Guided walks, museum entry and day trips in the Pink City, from the cloisters of the Jacobins to the Airbus assembly lines. This hub gathers the tour options worth planning around, with verified opening dates and prices from official sources.
The open-top minibus circuit covers Toulouse in 75 minutes, with an audio guide in several languages pointing out the sights as you ride. Seats cost from $15 per person. It suits a first day in the pink city, giving you the layout before you dig into the old quarter on foot. Rated 4.2 across 1181 reviews.
· Four-hour chef-led food and history walk in English, meal included.
A chef leads this four-hour walk in English, pairing Toulouse's history with a full eating itinerary rather than a quick tasting stop. Because the guide cooks for a living, the commentary moves between the city's stories and its ingredients, from market stalls to the plate. A full meal is included. Rated 5.0 across 635 reviews, it is the most-reviewed food tour on our Toulouse roster and books out on busy days.
from $127A four-hour chef-led food and history walk in English, meal included. Check availability →
· Return coach from Toulouse to Carcassonne, audio guide on board
A coach runs from Toulouse to Carcassonne, the walled medieval citadel on the UNESCO World Heritage list. An audio guide on board covers the citadel's history and the Albigensian Crusade, and once you arrive you have free time to explore the ramparts and the basilica at your own pace. Return coach travel is included, from $34 per person, and the full day is rated 4.4 across 690 reviews.
from $34Per person for return coach travel to Carcassonne with on-board audio guide Check availability →
· Full-day coach trip to Albi and the hilltop village of Cordes-sur-Ciel
A full-day coach ride carries you northeast out of the Pink City into the Tarn countryside. First stop is Albi, whose red-brick cathedral rises over the river like a fortress, with the old episcopal quarter beside it. Then comes Cordes-sur-Ciel, a medieval hilltop bastide village of arcaded squares and narrow lanes. Audio guides come with the fare, which starts at $27 per person. The trip holds a 4.4 rating across 637 reviews.
from $27Per person for a full-day coach trip to Albi and Cordes-sur-Ciel with audio guides Check availability →
· Tip-based free walking tour in Toulouse
Harry's Free Tour is the strongest-reviewed walk on this site, rated 4.92 across 1149 reviews. The route runs for three hours through the Pink City, from the Capitole to the riverfront, with a guide who works on tips alone. There is no price to pay upfront: you decide at the end what the walk was worth and hand it to the guide directly.
Join for free, you decide the tip at the end.
· A chef-led four-hour walk in English, with a full meal included.
A working chef leads this four-hour walk through Toulouse, pairing the city's history with its food, all in English. The route links historic sights with stops at places that sell and serve the region's products, and it finishes with a full meal.
from $125A four-hour English-language food and history tour with a chef, meal included. Check availability →
· Small-group tasting walk through the Victor Hugo market hall.
Marché Victor Hugo is the city's main covered food market, and this small-group tasting tour works through its best stalls. Over about three and a half hours, a guide leads you from cheeses and charcuterie to regional wines, with tastings at the market and stops nearby. It holds a 5.0 rating across 379 reviews.
from $133A small-group market tasting tour of about three and a half hours. Check availability →
· An evening of French wines with a local expert
A guided walk through several Toulouse wine bars in the company of a local wine expert, lasting around two and a half hours. Expect a small group, a range of French wines by the glass, and commentary on what you are drinking and where it comes from. A relaxed evening format.
from $121Per person for the guided wine-bar walk with a local expert Check availability →
· Guided bike ride around Toulouse with tastings
A guided ride of about three hours that mixes Toulouse sightseeing with tastings along the way, from $65 per person with the bike included. Cycling between stops covers more of the Pink City than a walk could manage, and the food breaks give the route a rhythm of its own. Rated 5.0 across 18 reviews.
from $65Per person for the guided ride with tastings included Check availability →
· Private Albi and Cordes-sur-Ciel day tour from Toulouse
A private day tour from Toulouse lasting roughly seven to eight hours, priced per group with the rate depending on group size and starting from $566. It pairs Albi, the red-brick cathedral city on the Tarn, with Cordes-sur-Ciel, the hilltop bastide whose towers seem to float above the morning haze. With a vehicle and guide reserved for your party alone, the day runs at your pace, not a coach schedule's.
