Walk Toulouse, the pink city
Toulouse is built almost entirely of rose coloured brick, set along a wide bend of the Garonne with a canal looping round its east side. FOG covers the map until you walk it, so every brick lane you take comes out of the dark.
The brick core
The Place du Capitole is the heart of Toulouse, a huge square in front of the city hall with a cross of the Occitan flag set into its paving. North of it, the Basilique Saint-Sernin is one of the largest Romanesque churches in Europe, its octagonal brick tower visible from far off.
South and west, the old town is a tangle of narrow streets with merchant mansions such as the Hotel d'Assezat, and the Couvent des Jacobins with its palm tree vaulting. Rue d'Alsace-Lorraine and Rue Saint-Rome carry most of the shopping traffic.
River and canal
The Garonne quays run below the old town, with the Pont Neuf crossing to the Saint-Cyprien district on the left bank and the Prairie des Filtres, a riverside lawn where people gather on summer evenings. The Daurade quay is the classic sunset spot.
A long day loop: the Capitole, Saint-Sernin, down to the quays, over the Pont Neuf and back by the Pont Saint-Pierre, then east through the Jardin des Plantes and the Grand Rond to the Canal du Midi, whose towpath is lined with plane trees.
Flat ground, hot summers
Toulouse is flat and compact inside its boulevards, so the centre fills quickly once you work the side streets. The metro makes it easy to start a walk in an outer district and walk home.
Summers are hot, often well above 30 degrees, and the brick holds the heat into the evening. Spring and autumn are the best walking seasons.
Bring the walks you already did
An empty map is a slow start in a city you already know. FOG Unlimited imports Google Timeline exports and GPX files, so years of past walks in Toulouse clear straight onto the map, and you open the app to a real picture with obvious dark gaps in it. It is one purchase, never a subscription.
From then on FOG records by itself, with the app closed, and the trail never leaves the phone. No account, no ads, no tracking. The logbook writes a page for every month and year you were out, with the new ground and the new places you set foot in.
Questions people actually ask
Why is Toulouse called the pink city?
Most of its old buildings are made of local red brick, which glows pink and orange in the light.
Can you walk along the Canal du Midi in Toulouse?
Yes, towpaths follow the canal through the east of the city, shaded by plane trees.
Is my location uploaded anywhere?
No. There is no account and no cloud. The map is stored only on your phone, and you can export a GPX backup yourself.
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