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Toulouse travel guide

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Visit Toulouse: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Toulouse is situated in the Haute-Garonne department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Haute-Garonne department. (General information: Toulouse is 588 km from Paris and 817 km from the port at Calais).

For a detailed travel guide see Toulouse (page also includes a photo gallery for Toulouse)

Popular places to visit near Toulouse: these include Carbonne at 39 km and Montauban at 47 km. Jardin Royal de Toulouse is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 1km and Canal du Midi is a listed 'heritage site' at 2km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Toulouse: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; Toulouse has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);

Selected places to visit and attractions near Toulouse, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

Carbonne 39km

Montauban 47km

Revel 48km

Gaillac 49km

Things to see in Toulouse and nearby

Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Toulouse

'Remarkable gardens': Jardin Royal de Toulouse (1km) : Parc du château de Merville (18km) : Jardin et parc du château de Larra (23km) : Jardin et parc du château de Loubens (28km) : Jardin des Martels (32km) :
Heritage Sites: Canal du Midi (2km) :
Towns of Art and History: Montauban (47km) :
Recommended Detour Town: Revel (48km) : Gaillac (49km) :