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Price is €159 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Explore the rich history of Toulouse on this insightful walking tour, starting at the Bibliothèque d’étude et du patrimoine. Delve into how religion, education, and culture have intertwined from the Middle Ages to the modern era. Discover the city's pivotal transformation into a centre of learning, where universities flourished and access to knowledge evolved from being an elite privilege to a common good. Walk through time as you witness the development of libraries, museums, and educational institutions that shaped the community. End your journey at the Muraille de Saint Cyprien, reflecting on Toulouse's vibrant intellectual heritage.

    -Discover how power shaped Toulouse through the centuries
    -Learn about the city's history from the Middle Ages to the present day

    • Discover Toulouse's transformation into a major educational hub
    • Visit significant sites including libraries and universities along the way
      -See the Bibliothèque d’étude et du patrimoine and Muraille de Saint Cyprien

Activity location

  • Library of Studies and Heritage
    • 1 Rue de Périgord
    • 31000, Toulouse, Occitanie, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Library of Studies and Heritage
    • 1 Rue de Périgord
    • 31000, Toulouse, Occitanie, France

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Toulouse: Private Walking Tour of Power, Religion & Trade

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Price details
€159.00 x 1 Adult€159.00
Total
Price is €159.00
Until Tue, 29 Sept

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Live-tour guide
  • Exclusions
    Service charge

Know before you book

    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
    • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Toulouse (Pass by)

Meet your guide at the Bibliothèque d’étude et du patrimoine and set off on a walking tour of Toulouse. Learn how religion, education, and culture have shaped the city from the Middle Ages to the present day. Begin your journey in medieval Europe, a time when knowledge was inseparable from faith. Discover how education served religious and political purposes, particularly in regions marked by doctrinal conflict. Learn how teaching, reading, and writing were closely supervised by the Church, and how learning was transmitted through sermons, manuscripts, and ritual practices. Continue your tour and see how the emergence of universities transformed knowledge into a more structured and institutionalized activity. Find out how Toulouse became a major centre of learning, attracting students from across Europe and contributing to the training of clerics, jurists, administrators, and even future Popes.

Location

Activity location

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    Library of Studies and Heritage
    • 1 Rue de Périgord
    • 31000, Toulouse, Occitanie, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Library of Studies and Heritage
    • 1 Rue de Périgord
    • 31000, Toulouse, Occitanie, France

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