Toulouse – a place of historic and architectural significance. Journey with us to discover the best places to visit and find yourself.

Tolosa, the capital of the region of the language-Rossiglione-Midi-Pyrenei, in southern France, is crossed by the Garonna river and is located near the Spanish border.

The city is also known as “La Ville Rose” (the pink city) due to the terracotta bricks used in the construction of many of its buildings.

The canal du Midi, from the seventeenth century, connects the Garonna to the Mediterranean, and can be traveled by boat, by bicycle or on foot.

Toulouse has many museums, the most important of which are:

Musée des Augustins is the fine arts museum of Toulouse, it is located in the former Augustinian convent.
Bemberg Foundation, housed in the Hôtel d’Assézat, presents to the public one of the major private collections of art in Europe.
Musée Saint-Raymond is the archeological museum of Toulouse, located in a former college of the university it presents the ancient history of Toulouse and a very rich collection of Roman sculptures from the imperial Roman villa of Chiragan.
Musée Paul Dupuy is the museum of Decorative Arts and Graphic Arts, including a very rich collection of clocks and watches.
Musée Georges Labit is dedicated to artifacts from the Far-Eastern and Ancient Egyptian civilizations.
Muséum de Toulouse is one of the most important natural history museums in France, housed in the former convent of the Discalced Carmelites.
Les Abattoirs is the museum of modern and contemporary art of the city, opened in a former municipal slaughterhouse.

Toulouse also has several theme parks, notably highlighting its aeronautical and space heritage:

Cité de l’espace is a scientific discovery centre focused on spaceflight.
Aeroscopia is an aeronautical theme park located near Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, dedicated to the preservation of aeronautical historical heritage (it hosts for example two Concorde airliners).
L’Envol des pionniers is a museum that traces the great adventure of l’Aéropostale, a pioneering airmail company based in Toulouse which operated between France and South America from 1918 to 1933, and employed legendary pilots such as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Jean Mermoz or Henri Guillaumet…
Halle de La Machine is a vast hall that houses numerous small or giant animated machines, often inspired by the world of aeronautics, human or technological epics.