from $566Private day tour per group, price varies by group size. Check availability →
· E-bike tour of Toulouse with Téléo cable car ride
An electric bike circuit that pairs Toulouse's lanes and quays with a ride on the city's cable car. Pedal-assist flattens the distance along the Garonne, then the cable car lifts you above the rooftops for a wide view across the pink-brick skyline. The guided format runs about three and a half hours, with the bike and the cable car fare both covered by the single price.
from $62covers the guided 3.5-hour e-bike ride and the cable car trip Check availability →
· Small-group guided food tour with tastings at the covered market
A guided food tour built around the Marché Victor Hugo, the covered market at the heart of Toulouse's food scene. You move between stalls and nearby shops with a guide, tasting regional products as you go, and picking up context on local producers and southwest French specialties along the way. A strong choice if you want the market explained rather than just wandered.
from $130covers the guided market tour with multiple tastings included Check availability →
· Round-trip transfer to Carcassonne with free time in the cité
A five-hour return trip from Toulouse to Carcassonne that handles the driving and leaves the sightseeing to you. The transfer drops you at the medieval cité, where free time covers the ramparts, the basilica and the lanes between them. Five hours is generous, though the walled city rewards every minute of it. The simplest route to Carcassonne without a rental car.
from $119Round-trip transfer from Toulouse to Carcassonne with free time in the medieval cité. Check availability →
· Three-hour guided electric bike ride, bike included.
The motor does the hard work on the hills and the headwinds, so the roughly three hours of riding feel lighter than they sound. A guide sets the pace and points out the pink-brick landmarks, quiet canals and riverside stretches that most visitors never reach on foot.
from $62A guided electric bike ride of about three and a half hours, bike included. Check availability →
· Guided ride past Toulouse's essential sights
A guided bike ride of roughly three hours through central Toulouse, hitting the stops first-timers ask for: the Capitole, the riverside quays and the Basilique Saint-Sernin. A guide sets an easy pace and pauses for stories and photos. Bike included in the price, small-group format.
from $52Per person for the roughly 3-hour guided ride, bike included Check availability →
· Small-group day of wine tasting in Fronton, from $144
A small-group wine tour from Toulouse into the Fronton appellation north of the city, lasting six to seven hours. Fronton is the home of Negrette, a dark-skinned grape that barely travels beyond this corner of Occitanie, and the day is built around tasting it where it grows. The group stays small, so the pace is unhurried and there is room to ask the winemaker questions directly. Rated 4.9 across 10 reviews, with a from-price of $144 per person.
from $144Small-group wine tour per person, lasting 6 to 7 hours. Check availability →
· Three-hour guided food walk through Toulouse with tastings
A guide walks you through central Toulouse on this three-hour food tour, pausing at a string of shops and stalls for tastings along the way. Expect the sorts of things the city does well: cheese, charcuterie, chocolate and pastries from producers around the Pink City. The price of $70 per person covers the guide and every tasting. It scores 4.8 from 111 reviews, among the best of the food tours on this site.
from $70Per person for a 3-hour guided food walk with multiple tastings included Check availability →
· Private electric tuk-tuk circuit with photo stops and audio.
A private electric tuk-tuk carries your group around Toulouse for up to an hour, with audio commentary between the stops. The driver pauses at the major sights so you can hop off for photos, and the open sides keep the pink-brick facades in view the whole way. Rated 4.8 across 215 reviews, it works well for anyone who wants the highlights without long stretches on foot.
from $79A private tuk-tuk circuit for your group, priced by size, up to one hour. Check availability →
· Guided food walk with tastings, a full meal and drinks, about three hours.
A guide walks you through Toulouse's old quarters, stopping at shops and counters for tastings along the way. The tour then settles in for a full meal with drinks included, so you leave properly fed rather than merely sampled. It runs about three hours and holds a 4.8 rating from 19 reviews, with local specialties and regional wines on the table. The price starts at $108 per person.
from $108A three-hour guided food walk with tastings, a full meal and drinks. Check availability →
· Wine bar walk through Toulouse led by a local expert.
