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 Sarrant at 45 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);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Toulouse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Toulouse
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Garonne and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Toulouse.
Note that all distances from Toulouse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Toulouse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Toulouse (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Midi-Pyrenees and Haute-Garonne gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Toulouse and wondering what to do next!
- '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) :
Map of places to visit near Toulouse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Toulouse
Canton: Toulouse
Arrondissement: Toulouse
Department: Haute-Garonne
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 31000
Distance to Toulouse
from Toulouse: 0 km
from Paris: 588 km
from Calais: 817 km
from Nice: 469 km
from Bordeaux: 211 km
from Strasbourg: 736 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Toulouse): Balma, Blagnac and Canal du Midi.
Getting here
For driving distances to Toulouse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Toulouse