(Warning: do not consume these all at once.) At the Mermoz, you will not have this problem, since the minibar is, well, minuscule. In each property we check the total for a mineral water, beer, miniature of Scotch, bag of nuts and bar of chocolate. So you really won't notice the lack of formal fitness facilities. And if that's not enough, the High Pyrenees are two hours south (great hiking in summer, excellent skiing in winter).
The biggest and best swimming pool in Europe is just upstream on an island in the middle of the river. If that's not enough, you can pick up a bike at the tourist office for a couple of euros a day. You want some exercise? One of France's finest cities is outside the front door. The television dates from c.1980, but carries a dozen channels including CNN International.
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You need to ask for the Code Acces on arrival to enjoy unlimited free Wi-Fi. The chair is high-backed, in the manner of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, while the bed is low-rise and extremely comfortable. Indeed, the hotel celebrates throughout the short and heroic life of the French aviator, Jean Mermoz, and the role Toulouse has played in developing 21st-century aviation.Ī relatively small chambre is sensibly laid out with a separate bathroom (with a proper bath) and loo, plenty of storage space and a good, well-lit desk area. Profuse vegetation conceals terracotta paintwork, and decorative touches such as a fountain here and an aviation poster there. But walk through and you step, in the manner of C S Lewis's wardrobe, into another world. From the street you are confronted with a brick tunnel that looks like the entrance to a garage (which in a sense it is, if you need to park your car under the hotel).
When you see the outside of 50 rue Matabiau, 31000 Toulouse (00 33 5 61 63 04 04 your heart may sink further: it is right next to a pool hall. The location is not immediately captivating: in a scruffy area on the fringes of the red-light district, between the main railway station and Place Jeanne d'Arc (though the latter has a brand-new Metro station, making the Mermoz much better connected). Which is one good reason to stay at the Mermoz: the Hotel Mermoz provides a deliciously individual antidote to the typical corporate hotel, as well as being a destination in its own right. Yet to visit the city but not enjoy life in its historic core would be a terrible waste. Such is the pace of growth that you can barely move for shiny new hotels, mostly out in the suburbs.
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