The Best Places to Stay in Toulouse
No matter where you choose to stay in Toulouse – whether it’s a hotel, hostel, or self-catered hotel-apartment – you will be right in the thick of the action! The recently appointed third-largest city in France is bustling with life: packed restaurants and bistros, bar patrons spilling out onto terraces, cute independent stores to browse, heaving food markets to explore, and we can assure you that you will find activity close to your doorstep in any neighborhood!
Toulouse’s city center is compact and easy to get around, either by foot or by public transport, and yet there are a number of different neighborhoods all with distinctive atmospheres, even though they are all a stone’s throw apart. Depending on your needs and vacation agenda, there are different hotels, hostels, and self-catered accommodation to suit everyone.
Our round-up of the best places to stay in Toulouse is as eclectic as Toulouse itself – hotels ranging from sumptuous to modern, minimalist to boutique – yet all provide that idyllic quiet spot to rest, put your feet up, and relax after a day of exploring.
This shortlist of places to stay has been narrowed down meticulously, and all include excellent customer service with staff speaking multiple languages (including English), free Wi-Fi, disabled access, 24-hour reception, family-friendly facilities, and great locations with easy public transport links. We have divided them into four categories, so you can easily focus on your needs alone.
The Best Boutique Hotels in Toulouse
What sets boutique hotels apart from other hotels is their unique style, a sense of intimacy, and personalized service. Boutique hotels typically include additional special facilities.
Maison Soclo
A favorite amongst the Taste of Toulouse team is the city-based sanctuary that is Soclo. Secreted away in the central university district right by the Garonne river, an unassuming 18th-century townhouse is revealed to be a charming 4-star boutique hotel. Famous for its daily brunch – which we have already praised to the nines – Soclo is an oasis with a tranquil courtyard garden and, not only that, but a swimming pool just feet away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Spend a lazy afternoon relaxing on one of their plush cabanas, cooling off with dips in the pool or by sipping on a refreshing cocktail!
Cozy yet chic, Soclo disguises the hotel to imitate its family-home townhouse origins. Velvet furniture, oak details, gold highlights – there is an understated touch of glamor in the bar and salons. Its 16 bedrooms cover the four floors, each with a private bathroom and old-fashioned shutters on the windows, with the Prestige Rooms on the top floor overlooking the rooftops to gaze at the Couvent des Jacobins and the Basilique Saint-Sernin.
Mingle with tourists and locals alike – everyone wants to visit Soclo! Enjoy cocktail hour in the garden, load your plate at the buffet brunch, and step straight out into the city, the magnificent Place du Capitole a 9-minute walk away. Awarded a Michelin Key in 2024 – the equivalent of a Michelin star for hotels – for a unique and special stay, Soclo is the only hotel in Toulouse with such an honor.
Address: 34B Rue Valade, 31000 Toulouse
La Cour des Consuls
Toulouse’s spectacular 5-star hotel is La Cour des Consuls. This is another beautiful conversion, this time across two townhouses (one 16th century, the other 18th century). The hotel is fronted by a palatial courtyard closed off by a neo-classical façade, softening the noise of the historic Carmes neighborhood, a great spot for restaurants and cocktail bars.
Twice the size of Soclo, La Cour des Consuls houses 32 rooms, including six suites, all with soundproofed windows for peaceful nights, as well as a spa with a traditional hammam, gym, a champagne and cocktail bar, and its own gourmet restaurant, Le Cénacle. A buffet breakfast is available every morning, and optional services can be included such as babysitting, massages, and champagne room service. With the plush bedding, air conditioning, monogrammed bathrobes, and Nespresso machines, the rooms are almost too comfortable to leave!
La Cour des Consuls is just off Rue de Metz, a 4-minute walk from the Esquirol metro station, a 9-minute walk to the Place du Capitole, and two blocks away from the Garonne river, so it is an incredibly convenient haven – if you ever want to leave that is!
Address: 46 Rue des Couteliers, 31000 Toulouse
Albert 1er Hotel
Located around 100 meters from Place du Capitole, on a side street just off the main shopping district, Rue d’Alsace Lorraine, is the discreet yet beautiful Albert 1er Hotel. The 3-star hotel has been owned and run by the same Toulousain family for four generations, so there is a personal touch to the outlook of the hotel team. As part of their “slow tourism” ethos they provide every guest with a personalized map of the city, so you can discover the “real Toulouse.”
