Toulouse Self Guided Walking Tour La Ville Rose, Audio and Quiz

Your audio guide introduces Europe's great Romanesque pilgrimage church, its five-tiered bell tower and its role on the road to Santiago, followed by a short quiz. You view the exterior from the square.

Your audio guide covers the long Capitole facade, the Occitan cross set into the paving and the square's role in city life, with a quiz to finish.

The Dominican mother church, famous for the fan vault known as the palm tree and for holding the tomb of Thomas Aquinas. Your audio guide explains both from outside, followed by a quiz.

The riverside square and its basilica, home to the Black Madonna venerated by generations of Toulousains. Your audio guide tells the story of the site and the Garonne quays, with a quiz.

The oldest bridge in Toulouse, built in brick and stone across the Garonne and designed to survive the river's floods. Your audio guide explains its construction and the view back over la ville rose, with a quiz.

n pastel, the blue dye that funded the city's golden age. Your audio guide explains the courtyard facade and the pastel trade, with a quiz.

The White Church, built in red brick, with a colourful ceramic tympanum over its doorway. Your audio guide covers the facade and the collapse of its record-breaking spire in 1926, with a quiz.

The cathedral that never matched up: an older nave and a later, taller choir set at different angles, left unfinished when the money ran out. Your audio guide explains the mismatch, with a quiz.

The final stop, and the city's favourite cafe square today. Your audio guide closes the tour with the square's earlier, darker history and a last quiz before you settle in for a drink.