Toulouse; Sunday, 27 March, 2022

I managed to have a bit of a lie in and a late breakfast, so it was already gone 11am by the time I left the hotel and headed over to the Capitol – one of the largest squares in the city, and the starting point for the Petit Train, land train, that runs two different routes round the city centre. I was at the square in time for the Canal tour which was due to leave at 11:30 and only runs a couple of times a day.

The tour focuses on the south and east of the city centre, including the impressive Canal du Midi and the Canal de Brienne, which along with the River Garonne help to create a link from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean right through the heart of Southern France. The tour dropped me back off in the Capitol square, so I grabbed a quick lunch there and then headed back over to the Canal du Midi.

I had a canal tour booked for the afternoon so I headed over to the Canal port in the centre of the city to pick this up. The two hour cruise headed south out of the city centre, over the motorway and started into the countryside around the city before it turned around to make the return journey back into the city.

Tour completed I walked back across town to the Capitol and was in time to pick up the last Petit Train tour of the afternoon, this time the Cathedrals tour that headed towards the North and West of the old town centre.

Back in the Capitol and I headed back to the hotel to freshen up before heading out a little later to go for a wander along the riverside at sunset, ablet to take in some stunning views of the city with the orange glow of the setting sun creating beautiful shadows.

By the time I finished walking I was quite a way from the city centre, but thankfully relatively close to a metro station so I was able to hop on the metro back to Capitol where I stopped for a well deserved dinner before heading back to the hotel.