Notre-Dame Du Taur

Notre-Dame du Taur is a church on Rue du Taur, the straight, shop-lined street that runs from Place du Capitole to the Basilique Saint-Sernin in Toulouse, the pink-brick city on the Garonne in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. The street is one of the most walked in the historic center, and the church sits directly on the path visitors naturally follow between two of the city's landmark buildings. This guide from Toulouse Travel Guide explains what the church is, how to reach it, what to see around it, and how to plan the surrounding half-day.

What Is Notre-Dame Du Taur In Toulouse?

Notre-Dame du Taur is a church on Rue du Taur in central Toulouse standing on the walking route between Place du Capitole and the Basilique Saint-Sernin. The street takes its name from the bull, and the church gives the street its most recognized landmark between the two larger monuments that anchor either end of it.

The Basilique Saint-Sernin, at the top end of the street, is the major stop on the Via Tolosana pilgrim route and has been listed since 1998 as part of the "Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France" UNESCO property, inscribed that year. The Capitole, at the bottom end, houses the city hall and the theater on Place du Capitole, the square that also hosts the Christmas market from 26 November to 27 December 2026. Notre-Dame du Taur sits between them, and that position is the whole reason visitors pass its door.

Toulouse is known as La Ville Rose for its pink brick, and Rue du Taur is one of the streets where that nickname reads most literally. The church's brick facade matches the street's walls, and the walk from the Capitole to Saint-Sernin passes nothing that could be mistaken for any other French city. The commune of Toulouse counted 514,819 inhabitants at the last INSEE figure, and the historic center where the church stands remains compact enough to cross on foot.

The church is small relative to its neighbors, which works in its favor for a walking itinerary. You do not plan a morning around it. You plan a morning around the Basilique Saint-Sernin and the Capitole, and Notre-Dame du Taur is the stop that fills the fifteen minutes in between. Visitors coming from the Garonne riverside or the Pont Neuf reach the street by walking northeast from the river through the old streets.

Where Is Notre-Dame Du Taur And How Do You Get There?

Notre-Dame du Taur is in Toulouse's historic center on Rue du Taur, reachable on foot from Place du Capitole in a few minutes and by metro to the Capitole station area. A single Tisseo trip costs EUR 1.90, a day pass EUR 7.20, and the airport link is the Navette, since tram T2 to the airport has been closed since 5 June 2023 until the end of 2026.

The Tisseo network's official e-boutique catalogue lists the fares that matter for this walk: a single trip at EUR 1.90, a single trip bought last-minute on board at EUR 2.50, ten trips at EUR 16.00, a day pass at EUR 7.20, and a 3-day pass at EUR 14.30. There is no 2-day pass in the catalogue. If you are staying in the center and only walking, you may not need any of these, but they are the verified numbers when you do.

From Toulouse-Blagnac airport, the verified public-transport link is the Navette aeroport, which runs one departure every 15 minutes and takes 20 to 40 minutes to the center. The tram T2 line to the airport has been closed since 5 June 2023 because of the metro Line C works and stays closed until the end of 2026, so no guide should send you to a tram platform for the airport. Line C itself, 27 km and 21 stations from Colomiers to Labege, opens at the end of 2028.

Once you are in the center, the church needs no ticket and no timetable. Rue du Taur is a pedestrian-heavy street of small shops and eateries, and the walk from Place du Capitole up to Saint-Sernin is the city's most natural sightseeing line. Visitors who prefer a vehicle can pair the walk with a sightseeing option; the listing for the city's sightseeing bus tour covers the main sights in about an hour, and the open-top minibus with audio guide runs 75 minutes, both rendered with live prices on their cards.

If you would rather have a guide on the street itself, a private must-see walking tour is the natural fit for this itinerary, since the walk between the Capitole and Saint-Sernin is exactly the corridor such tours cover.

If you would rather have a guide on the street itself, book a free walking tour here.

What Can You See Inside And Around Notre-Dame Du Taur?

Inside Notre-Dame du Taur you find a single-naved church interior far smaller than the Basilique Saint-Sernin at the top of the street, and around it the densest cluster of Toulouse sights: the Capitole, the Jacobins, the Musee des Augustins and the Victor Hugo market all sit within the same central quarter.