At Albert 1er, the team wants your stay to feel like home. Their local focus extends to the hotel’s daily breakfasts which celebrate Toulousain coffee roasters, cheese from the local MOF fromagerie Xavier, and eggs from our neighboring department Tarn. The hotel also offers a vintage bike rental service, so you can traverse the city at a more exploratory pace. Other services include yoga classes for all levels, parking rental, and ready-made picnic hampers. This is a great hotel for families, as all children stay for free! All the comfortable rooms include private bathrooms, are soundproofed against the noise of its central location, and come with blackout curtains.
Albert 1er Hotel sits between two metro stations – Capitole and Jeanne d’Arc at a 3- and 4-minute walk away respectively. As soon as you step outside the hotel, you’re in the city center with Marché Victor Hugo, shops, tea shops, and restaurants all within a few minutes walking distance.
Address: 8 Rue Rivals, 31000 Toulouse
Hotel Héliot
Finding a hotel that is both cozy and central sounds like a fantasy, but luckily for Toulouse, we have Hotel Héliot! Just off the Ramblas in the city center, Hotel Héliot is hidden down a side street, where the noise of the city’s main thoroughfare immediately disappears. Situated in a renovated early 20th-century residence, the hotel has kept its homely charm with the central curving staircase, its spacious marble fireplaces, and decorative molding. Here, old meets new thanks to the modern comforts of air-conditioning, Wi-Fi, and Chromecast for the bedroom TVs.
The owners want you and your family to feel at home, particularly because they themselves are a family! You’ll find yourselves thoroughly looked after by the whole team, led by the owner Frédéric, who pride themselves on the personal touches, treating their 12-room establishment more like a B&B than a hotel.
Enjoy the daily breakfast of local delicacies for 9.50€, then step out to explore the city with the central Place Wilson a 5-minute walk away and Jean Jaurès metro station less than 200 meters down the road. The bus stop for the airport shuttle is on the hotel’s doorstep, while reaching Matabiau station takes a mere 7-minute walk. Hotel Héliot also has a private car park available for rental. Ask the Héliot team for any recommendations of restaurants or sites to see, as they are eager to help make your stay as enjoyable as possible.
Address: 3 Rue Héliot, 31000 Toulouse
The Best Self-Catered Aparthotels in Toulouse
Here we list aparthotels with self-catered options: these hotel rooms provide fully equipped kitchens along with housekeeping and on-site dining.
Mercure Toulouse Centre Saint-Georges
Not all the hotels on this list can boast of a rooftop terrace and swimming pool, but the popular chain hotel, Mercure, next to Place Saint Georges has both. This Toulouse hotel is the perfect summer spot for relaxing in the sunshine, right in the heart of the city.
Mercure Toulouse Centre Saint-Georges houses 148 rooms, all equipped with air conditioning, blackout curtains, and private bathrooms including rain showers. However, the accommodation choices go even further with the Mercure’s apartments catering to families and long-stay guests. These multi-room apartments come with fully equipped kitchens, bunk beds for children, and room service, plus the option of a spacious balcony to enjoy the city views.
The hotel facilities include a buffet breakfast, gym, a family area with kids’ books and games, and Le Mahogany Club, the hotel’s exclusive cocktail bar. Based right by the buzzing Place Saint Georges, you have a glut of restaurants on your doorstep and a huge adventure playground for kids to enjoy. Explore the Saint Georges neighborhood full of boutique shops, meanwhile Place Wilson and its accompanying metro station Jean Jaures are a 4-minute walk away.
Address: 1 Rue Paul Mériel, 31000 Toulouse
Aparthotel Adagio
With four branches across Toulouse, Aparthotel Adagio combines comfort with modernity. Styled as a home away from home, the hotel rooms are studios or one-bedroom apartments with equipped kitchenettes, dining tables, and private bathrooms, making them the perfect place for families or long-term visitors to stay. The hotels also offer useful amenities such as laundromats, irons, and in some cases, bars, gyms, and gourmet food stores.
The Adagios are located in different neighborhoods: two on the left bank of the river in the Saint Cyprien neighborhood, one on the Jolimont hilltop outside the city center, and another right in the heart of Toulouse on the Ramblas, offering panoramic views from its 18th-floor lookout. The recently opened Aparthotel Adagio Toulouse Centre La Grave in Saint Cyprien is particularly spectacular; thanks to its prime location, the roof terrace overlooks the exquisite turquoise Dôme de la Grave. (Jessica even gave an interview in this incredible location!)
