Citea Toulouse, Toulouse

Advantages: Informative, fun exciting for all ages
Disadvantages: trnaslator batteries, food prices, not enough time to see and do everything!

...A few years ago my mother-in-law bought a plot of land in the south of France with the intention of building a house to live in. That was the summer of 1998. That Christmas, my husband and I went to visit and we crammed as many wonderful places into our week holiday as possible. One place in particular was fascinating. This place was le city de l’espace, Toulouse. (Space City for anyone not up on the French lingo!) It was a relatively new attraction when we visited – less than a year since first opening. It was a huge place with outdoor and indoor attractions. As it was the middle of winter (and even the south of France has a winter!) we decided to get the outdoor bit over and done with first as it was very cold and windy although the sky was clear and blue and the sun was shining. There was plenty to see and do... Read review

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Advantages: Not very crowded
Disadvantages: Expensive

...Toulouse is a beautiful old city in the South of France that is sometimes overlooked by most travellers. It has beautiful architecture, interesting museums, fantastic restaurants and a lovely large park right in the centre. The people are friendly and helpful to tourists (in particular when using public transport – all the announcements are in French and my French isn’t that good, it takes me a while to understand it!!). Public transport into and around the city is fairly cheap (depends where you are travelling from), and reliable. I would say that you could enjoy a city break in Toulouse of a couple of days, particularly in you where then travelling on the Dordogne or the Pyrennes.... Read review

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Advantages: A place to share with friends.
Disadvantages: None.

...La Ville Rose means the pink city, which seems rather a strange name for people to give to a vast city in the South of France, although there is good reason. When you look over the bridges towards the centre of Toulouse, all of the buildings that form the historic centre of this great city appear to be pink. This is one of France's huge cities with over 600,000 inhabitants, and when I visited last year, I was amazed at the activity, because I live in a small community of 400 people, and to me, this was enormous. I stayed near the centre of Toulouse with a friend, and in this particular area, the parks are amazing. There are roads leading off in all directions, but the people in the parks do not have to be concerned with the hustle bustle of city life, because parks are joined to one another with bridges that cross these major roads... Read review

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