The church interior rewards a short, unhurried look rather than a long visit. Its scale is the point: after the tower and volume of Saint-Sernin, Notre-Dame du Taur reads as a neighborhood parish church, which is what makes the street's progression interesting. Treat the interior as a pause on the walk, not a destination with a queue.

Around it, the quarter holds most of what visitors come to Toulouse for. The Couvent des Jacobins, whose listed normal rate is EUR 5 and which is free on the first Sunday of the month except when a temporary exhibition is on, is a short walk south. The roof restoration of the Jacobins church was still under way in 2026, and the site stayed open to visitors throughout. The Musee des Augustins is also close; note its verified schedule, because the museum is temporarily closed from 21 September to 2 October 2026 for great-cloister works, and its Gothic halls, the sacristy, the Notre-Dame de Pitie hall and the chapter house, reopen on 3 October 2026 from 10:00.

The Marche Victor Hugo, the covered market that anchors the city's food culture, sits a few streets south of Rue du Taur, and the food tours that use it as their base start from the same quarter. The Notre-Dame de la Daurade church, on the river bank, hosted the opening concert of the Toulouse les Orgues festival on 7 October 2026, and the festival's 31st edition ran 7 to 18 October 2026 across multiple venues. Piano aux Jacobins ran 8 to 30 September 2026 in the Jacobins cloister.

For visitors with an interest in the aerospace side of the city, the same day can stretch toward the Aeroscopia aviation museum, whose practical page lists adult admission at EUR 16, reduced at EUR 13, an annual pass at EUR 26 and a family pass at EUR 80, open daily 9:30-18:00 with last entry at 17:00. The museum's exhibition hall is not heated or air-conditioned, which matters for planning in both summer and winter. The entry ticket product below renders its live price and rating from the operator's data.

If planes are the reason you are in Toulouse at all, the Airbus factory tours operated by Manatour carry strict conditions the operator states plainly: A350 and A321 tours of 1h30 each, adult EUR 18, reduced EUR 15, free under 6, and an original passport or ID card is required, with no photocopy or phone image accepted. Arrive early, and note that cameras and pets are not allowed.

How Much Time Should You Spend On Rue Du Taur?

Rue du Taur deserves roughly fifteen to thirty minutes as a street, with the church as a brief stop, and the full Capitole to Saint-Sernin corridor works as a half-day when you add the Jacobins, a museum and a market stop. The street is short, level and entirely walkable, so the time cost is low and the pairing options are high.

The honest way to plan it is as a spine rather than a sight. Start on Place du Capitole, walk up the street past the church, finish at the Basilique Saint-Sernin, and only then decide what to add. Visitors pairing the walk with a guided option should know the listings' own shapes: the longer highlights walk with a guide runs three hours, a figure the product cards carry. This page does not restate a product's price or rating in prose, the cards render them.

For a half-day built around the street, a workable order is: Place du Capitole, the walk up Rue du Taur with a stop at the church, the Basilique Saint-Sernin, then south to the Jacobins, and finally the Victor Hugo market for lunch. Add one museum from the table above if the weather turns, and keep the rainy day guide in mind as a fallback. The one-day itinerary covers the same corridor for visitors with less time.

What Does The Pass Tourisme Cost And Does It Help Here?

The Toulouse tourist office's Pass Tourisme costs EUR 26 for stays of one to three days, includes a free guided tour from the tourist office, and pays off from the third activity; adding EUR 10 buys ten public-transport trips. Notre-Dame du Taur itself needs no pass, but the museums around it are exactly what the pass covers.

The tourist office's Pass Tourisme page lists the normal rates the pass waives: Fondation Bemberg EUR 12, the Museum EUR 12, Les Abattoirs EUR 12, Musee des Augustins EUR 5 and Couvent des Jacobins EUR 5. Cite de l'espace's normal rate is EUR 29, and the pass gives a discount there rather than free entry. The pass's economics are simple: at EUR 26, the office itself says it pays off from the third activity, and the museums around Rue du Taur are the easiest way to reach that number in one quarter.

The transport add-on is worth a thought even for walkers. Ten Tisseo trips bought alone cost EUR 16.00, so the pass's EUR 10 add-on undercuts the standalone carnet, and the airport single at EUR 9.50 is separate. If your itinerary is the Capitole, Saint-Sernin, the Jacobins and one paid museum, the pass has already earned its price before lunch.

When Is The Best Time To Visit Notre-Dame Du Taur?

