ACCEPTED !

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED ! 

Typical street look in Toulouse 

This was about the time for me to have a fresh start ! So I accept Revna's challenge to make a honest tourist guide for  Toulouse! 

I am not going to trow all the places I know in once because it would be so boring so I decided to give you little hints and my first impression about this beautiful city ! 

Canal du Midi

Toulouse also called as LA VILLE ROSE is the capital city of the department of Haute-Garonne, and of the region Midi-Pyrénées, in southwestern France. Toulouse is the fourth largest in France area after Paris, Lyon and Marseille.

There is large student population in this city which makes me glad because I will be studying in University of Toulouse 2 - Jean Jaures  as psychology  student for the next 3 years. I've been here for 2 weeks now but I already had chance to visit some of the parts of the city. What I really enjoyed about visiting Toulouse was the sight seeing.

 Now let's change the topic a little and give a little look at the places ;  

Garonne

Capitol

Place Capitol ; 

This is the center of the city. The big building that you see in the picture is the heart of the administration of the  Toulouse (18th century). There are a lot of shops and cafes around this place. You can imagine this place as a square which attaches other famous streets and places all together like Place Sankt Georges etc. I think it's better for me to give a little hint about the restaurants now; just one in a time ;) 

BRASSERIE LES ARCADES

Brasserie Les Arcades is located on the Place Capitol. I think it's the second restaurant from the beginning. 

I had grilled saumon and nice glass of wine. Prices a little higher then other places around because of the tourist attraction. It's nice to have the view of the Capitol. I enjoyed the freshness of the saumon and the vegetables but if you dont want to give more then 15 Euros for a plate I recommend for you try other restaurant around. 

Adress : Place du Capitole - 31000 Toulouse

Tel : 08 99 96 91 85* 

Transport in the city ; 

Vélos : Red Bicycles around the city! 

You can use them for free (first 20 mins) then you have to pay the fee. 

Bus : There are bus to all the places around the city including airport ! (Which can be really useful for the tourists because if you take the taxi it's around 35 Euros to come to the center  )

Metro : There are two lines ( Line A and B )

Line A  : It extends from the shopping centre of Balma through Toulouse with stations at Marengo ( Which connects the SNCF railway station ) 

Capitole,Place Esquirol and University of Jean Jaures. After its final station, Basso-Cambo . 

At total 18 stops. 

Line B : Goes on Ramonville direction.

At total 20 stops. 

Tramway : Runs between Beauzelle and Toulouse-Arènes passing through Blagnac. 

To be continued...