Free Tour Toulouse: The essential sights and history of the Pink City

Welcome to Toulouse! Would you like to learn about the city's history while exploring its must-see monuments? Join me as we journey through more than two thousand years of history and discover how the Toulouse of the Celts became the European capital of the aerospace industry, without losing the charm that makes it unique.

We'll take a stroll, discovering the must-see sights, but also those often-overlooked details that hold some of Toulouse's most surprising stories. Because when you know a city's history, you begin to enjoy it in a completely different way.

The must-sees! The Place du Capitole , the heart of Toulouse. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry used to have coffee here, and long before him, this place witnessed the revival of the spirit of ancient Palladia Tolosa, the Roman city protected by Athena. Can you imagine a medieval city where residents gathered in popular assemblies in the style of ancient Rome?

We will follow the Camino de Santiago to the impressive Basilica of Saint-Sernin , where we will talk about pilgrims, the language of the troubadours, Occitan, and the traces left by the Spanish exile in the city.

In the Jacobin convent we will discover who the Cathars were and how southern France experienced one of the most fascinating and dramatic episodes of medieval Europe.

Then we will travel to the Renaissance to learn about the period of greatest splendor in Toulouse thanks to the trade of the famous blue gold, pastel, which filled the city with wealth and magnificent palaces.

And, between stories, we will also look up to discover some of the street art works that make Toulouse a lively city full of art.

At the end of the tour you will receive a complete PDF with my personal recommendations for restaurants, cafes, markets and cultural plans so you can continue enjoying Toulouse like a local.

My goal is not just to show you Toulouse, but to help you understand its history and essence. By the end of the tour, you'll see the city with new eyes and understand why Toulouse is known as the Pink City .

Shall we begin?

Practical information

*The morning tour ends near the restaurants I recommend for lunch.
*The 6:30 pm tour is designed to adapt to the heat, lasts only 2 hours and the visit to the monuments is external (only in the afternoon tour), so that afterwards you can visit them inside at your own pace.