to visit" list : The Space City, the plant's garden museum...
Toulouse has some important museums to visit, like the "Augustins museum", the France second eldest, the museum of the old Toulouse or the Paul Dupuy museum.
Gastronomy in Toulouse
the "Midi-Pyrenees" region offers an important variety of culinary specialties. It is difficult to choose between the delicious Cassoulet, the Toulouse sausage, the excellent confit or even the steaklet of duck. On candy side, toursits have the choice between the "cararque", the "Capitole's pavement", or even the "Lajaunie catechu".
Accomodations in Toulouse
The "Pink Town" attracts each year plenty of travellers. To help you choose the best accomodation, we have selected for you some quality accomodation.
Museums and monuments to visit
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Musée du Vieux-ToulouseInstalled in a seventeenth century hotel, built by Antoine Dumay, doctor of Marguerite de Valois, the monument is housing the artistic and historic of Toulouse, patiently gathered early in the ...
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Capitole de ToulouseThe Capitol houses the city hall of Toulouse and the Capitol Theatre. Built from 1190, the building has undergone many alterations, reconstruction and adds. The remains left of the sixteenth century ...
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Basilique Saint-SerninBuilt in pink bricks and white stones, in the eleventh century, Saint-Sernin's Basilica is a masterpiece of the Romanesque art. The monument was created in order to preserve the relic of ...
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Musée des AugustinsThe Musée des Augustins (or Musée des Beaux-arts) is located in the old town of Toulouse in a remarkable monastery of the XIVth century. Created in 1793 during the French Revolution, the ...
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Château de BonreposBonrepos Castle is located in France on the town of Bonrepos-Riquet, in the Haute-Garonne department and in the Midi-Pyrenees region. It was built by Pierre-Paul Riquet. Attracted by the site, ...
A tour to discover the Haute-Garonne
- Thème : Sites and museums
- Départ : Bonrepos-riquet
- Durée : 6 jours
Haute-Garonne has beautiful scenery. You will discover during this six-day stay. You will make a safari or climb into the sky, almost.
Tourist circuit in the heart of Toulouse
- Thème : Sites and museums
- Départ : Toulouse
- Durée : 4 jours
Discover through this tour the beauty of the pink city.
Toulouse and surroundings
- Thème : Sites and museums
- Départ : Toulouse
- Durée : 6 jours
Visit Toulouse and its surroundings.
Grenade
- Thème : Sciences and discovery
- Départ : Grenade
- Durée : 4 jours
Grenade is a commune located in the Haute-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region.