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Toulouse is a magnificent city situated in southwest France. This city is the fourth largest in France and is also known as the leading city of Mid-Pyrenees Region. On your tour to Toulouse you can visit places like Musee des Augustins, Cite de L'Espace, Basilique St-Sernin, Cathedrale St-Etienne, Church of Les Jacobins, Fondation Bemberg, Bazacle, Canal de Brienne, Capitole, Couvent des Jacobins, FNAC junior, Church St-Sernin, Parc du Ramier, Les Abattoirs, Bikini, Café Rex, Centre de developpement choregraphique, Centre municipal de l'Affiche, de la Carte postale et de l'Art graphique, Fil a Plomb and Jardin de l'universite.
Toulouse is going to be one of the venue for Rugby World Cup 2007 and the matches will be held at Stadium de Toulouse. The rugby matches which are scheduled to be held here are
Pool B match between Japan and Fiji on September 12,2007
Pool D match between France and Namibia September 16,2007
Rugby World Cup Pool C match between Romania and Repechage 1, September 25,2007
Pool C match between New Zealand and Romania on September 29,2007
This stadium at Toulouse has the capacity to hold 37, 000 spectators and it was host to 1999 Rugby World Cup and Soccer World Cup in 1998.
Toulouse is a focal point of rugby sport and holds much for the tourists as well. one of rugby's major epicenters is the fourth largest city of France. There are a number of museums which house the historical artifacts and the various museums are Musée Georges Labit, Musée des Augustins, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Museum of Modern Art etc.
You can reach Toulouse by flight and the international airport ,Aeroport Toulouse Blagnac is well connected with various airlines operating here like
Air France, British Airways and Lufthansa. There is a second airport as well that is Toulouse Lasbodes. There is a good bus service as well as the Toulouse Metro system which has rubber-tired trains operated without a driver . The railway station is at Toulouse-Matabiau.
Travel.mapsofworld.com provides details of Toulouse as well as information of Rugby World Cup 2007.
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