Toulouse

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Toulouse

La Ville Rose

Rugby Tours To Toulouse

Rugby Tours to Toulouse and capital of France’s southern Occitanie region.

Bisected by the Garonne River and sits near the Spanish border.

The 17th century Canal du Midi links the Garonne to the Mediterranean sea. It can be seen by boat, bike or on foot.

Toulouse is another big city with a rugby background. It too plays in the Top14 league.

With such stars as Yoann Maestri, Gael Fickou and Maxime Médard but it’s their list of former players, a who’s who of French Rugby.

Tour Information

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Our Popular Inclusions for a Rugby Tour to Toulouse

Attend a Rugby training session with Stade Toulousain.
Watch a Top14 fixture.
Visit the Bascilica Of Saint Michael and learn about its role in the unification of France.
Pop along to the Musée des Augustins home of the Augustine Order.
Take a moment to go see Toulouse Cathedral made from two churches Home of the Archbishop of Toulouse.
Jump on a Toulouse Sightseeing Bus Tour and save those weary feet from more walking.
The Museum Of Natural History a place of discovery over 2.5 million objects to look at.
Go back in time to the Musée Saint Raymond and see what everything is that is Roman.
Walk around the Place du Capitole the beating heart of this city.

Rugby Training with Stade Toulousian

Attend an intensive rugby training with coaches from Stade Toulousian to help you to improve with your game and skills.

The sessions here in Toulouse are very good and a lot of teams comment on how good they are.

Of course it’s all down to the coach giving the session and the Toulouse staff that do them are very good indeed.

Teams take on a lot what is taught to them and this is shown in their results when they get home, such as winning their State Championships.

It’s all down to our training sessions and the coaches we provide.

Musée des Augustines

Located within a former Augustinian monastery, this fine-arts museum spans the Roman era through to the early 20th century.

Echoing stairwells and high-vaulted chambers are part of the fun.

Artistic highlights include the French rooms with works by Delacroix, Ingres and Courbet.

Works by Toulouse-Lautrec and Monet are among the standouts from the 20th century collection.

Don’t skip the 14th-century cloister gardens, with gurning gargoyle statues that seem to pose around the courtyard.

Musee des Augustines - Rugby tours to France

Toulouse Capitole - Rugby tours to France

Place du Capitole

This is the current city hall (Hôtel de Ville) and Theatre National du Capitole orchestra and opera house.

This building is remarkable with its 8 columns of pink marble.

On façade the Henry IV courtyard the place where the Duke of Montmorency was killed.

Also the Salle des Illustre which is inspired by the Farnese Gallery in Rome.

Here the golden mouldings compete with the beauty of the paintings in the cartouches.

You also see the rooms that are dedicated to Jean-Paul Laurens, Henri Martin and Paul Gervais.

Museum Of Natural History

Discover the riches from the second biggest natural history museum in France.

Have a stroll through space and time in this guided tour among fossilised wonders, and many specimens of animals and artefacts.

Contemplate the amazing diversity of life. Adaptations in different environments and a great variety of ways of living through a unique collection of skeletons.

Learn about planet Earth’s history and its rich past and present biodiversity.

Explore the various and amazing relationships between man and nature.

Take our place among the living beings consider our interaction with the environment and the challenging issues we face today.