Musee des Augustins, Toulouse

Advantages: Cosmoplitan Atmosphere, Excellent Restaraunts
Disadvantages: None

...Toulouse is a wonderful City that is often missed by the traveller. It is used by many skiers during the winter as a transit point for the Pyrenees or Andora. The city is a true contrast between ancient and modern. The ancient being the old town full of wonderful museums and quaint resturaunts. The modern being the new developments associated with the new industries moving into Toulouse mainly attracted by the presence of the Airbus Industrie facility. Toulouse is now one of the major centres of the European Aircraft Industry and as a result has quite a cosmopolitan flavour. I can highly recommend it as European destination for a short (or long) break.... Read review

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Advantages: very pretty, 'different', good nightlife
Disadvantages: expensive, locals not too friendly

...off 'La Capitole' (the main square), where we went for many a 'pomme saladaise' (basically potato salad but being French they garnish it with a bit of parsley and hey presto you have a posh French dish! The local speciality I thought was disgusting but then I didn't like many of the ingredients - it is of course cassoulet - a cumbersome mixture of Toulouse sausages with chickpeas and some other gunk. Most of the bars I went to are probably different now, but there are lots of good ones centred round the streets of 'La Capitole'. I especially remember 'Le cafe des Artistes' - very popular with Erasmus students, relatively cheap and with a good view of the river if you sit outside. I've been told that's still doing well... Things to see include: the old monastry, lots of churches, museums etc but most of all Toulouse like so many places... 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

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful