Especially popular is the Place du Capitole, the large city hall square surrounded by restaurants and cafes with outdoor terraces. For a taste of local production, try wine from the Fronton ...

Spend time at the Place du Capitole with cafés, bars and the 12th-century City Hall. Pop in (free, closed on Saturdays) and feast your eyes on ten huge canvasses by Henri Martin, the impressionist.

£35 Hôtel du Taur, 2 rue du Taur (00 33 561 211754, www.hotel-du-taur.com). With bright bedrooms and friendly staff, the hotel is reached by winding stairs taking you up above the place du Capitole.

Other things to do in Toulouse Architecturally and visually, Toulouse is an Instagram-lovers dream. The Place du Capitole, mentioned above, is the heart of the city and a good starting out point ...

Place du Capitole square is Toulouse’s focal point. It’s where you’ll find bars and restaurants spilling over its perimeter, markets at the weekends, tango dancing on Sundays if you’re ...

From the neo-classical Le Capitole de Toulouse at the heart of the city and its surrounding Place du Capitole, to the churches of Couvent des Jacobins and Notre Dame de Daurade, there’s no ...