Toulouse

Midi-Pyrénées

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Toulouse is the fourth city of France, but also it’s the capital of the area of Midi-Pyrénées. It is crossed by Canal du Midi and Garonne and located in the southwest of France. Benefits from a sweet moderate climate where summers are warm and dry.

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The art is present everywhere and the architecture is surprising. The city is Nicknamed “ville rose” bacause its material of construction are: the brick in terra-cotta. Toulouse is a city dynamics wich moves with its high-technology industry. The sport occupies an important place, in particular the rugby.

It’s necessary to distinguish several parts in Toulouse, in the first place there is the Roman city, then the medieval city with its ramparts and finally more recent suburbs.
Classified city of art and history, Toulouse presents a big wealth legacy with its religious buildings like the church of Jacobins. There are also numerous museums, monuments and works of art which testify of an important historic heritage. With the painting and sculpture, there is for all the tastes. You will see also, the notorious “Capitole” with its façade of brick-built stones.

The church of Saint-Sernin is an incontrovertible stage on the road of Saint Jacques de Compostelle, indeed, this church is the most magnificient of the Romanic churches restored in the world. You will live great moments, at the same time you will take advantage of numerous shows of variety, dances, music, circus, musical, sport…at Zénith of Toulouse. Zénith of Toulouse is the biggest of France (second room of france after Paris Bercy).

You will live intense moments in the museums toulousian, wher you can satisfy your curiosity.
Moreover, this magic city of light reveals another aspect at night. Indeed, there is a Plan Light inaugurated in 2004 which highlights the night-face of Toulouse as well as the beauty and the variety of the toulousian heritage.

Finally, you will discover the specialities of the toulousian gastronomy: the incontrovertible sausage of Toulouse, the crystallized of duck… A true delight for the amateurs.

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