Cycling in Toulouse
“The Toulouse City Council works to promote the use of bicycles in the city, and to make cycling safer and more spontaneous.” So it says on the city’s website. In Read More …
Category: France
To and from Toulouse by train
My train from Paris to Toulouse was a TGV (= Train of Great Speed), leaving the station Paris-Montparnasse at 12:28 and arriving Toulouse-Matabiau five and a half hours later, at Read More …
The arrival of the wounded, 1914
Thanks to its location in the south-west of France, Toulouse was far removed from the battlefields of the First World War, still known today in France as The Great War. Read More …
Bookshops in Toulouse
At 3 rue du Taur, just off of Place du Capitole, there is a Gibert Joseph bookshop. This is one of a chain of bookshops that can be found in Read More …
The Garonne River in Toulouse
A pleasant thing to do in Toulouse is to take a cruise on the Garonne River — even though there is hardly anything to see from the boat. The boats Read More …
First guided walking tour of Toulouse
In Toulouse I went on two guided walking tours on two consecutive days. Both were organized by the city tourist office. The normal cost was listed as € 9.50 per Read More …
Second guided walking tour of Toulouse
My second guided walking tour was called “Grand Monuments of Toulouse” and was again organized by the city tourist office. I was pleased to find that we again had the Read More …
Art museum in the Augustinian Convent
This major art museum in Toulouse was founded during the French Revolution and is still located in the old Augustinian Convent, which was constructed beginning in the fourteenth century. By Read More …
Bilingual street signs in Toulouse
The streets in Toulouse have signs in two languages, first French and then Occitan, the traditional language of southern France. Like other regional languages in France, Occitan was long suppressed, Read More …
Vauban and the Canal du Midi
When you come out of the Toulouse-Matabiau railway station, the first thing you see is the Canal du Midi — unless you just cross the bridge without even noticing it. Read More …