5 parks where you can reconnect with nature in Toulouse
Autumn holidays, also known as All Saints’ Day holidays, are often an opportunity to explore places not very far from home. The # EnvieDePrendreLair invites us to the parks and gardens of Toulouse for an immersion in the greenery full of autumn colors.
All Saints holidays are always welcome. They arrive just in time for the children, but also for the parents whose mental load has been at its peak since September.
If the school holidays last two weeks for children and adolescents (from October 23 to November 1) and that whatever the zone, for the parents, it is the time to take a few days to recover.
So without going very far from home, the parks and gardens of Toulouse are perfect places to find a little serenity, to get closer to nature which in this season takes on its most beautiful colors.
Here is an overview of 5 green places in Toulouse where it is good to walk.
It is one of the three gardens in the city center of Toulouse with the Jardin des Plantes and the Grand Rond. THEThe royal garden was created by Louis de Mondran in 1754 and then transformed into an English garden in the 19th century. With its small pond where ducks splash around, its bridge with its wrought iron benches, walking there is the promise of finding a little poetry in the heart of the city.
You can admire remarkable trees come ginkgo biloba, hackberry, cedar trees from Lebanon, tulip tree from Virginia, or even Osage orange.
A pedestrian footbridge leads to the Grand Rond and the Jardin des Plantes.
The meadow of Filters is a green space on the banks of the Garonne well known to revelers. Its name comes from the system of filtering and pumping water from the Garonne, used to supply the fountains of Toulouse from the water tower, located at the entrance on the Pont Neuf side. The walk allows you to admire the river as well as the quays of Tounis and their unique configuration.
To stroll along the Garonne, the meadow of Filters is the ideal place.
The map and the links to locate the 5 parks to visit this fall in Toulouse.
Admirer of Toulouse from above. Pech David is the highest green space in the city. It allows you to have a 360-degree view of Toulouse and the Garonne valley. Several hiking trails crisscross hills, woods and the edge of the cliff to allow walkers to enjoy the breathtaking view.
Who will recognize the most emblematic buildings? It is not so easy to locate the different neighborhoods. Fortunately, the Garonne which stretches towards the Pyrenees provides a first point of reference.
Opened in 1982, the Jolimont Observatory Park is a haven of peace. Squirrels find their happiness there. The few passers-by stroll through the alleys of the park where there are pretty buildings dedicated to astronomy, including theNational School of Air and Space.
Perched on a hill, at the foot of the obelisk, a few years ago walkers were able to admire a panoramic view of the city center of Toulouse.
Today, the vegetation is too tall, which makes it a haven of peace in the heart of the urban bustle.
Created in 1998, after the destruction of the old slaughterhouses and the transformation of Halle Urbain Vitry Fr Museum D’modern Art, The Slaughterhouses, lThe garden takes its name from Raymond VI, count of Toulouse, who crossed the Garonne at the site of the garden in 1217. If we still cannot cross the river the garden, we can however since walk on a footbridge suspended on its bank for several hundred meters.
Green lung of the St-Cyprien district, the esplanade and the footbridge offer a breathtaking view of the historic center of the pink city. Opposite the Bazacle, and the banks of the Garonne which stretch beyond the Pont Neuf. Through this visit, on the infinite drop in the heritage of Toulouse, on admire it along the water for a unique vision and all in pink.
It’s time to walk in the parks of Toulouse, alone or with the family, for moments of zen and nature.