A local wine expert leads this walk between Toulouse wine bars, pausing for seated tastings of southwest French bottles at each stop.
from $119A guided walk through several Toulouse wine bars with tastings. Check availability →
· Three-stop day trip from Toulouse, lunch in the price
One coach, one very full day, three of Occitanie's biggest names. You leave Toulouse in the morning and call at Albi with its brick cathedral, the fortified cité of Carcassonne and the hilltop lanes of Cordes-sur-Ciel, with lunch built into the price. It is rated 4.7 across 51 reviews and costs from $193 per person. The pace is brisk, but the trade-off is three towns sorted in a single booking.
from $193covers the full-day trip to Albi, Carcassonne and Cordes-sur-Ciel with lunch Check availability →
· Costumed 90-minute walk in 18th-century Toulouse.
A costumed guide takes you through Toulouse as the century of salons and grand townhouses knew it, when the streets around Capitole were busy with merchants, canals and new money. The 90-minute walk stays inside the historic centre, so the buildings you hear about are the ones in front of you. Rated 4.7 across 17 reviews, from $25 per person.
from $25A 90-minute costumed walking tour of 18th-century Toulouse. Check availability →
· Private electric tuk-tuk circuit of the Pink City
A private tuk-tuk circuit for your group, priced by size, up to one hour. The electric vehicle threads streets a coach cannot reach, from the Capitole toward the river, while commentary covers the Pink City's history.
from $81Per person for the private one-hour tuk-tuk sightseeing ride Check availability →
· Day trip from Toulouse pairing Albi, Cordes-sur-Ciel and Gaillac
Three Tarn stops in a single outing, all handled from Toulouse. Albi pairs its red-brick cathedral with lanes that reward slow wandering, Cordes-sur-Ciel climbs to medieval arcades above the valley, and Gaillac sits among vineyards with a long winemaking past. Coach travel and commentary come with the day, so no car rental is needed.
from $225Per person for the full-day guided tour, tasting included Check availability →
· English-guided gourmet walk pairing cheese and wine with heritage sights
Cheese, wine and pink-brick architecture share one route on this English-guided gourmet walk through central Toulouse. The commentary runs in English and the pace stays easy, with stops for cheese and wine tastings built into the route alongside heritage landmarks of the old center. Tastings are included in the $139 per person price. The tour holds a 4.7 rating, though that score rests on just seven reviews so far.
from $139Gourmet walking tour per person, cheese and wine tastings included. Check availability →
· Winery visit with wine and food tastings, transfer included
A winery day out from Toulouse that matches wine tasting with regional food, and the round-trip transfer is part of the price. That matters here: you can sample the estate's bottles without working out who drives home. The listing leaves the duration open, so confirm timing on the booking page before committing the day.
from $121covers the winery visit, tastings and round-trip transfer Check availability →
· Entry ticket for the Aeroscopia aviation museum
A prebooked entry ticket for Aeroscopia, the aviation museum at Blagnac, a short trip from central Toulouse beside the Airbus assembly halls. Two Concorde aircraft and the bulbous Super Guppy anchor a collection spanning a century of flight. Exhibits run from early pioneers to modern airliners, and most people spend a relaxed half day here.
from $18One-day entry to the Aeroscopia aviation museum, per person. Check availability →
· Half-day coach trip to Lourdes with grotto visit
A half-day spiritual getaway from Toulouse to Lourdes, built around the grotto and basilica that draw pilgrims from across the world. Return travel is arranged, so the journey south is simply part of the day. Time at the sanctuary is yours for prayer, reflection or the atmosphere alone. Rated 4.5 across 10 reviews, about 4 hours.
from $168covers the half-day return trip to Lourdes with grotto visit Check availability →
· Private day trip pairing St-Cirq-Lapopie with the Pech Merle cavern
A private day tour from Toulouse running roughly seven hours, priced flat per group for up to four travelers. It combines St-Cirq-Lapopie, a village stacked above a bend in the Lot, with the Pech Merle cavern, where prehistoric paintings of horses and handprints cover the rock walls. A guide stays with your group the whole way, so stops and pacing follow you, not a coach timetable.
from $1,449Private day tour for your group of up to 4, priced flat per group. Check availability →
· Entry to Toulouse's hall of mechanical beasts
Set on the former Montaudran airfield, the Halle de la Machine houses the mechanical creations of La Machine, the Toulouse company behind the city's street spectacles. The Minotaur, a giant walking beast, is the headline draw. Your ticket covers the hall, its exhibits and the artisan workshops where the machines are built and repaired.
from €14.98Entry to the Halle de la Machine and its mechanical wonders, per person. Check availability →
· A private walk with a local, your route, your pace
A private walking tour for your group only, priced from $55 and lasting anywhere from two to six hours depending on the option you pick. With a local guide leading, the route bends toward what you care about: the Capitole and its square, the Jacobins cloister, the riverbank, or the quieter pink-brick streets in between. Rated 4.4 across 20 reviews, it suits first visitors and returners alike.
from $55Private walking tour for your group, price varies by group size. Check availability →
· One-day e-ticket for the Cité de l'Espace, from $33
The Cité de l'Espace is Toulouse's space theme park, built around the city's aerospace industry: full-scale rocket and station replicas, planetarium shows and hands-on exhibits for all ages. This e-ticket buys admission for the day, so you skip the ticket line at the gate. The attraction holds a 4.3 rating across 116 reviews.
from $33Per person for one-day admission to the Cité de l'Espace park and exhibits Check availability →
· Three-hour guided walk covering Toulouse's must-see highlights
Three hours with a live guide through the center of Toulouse: Place du Capitole, the Basilique Saint-Sernin and the streets that give the Pink City its color. The route and the history are handled for you, so the whole time goes on looking and listening. It works well as a first morning in the city, before you branch off on your own.
from $79covers the three-hour guided walk with a live guide Check availability →
· Private guided walk of Toulouse's key sights
A live guide leads this walk through the Pink City's essential sights, starting at Place du Capitole and winding into the brick lanes of the old centre. Since it runs privately for your group, the commentary bends toward your questions and the pace stays easy. First-time visitors get the most from it.
from $40Per person for the private guided walk, about 2 hours Check availability →
· Aviation museum entry beside the Airbus site at Blagnac
Aeroscopia stands beside the Airbus assembly lines at Blagnac, just outside Toulouse, and holds one of Europe's great aviation collections under one roof. Concorde and the bulbous Super Guppy draw the crowds, but the halls also trace a century of flight through military jets, airliners and early prototypes. Admission covers the full exhibition space, and most people allow two to three hours for the visit.
from $18Admission to the Aeroscopia aviation museum near Toulouse, per person. Check availability →
· Cruise with aperitif and drinks served on board
A 1.5-hour cruise with an aperitif and drinks on board, gliding through Toulouse at a pace that rewards tired legs. You get commentary on the city as you sip, which makes it a relaxed way to see places you might otherwise walk past. It carries a 4.2 rating from 62 reviews and starts at $33 per person.
from $33Per person for a 1.5-hour cruise with an aperitif and drinks on board Check availability →
· Two-hour guided walk of Toulouse's city center with a live guide
A two-hour guided walk through the heart of Toulouse, priced from $40 per person and rated 4.2 across 34 reviews. A live guide leads the way, so questions get answered on the spot rather than saved for later. The route covers the city center's essential sights at a pace that leaves energy for the afternoon. It works well as a first-day orientation before you branch off on your own.
from $40covers the two-hour guided walking tour of the city center Check availability →
· Full-day coach tour to Albi and Cordes-sur-Ciel
A full-day coach trip out of Toulouse to two of Occitanie's headline sights: Albi, home to the fortified Sainte-Cécile cathedral and a UNESCO-listed old town, and the hilltop village of Cordes-sur-Ciel. Commentary comes through audio guides in several languages, with free time in both places.
from $35Per person for the full-day coach trip, transport included Check availability →
· A 1.5-hour Canal du Midi cruise with live commentary
Toulouse sits at the western end of the Canal du Midi, the 17th-century waterway UNESCO inscribed in 1996. This 1.5-hour cruise drifts along the canal with live commentary on its engineering and the plane-shaded banks. Tickets start at $19 per person, and the tour holds a 3.9 rating from 126 reviews.
from $19Per person for a 1.5-hour cruise on the Canal du Midi with live commentary Check availability →
· 75-minute open-top minibus circuit with audio guide
An open-top minibus circuit lasting 75 minutes, with an audio guide playing as you ride. The loop takes in the main sights of the Pink City, from the Capitole toward the Garonne and the basilica of Saint-Sernin. It suits a first day in Toulouse, when you want the city's layout before exploring on foot.