The best time to walk Rue du Taur is late spring through early autumn, with July the sunniest month at 258.6 hours of sunshine and only 40.1 mm of rain, though May, the wettest month at 73.6 mm, is the one to plan around with an umbrella. The street is walked year-round, and the Christmas market on Place du Capitole runs 26 November to 27 December 2026.

Meteo-France's 1991-2020 climate normals for the Toulouse-Blagnac station give the full picture, and one detail surprises visitors: the wettest month in Toulouse is not in winter. May averages 73.6 mm of rain, almost double February's 37.2 mm, with April at 65.2 mm and June at 64.2 mm close behind. Then the rain eases, and July, the sunniest month, gets just 40.1 mm. Annually the city sees 627 mm of rain over 95.8 rain days and 2,075.1 hours of sun.

Summer afternoons can be hot: the city's record high, 42.4C, was set on 23 August 2023, and the normals show 11.5 days a year at or above 30C in July and 11.3 in August. The record low, -19.2C on 15 February 1956, is a reminder that winters here are real, though the mean January minimum sits far above it. For the walk up Rue du Taur, morning light on the brick is the practical answer in every season, and the best time to visit guide works through the trade-offs in full.

The event calendar gives the street extra reasons. Piano aux Jacobins runs 8 to 30 September 2026, Toulouse les Orgues 7 to 18 October 2026, the Christmas markets on Place du Capitole, the allees Jean-Jaures and square Charles-de-Gaulle from 26 November to 27 December 2026, and Rio Loco, the riverside music festival, 9 to 13 June 2027 with the theme Noctiluca. During the Christmas market weeks, the bottom end of Rue du Taur is at its busiest, which is either a reason to come or a reason to come early in the day.

Which Tours And Tickets Pair Well With A Visit To Notre-Dame Du Taur?

The tours that pair best with Notre-Dame du Taur are the walking tours that cover the Capitole to Saint-Sernin corridor, the sightseeing bus and minibus options that trace the same sights with audio commentary, and, for a second day, the aerospace attractions north of the center: Aeroscopia and the Airbus factory tours.

Because the church sits on the most natural sightseeing line in the city, nearly every city-center tour passes it, and the choice is really about depth versus speed. The must-see walking tour with a guide covers the highlights at a relaxed pace. The sightseeing bus tour runs about an hour, and the open-top minibus with audio guide runs 75 minutes, both suited to visitors with limited mobility budgets or a tight first day. The cards below render each product's live price, rating and review count from the operator's data.

For a different register entirely, the Canal du Midi, the 1996 UNESCO-listed waterway, starts its city reach close to the center, and cruise products on it include a commented tour. The canal boat trips guide and the canal by bike guide cover those options in detail, and the Cite de l'espace attraction, with tickets from EUR 22.50 and a normal adult rate of EUR 29, is the family favorite further out.

The sightseeing bus is the pairing this page highlights for a first day, because its route and the Rue du Taur walk overlap almost completely. Check availability on the operator's live listing before locking a day, since seasonal schedules shift and the card carries the current details.

What Should You Know Before You Go To Notre-Dame Du Taur?

Before you go, know three things: the church is a stop on a walk, not a ticketed attraction with its own admission line; the street around it is busier during the city's event weeks, especially the Christmas market period from 26 November to 27 December 2026; and the museums you might pair with it carry their own schedules, including the Musee des Augustins closure from 21 September to 2 October 2026.

Practical planning for the street is light. No verified luggage-storage point, car park or accessibility detail for this specific street exists in the site's fact base, so this page names none. What is verified is the transport layer: Tisseo's fares as listed above, the Navette aeroport every 15 minutes from the airport, and the metro network that serves the center. The tourist tax angle matters only for where you sleep: Toulouse Metropole charges 5% of the pre-tax nightly price per person for non-classified lodging, including most platform rentals, the only verified tourist-tax figure.

One more planning note that first-time visitors miss: the Musee Saint-Raymond, the archaeology museum facing Saint-Sernin at the top of the street, closed on 3 November 2025 for renovation and modernisation works and reopened on 3 April 2026.

Common Questions About Notre-Dame Du Taur In Toulouse

The walk from the Capitole to Saint-Sernin, with Notre-Dame du Taur as its mid-point stop, is the single best hour of sightseeing Toulouse offers on foot, and every figure on this page comes from the city's own published sources.