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Patrimoine & High Tech

Airbus plant

Day 1: Arrival at Toulouse Airport
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Welcome by your driver guide and transfer to your hotel.
Walking tour “Discovering Toulouse”: this tour offers a comprehensive overview of the main sites and monuments. During the tour, you will be able to admire the Capitole town hall and Saint-Sernin basilica, as well as many churches and private mansions, and appreciate wonderful views along the Garonne River.
Overnight in your hotel.
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Day 2: Toulouse
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Guided tour of the Airbus assembly line. The Airbus A380, largest passenger airliner in the world, at your feet! The Airbus factory lies at the northern end of a great swathe of land to the north east of Toulouse known as 'aerospace valley': this contains Airbus, Astrium, Alcatel Space and the CNES (Europe's equivalent to 'NASA') and a number of Aerospace universities (ENAC, Sup-Aero).


 

Day 2 Continued...

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 Bang in the middle of this, in Toulouse's eastern suburbs, is the Space Centre - le Cité de l'Espace. The Space centre contains a wealth of exhibits, interactive resources, planetarium, IMAX cinema and other space-related games and documents to keep young and old entranced for hours.
Overnight in Toulouse..

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Day 3: Toulouse /Albi /Roquefort/ Millau/ Peyrelau

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Drive over through the Gaillac vineyards to Albi, magnificent pink-bricked town on the banks of the Tarn. Admire the fortified cathedral of Ste Cecile, a masterpiece of the Southern Gothic style, before touring the Toulouse-Lautrec museum in the old Bishop's Palace, imposing fortress (XIIIth century).
On the road to Millau you’ll pass the village of Roquefort and its famous caves. Visit of the”Papillon” or the 'Société' caves to discover the secrets of the Roquefort cheese.
Dinner & overnight in your hotel at Peyreleau.