Toulouse - Got the lowdown?

LegacyUser

A few of us are heading to Toulouse for the weekend in mid-May, and if anyone has been out there, or has any info about the city that you won't find in the Lonely Planet(!), post away....

chump

I've been

A few things, research accomodation lots, I've stayed in about 4 different hotels over there, price does not equal quality. Recommend you stay in ... ahhh I forget the name of it. Oh the Ibis across from the train station is good. Close to city centre, decent value, alright quality (& quiet).

Book direct with the hotel whoever you choose, you'll even find if you go (when the place isn't so busy, no rugby mates) you can get great bargains just walking into a hotel the day you arrive.

The nitelife is a different story than here. Their bars/pubs are cafe style, although there are a few nice pubs, 1 of 2 irish ones you can't miss near the centre. Prices are more expensive than dublin but supermarket stuff is dirt cheap. Cans of stella for 80cent compared to 2euro here.

Niteclubs are huge venues in the outskirts, people arrive at them at 2-3, and leave 6-7am. They are Ibiza style places that can holds thousands. You'll need to be brave to go to one of these, taxi there will be fine, taxi out (if you leave early) will take longer to get.

There is the nicest restuarant in the centre (well along the main through-city road), it's a steak house, but not as you know it. All they serve is steak and chips, the place has non-stop people going thru it, and even steak haters will die for this stuff. You've never tasted anything as good. It's called the Entrecoat. And I'm not joking.

There are some lovely chinnese restaurants, and a few excellent pizza spots, although there are also a rake of crappy places. Dublin city centre has some excellent restaurants, we're spoilt in comparison to some of the turd in foreign countries, so beware. But if you can spot the good uns, you're sorted.

Great spot for a w/e...

Oh and do make sure you get a place in the city, know some folk who booked on the net someplace in the outskirts, as expensive yet they had to get taxis everywhere...

Overflow

Personally i thought the place was a dump, but thats just my opinion.

jetsonx

OP, I have to agree with Overflow , been there twice - not great at all. people there absolutely suck (compared to other regions in France) and atmostphere is just there is just dull....nice city architecturally, infrastructure and all that but would not go back.