from $20Per person for the roughly one-hour guided bus circuit Check availability →
· A one-hour cruise with live commentary on the canal
A one-hour narrated cruise along the Canal du Midi, the 17th-century waterway added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1996. Commentary plays during the trip, touching on how the canal was built and what lines the banks as you drift along. It costs from $14 per person and needs no effort beyond stepping aboard, which makes it an easy pause between museums.
from $14covers the one-hour narrated cruise on the canal Check availability →
· Sixty-minute boat cruise around Toulouse's old center
This 60-minute cruise circles the old center by water, drifting past the brick quays, the Pont Neuf and the entrance to the Canal de Brienne. Live commentary points out landmarks and explains how the river and canal shaped the city. It is rated 3.6 across 71 reviews, the lowest score among Toulouse's cruises, so temper expectations and treat it as a relaxed float rather than a deep guided tour.
from $23Per person for a 60-minute discovery cruise around the historic center Check availability →
· Cliff village pilgrimage day trip from Toulouse
A guided day trip from Toulouse to Rocamadour, the village stacked against a cliff that drew medieval pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Expect roughly seven hours with travel included, priced from $750 per person, and a route told through its sanctuaries, its miracles and the faith that built them.
from $750Guided day trip per person, about 7 hours with travel included. Check availability →
· Carcassonne fortress day trip, kings and crusades
A private day trip from Toulouse to Carcassonne, about six hours with travel included, priced from $750 per person. The walled cité is one of Europe's great medieval fortresses, a double ring of walls and towers crowning the hill above the Aude. Your guide follows the castle's part in the Albigensian Crusade, the kings who held it and the sieges that reshaped it. Because the format is private, the pace and the time spent inside the walls belong to your group alone.
from $750Private day trip per person, about 6 hours from Toulouse. Check availability →
· Private Lourdes sanctuary day trip, priced per group
This is the private option among the Lourdes day trips from Toulouse. One flat price covers your whole group, whatever its size, and the day runs about 8 hours with travel built in. That means the grotto, the basilicas and the sanctuary water without a coach timetable or a crowd of strangers. You set the pace. From $416 per group.
from $416Private Lourdes tour per group, price varies by group size. Check availability →
· Your own plane over Toulouse and the Pyrenees
A private flight over Toulouse and the Pyrenees, lasting between one and four hours depending on the option you pick. From the cockpit the city changes character: the Garonne bends through the center, the Canal du Midi cuts its ruler-straight line, and the Capitole rooftops sit framed below. Then the Pyrenees take over the horizon. The price covers your whole group, so the aircraft is yours alone.
from $218A private sightseeing flight over Toulouse and the Pyrenees for your whole group. Check availability →
· Downloadable audio walk through the Pink City
A downloaded audio tour of Toulouse's Pink City, yours to keep on your phone. The route threads the rose-brick old town past the Capitole and Saint-Sernin, with narration you control. Pause for a coffee, replay a chapter, finish whenever you like. It costs from $10 and runs about two hours.
from €10A downloaded audio tour of Toulouse's Pink City, yours to keep on your phone. Check availability →
· Offline audio walk of hidden Toulouse
A downloadable audio walk that goes looking for the Toulouse behind the postcards: quiet courtyards, worn stone details and small streets the crowds skip. It runs on your phone, offline, so there is nothing to stream and no schedule to keep. Start it when you like, pause at a cafe, and pick the story back up later. The whole route takes about two hours if you walk it straight through, and it costs from $10.
from €10An in-app audio tour of secret Toulouse, playable offline on your phone. Check availability →
· Free fun-facts walk around Toulouse
A free walk that trades lectures for quizzes, riddles and odd facts about the Pink City. The guide keeps everyone guessing through the old streets, so it suits families and travellers who find conventional history tours heavy going. No booking fee, and you tip the guide at the end as you see fit.
Join for free, you decide the tip at the end.
· Free guided walk of la Ville Rose
A free two-hour guided walk through the historic centre of Toulouse, built around the city's pastel-brick landmarks and the stories behind them. It costs nothing to join, and you reward the guide with a tip at the end. Rated 4.79 across 39 reviews, it suits anyone who wants context before exploring the Capitole quarter on their own.
Join for free, you decide the tip at the end.
