Three visits of Toulouse

of 2h15mn

for € 145 per group.

A sightseeing tour of Toulouse with your coach and a visit by foot

€ 145

Description of the visit

• A complete circuit with your coach: the Matabiau train station, the Canal du Midi, the grand boulevards of the 19^th century, the Esquirol square, the banks of the Garonne River, the Pont Neuf (the old New Bridge) the Hall of Justice, the area of the Gardens, the War Memorial, the St Etienne Cathedral, the Augustins Museum…
• During this visit, the group comes off the coach to discover two exceptional sites that are not accessible by motorized vehicle: the St Sernin Basilica (without visit to the Crypt) and the famous Capitole and its Henry the 4^th courtyard and Dungeon (outside view)

Supplementary fees

There are no supplementary fees necessary for this visit.

Visit 2 - 2h15

Toulouse by foot

€ 145

There are four monuments on this program:

• visit of the Capitole with the Henry the 4^th courtyard, the Dungeon (exterior view), the reception rooms of the City Hall (if open), the Marriage room called the Room of the Illustrated Ones. The visit continues on the Capitole square, then stops in front of the church of Our Lady of the Bull.
• visit to the St Sernin Basilica, the largest Romanesque church in France (no crypt visit).
• visit to the Jacobins church, an astounding fully painted Southern Gothic church which houses the famous “palmtree” column as well as the remains of St Thomas d’Aquinas.
• visit to the two interior courtyards of the Bernuy Mansion, a superb Renaissance house of the 16^th century built by a man who made his fortune in the Pastel trade.

Option

If you wish, you can plan a visit to either the Crypt of St Sernin Basilica (fee € 1 per person) or the cloister of the Jacobins Church (fee € 1.5 per person). These are free to all on the first Sunday of each month.

Visit 3 - 2h15

The Pastel mansions

€ 145

• This itinerary allows you to discover many of the inside courtyards hidden behind the facades of the Gothic and Renaissance mansions of Toulouse. This fascinating visit gives an insight into the different modes of construction of the past, as well as a look at the materials that were used. It also explains how fortunes were made from the pastel plant, used for the famous royal blue dye between the years 1460 and 1560.

• Among the courtyards to be seen are; the Bernuy Mansion, the Hotel Assezat, the Delpech Mansion, the Brucelles Mansion, the Boysson Mansion.
  

• Finally, the visit to the Delfau Mansion allows you to discover what is still produced with the famous blue dye pastel.

Please note

• The itinerary of this visit and the courtyards that are visitable are subject to change. We try to assure the visit to all the interior courtyards on our itinerary by contacting the owners in advance.
• If possible, do not plan this visit for a Sunday since the majority of the courtyards are not accessible.
• The Delfau mansion is closed on Sundays and Mondays.

Supplementary fees

There are no supplementary fees necessary for this visit.

The meeting place with the guide

For each visit, we will decide together with you, and based on your needs, where the best place would be to begin the visit: the guide can either wait for or join up with the group.

• At the group’s hotel if it is in the city  center
• At a restaurant if it is in the city center
• In front of the Matabiau train station if a sightseeing coach tour of the city is on the program
• In the city center at a location that is practical for the group.

Number of guides

The rates that we indicate are for a sole guide. If you wish, you may choose to have two or three guides in order to create smaller groups. The rate for the visit would then be multiplied by the number of groups you have planned on.

Please note that for the visits of Toulouse which are entirely by foot, we limit the number of participants to 50 for each guide retained. For more than 50 people, a second guide is necessary.

Our rates

The rates indicated for each visit are valid all year, including Sunday and most official holidays.

 There are only three dates that require a double rate: New Year’s Day, the first of May and the 25^th of December.