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Toulouse

France · Occitanie

Toulouse is a city in Southern France, the prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, 150 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea, 230 km (143 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean and 680 km (420 mi) from Paris. It is the fourth-largest city in France after Paris, Marseille, and Lyon, with 514,819 inhabitants within its municipal boundaries (2023); its metropolitan area has a population of 1,513,396 inhabitants (2022). Toulouse is the central city of one of the 22 metropolitan councils of France.

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Things to do in Toulouse

Albi, Cordes and Gaillac Day Tour from Toulouse · 8 h · from $222.64 · 4.7/5 (34 reviews)
Toulouse Food & History Tour with a Chef (in English) · 4 h · from $125.59 · 5.0/5 (651 reviews)
Guided Small Group Day Tour from Toulouse to Lourdes · 8 h · from $216.93 · 4.9/5 (8 reviews)
Aeroscopia Admission Ticket · 3 h · from $17.13 · 4.3/5 (372 reviews)
Canal du Midi guided cruise UNESCO · 1 h 30 min · from $19.41 · 3.0/5 (3 reviews)
Toulouse: Private Walking Tour of Power, Religion & Trade · 2 h · from $93.62

All experiences in Toulouse

Practical facts

Local time: UTC+1 · 7 h ahead of Costa Rica
Region: Occitanie
Main language: French
On the map: 43.60° N, 1.44° E

Near Toulouse

Carcassonne · 85 km away
Agen · 93 km away
Andorra la Vella · 122 km away
Lourdes · 133 km away
Narbonne · 134 km away
Perpignan · 156 km away

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