Introduction
Toulouse is a city in the southwest of France, located in the Midi-Pyrénées along the Garonne river. It is the fifth largest city in France, after Paris, Lille, Marseille and Nice and has roughly 1.1 million inhabitants.
Weather
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg Max | 9.4 °C | 11.2 °C | 14 °C | 16.2 °C | 20.5 °C | 24.2 °C | 27.6 °C | 27.5 °C | 24.2 °C | 18.9 °C | 13 °C | 10.1 °C |
| Avg Min | 2.2 °C | 3.2 °C | 4.5 °C | 6.5 °C | 10.3 °C | 13.3 °C | 15.7 °C | 15.9 °C | 12.9 °C | 9.6 °C | 5.2 °C | 3.3 °C |
| Rainfall | 51.7 mm | 51.3 mm | 53.8 mm | 66.8 mm | 77.2 mm | 64.4 mm | 45.4 mm | 50.5 mm | 52.2 mm | 52.3 mm | 50.7 mm | 52.2 mm |
| Rain Days | 9.6 | 9 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 8 | 8.7 | 8.5 |
Getting There
By Plane
Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) is located about 6 kilometres from the city. About 30 airlines serve Toulouse directly, with destinations including Algiers, Düsseldorf, Dublin, Reunion, Lyon, Paris, Nice, Corsica, Lille, Marseille, Milan, Rome, Malta, Montreal, Geneva, London, Brussels, Madrid, Hamburg, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Belfast, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Casablanca, Marrakech, Munich and Tunis, among a few other places.
To/from the airport
Shuttle buses to Toulouse city centre take approximately 20 minutes to complete the trip and they stop en route at Compans Caffarelli and Jeanne d'Arc (both on Metro Line B), Jean Jaurès (Metro Line A and B) and at Toulouse-Matabiau railway station. Taxis cost approximately €22 to Toulouse city centre one-way. 2 daily coach services connect Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Andorra as that country does not have a commercial airport.
Sleep
| Property | Address | Type | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appart Hotel du Parc | Allée de Charlary | Hotel | 83 |
| Arnaud Bernard Hotel | 33 rue de la Chaine Place des Tiercerettes | Hotel | 76 |
| Garden Hotel | 81 Boulevard Koenigs | Hotel | 86 |
| Hôtel Alizé | 17 Rue Baqué | Hotel | 82 |
| Hotel Chez Tony | 75 Rue De La Glaciere | Hotel | 79 |
| Hotel des Ambassadeurs | 68, Rue Bayard | Hotel | 82 |
| Nouvel Horizon | 298 avenue de Grande Bretagne | Apartment | 78 |
| Hotel des Beaux Arts | 1 place du Pont Neuf | Hotel | - |
| Privilège Hotel Mermoz | Rue Matabiau | Hotel | - |
| Hôtel Résidence Les Pins Galants Toulouse-Tournefe | 137 route de Tarbes | Hotel | - |
| Privilège Appart-hotel Saint-Exupery | 10 rue Lafon | Hotel | - |
| Kyriad Toulouse Centre | 5 Boulevard de la gare | Hotel | - |
| La petite auberge de Saint-Sernin | 17 rue d Embarthe | HOSTEL | 83 |
| Residence les Ondes-Saint Lys | 1 Rue de ondes Route de Toulouse | Hotel | - |
| Comfort Hotel Toulouse Sud | 5,avenue des Crêtes RN113 | Hotel | 85 |
| Hotel Anatole France | 46 Place Anatole France | Hotel | - |
| InToulouse | 1, impasse du professeur Nougayrol 31100 Toulouse | HOSTEL | 86 |
| Ad Cyber Hotel | Avenue de Saint-Caprais - 31240 L'UNION | HOTEL | - |
| Villa Leopoldine | 29, rue Gambetta - 31330 Grenade | GUESTHOUSE | - |
| La Villa Les Pins | 1660 Route de Bouloc D30 Vacquiers | GUESTHOUSE | - |
| Maison d'hôte Anjali | 86 Grande rue St-Michel | GUESTHOUSE | - |
| Bastide de Lassalle | A Lassalle Montegut | GUESTHOUSE | - |
| Le Cousture Hotel | 40 Boulevard Lazare Carnot | HOTEL | - |
Keep Connected
Phone
See also International Telephone Calls
Post
La Poste in France is also referred to as the PTT (short for postes, télégraphes et téléphones). The mailboxes are painted bright yellow and often there is a slot for local city mail and another slot for "outside mail". Normally there is a queue in the post office, but most of the post offices have the self service machine installed which is quite easy to operate. Nowadays many of the tabac and even some of the souvenir shops also sell postage stamps. Normally an overseas postcard costs almost as much as sending a letter.
Post offices are generally open from 8:00am to 7:00pm Monday through Friday, and 8:00am to noon on Saturdays. Apart from the basic job of mailing letters, most of the post offices do some banking activities also and some even have photocopy machines and cyber cafes for internet access.
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