Toulouse; Friday, 25 March, 2022
I had a smooth journey through the airport, onto the flight and across to Toulouse, with the flight landing over 30 minutes early. I managed to grab a tram into town with a few seconds to spare and was at the hotel only a little after 11am. They very kindly let me checkin exceptionally early so I was able to drop my stuff off in the room and head out into the Toulouse afternoon to explore.
I had originally had a bus tour of the city booked for 3pm, but I’d been emailed the day before to be told that due to a demonstration planned for the city they would have to move me to the 1pm tour. I’d been a bit nervous about that move as a delay on the flight could have caused problems, but in the end it turned out to be perfectly fine.
The tour, wandered round most of the main sites of the city so I was able to work out where things were that I wanted to see. The tour dropped me back off close to the hotel and the centre of the city so I was then able to go for a wander through the mostly pedestrianised heart of the city centre.
After a bit of wandering I ended up at the Cathédrale Saint-Étienne, an peculiar building that has taken shape over several centuries and architectural styles with it’s final design being a bit of a mishmash of all of them.
From the cathedral I continued on wandering, past the monument to the unknown soldier, looking just like a mini Arc de Triomph, and onto the Basilique Saint-Sernin de Toulouse. This Basilica is a very distinctive building on the city skyline with it’s multi-tiered tower looking like a gigantic wedding cake.
Having taken in the Basilica I headed back in the direction of the hotel so that I could freshen up before heading back into town a little later for dinner.
After dinner I headed back to the hotel for a well earned early night, needed as it was due to be an early start the following morning.
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