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You can go cycling or walking. It's in the city center. The building is enormous. The architecture is awesome.
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Date of experience: August 2020
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While on our Free walking tour of Toulouse, we pasted by the Church of Les Jacobins, burial place of Catholic saint, Thomas Aquinas. It is about a 10 minutes’ walk from the Capitole square, and is a pretty impressive 13th century Romanesque red brick building. Our guide told us about the huge palm tree columns supporting the main nave's ceiling and the beautiful stained-glass windows that seem to rise to the heavens. Under the church’s altar in a casket are the bones of the saint, and close by a gift shop selling religious trinkets. It is free to enter the church but if you wish to see the crypts there is a small fee. TIP: If you have time, do visit the cloister with its gardens, hedged walkways, ancient cypress trees, and chapel.…
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Date of experience: October 2019
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A very impressive place, especially once you are inside and on the courtyard. The first weekend of July and August, they even have a small Cafe there. Take your time to go around and absorb the amazing views.
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Date of experience: July 2020
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A very impressive church, well lit with a variety of colours, and a very nice cloister. It was fairly busy when we went but nevertheless a good experience. It was a nice walk through the pedestrian only town to get to the Church.
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Date of experience: August 2019
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This is an important place to go in Toulouse! The cloister is beautiful. There is a part that is hard to get to that is associated with the high school next door! I think it is called l’hôtel de Betnay!We slipped in when the students were returning
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Date of experience: January 2020
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