Each hotel is based near easy public transport links including metro and bus lines and are ideally located for guests to explore by foot. Plenty of restaurants and bars are nearby as well as access to local sites and museums.
Addresses: 24 Rue du Pont Saint-Pierre, 31300 Toulouse, 24 Rue du Pont Saint-Pierre, 31300 Toulouse, 11 Ave Léon Blum, 31500 Toulouse, 37 Ter Av. Etienne Billières, 31300 Toulouse
The Best Budget Hotels in Toulouse
Budget hotels usually include the basic amenities, so that living spaces are clean and possessions are kept safe, yet the accommodation remains affordable to travelers on a budget.
Ibis Toulouse Centre
Right in the bustling hub of Toulouse is Ibis Toulouse Centre, a 3-star hotel that is both comfortable and affordable. Tucked away down a small side street, a minute’s walk from the busy bus station and commuter links, the hotel is perfect for travelers visiting for business or pleasure.
With 178 rooms ranging from standard to comfort rooms, all come with the typical amenities including private bathrooms, hair dryers, blackout curtains, and air conditioning. The breakfast buffet is an optional extra and the hotel includes a 24/7 bar, a restaurant, and a gym. Come with the whole family, as children can stay for free!
Located 3 minutes from the Jeanne d’Arc metro station and 10 minutes from Matabiau train station, Ibis Toulouse Centre is incredibly accessible, including by foot. In just a 10-minute walk, you will reach Place du Capitole. Visit Basilique Saint Sernin and Musée Saint Raymond, only a 7-minute walk from the hotel, and explore the cobbled streets to find restaurants and cafes.
For alternative budget options, other Ibis hotels in Toulouse include Ibis Budget Toulouse Aéroport and Ibis Toulouse Gare Matabiau.
Address: 2 Rue Claire Pauilhac, 31000 Toulouse
Eklo
Escape the city by staying at Eklo, an eco-friendly economical hotel in the Cartoucherie district on the left-bank of the Garonne. The Eklo group have reimagined the concept of affordable hospitality, making the experience pleasurable, stylish, and user-friendly.
Shared spaces at Eklo include the ground-floor restaurant, bar, terrace, and coworking lounge, all designed with urban street art, Chesterfield sofas, and mismatched colorful furnishings. Upstairs are the 100 rooms, including private, family, or shared, all equipped with a private bathroom. Eklo is the perfect destination for solo travelers thanks to these individual rooms with single beds, or the shared dormitories of up to six people with cabin bunk beds and privacy curtains.
Directly outside is the Cartoucherie tram stop that speeds guests across the Garonne, and Cartoucherie itself is up-and-coming thanks to recent development including Les Halles de la Cartoucherie, a food hall full of street food vendors that hosts activities and evening entertainment. Considered by Gault & Millau as a “remarkable hotel,” Eklo is taking the lead in reinventing budget accommodation.
Address: 181 Av. de Grande Bretagne, 31300 Toulouse
Le Clocher de Rodez
Turn back time, as this former 18th-century coaching inn, Le Clocher de Rodez, is over 300 years old with a façade that is a listed historical site. The hotel’s origins in travel – once upon a time connecting Toulouse to Rodez – have not changed, as today it sits next to the main city thoroughfare, Boulevard de Strasbourg, it is conveniently located by the bus station to catch the bus to the airport, and is a 10-minute walk to Matabiau train station.
Old meets new as the interiors are modern and comfortable, with spacious rooms available for solo travelers, couples, families, or groups. The Family Rooms can accommodate up to four people and include a double- and sofa bed, private bathrooms, soundproofed windows, and flat-screen TVs.
Enjoy the buffet breakfast, the co-working space, and the easy access to the city. Hop on the metro at Jeanne d’Arc just outside the hotel, or cross Boulevard de Strasbourg to visit the shopping district, Marché Victor Hugo, or Basilique Saint Sernin.
Address: 14-15 Pl. Jeanne d’Arc, 31000 Toulouse
The Best Group Accommodation in Toulouse
All the following hotels accept group bookings should you be exploring Toulouse with friends or family. Rooms are usually available to a maximum of four people.
Mama Shelter
As it includes so many other facilities and services, it can be easy to forget that Mama Shelter is a hotel! With its own 42-seat cinema, nightly events including DJ sets and a comedy club, the rooftop bar, Argentinian barbecue, and breakfast buffet, Mama Shelter has everything you could need, as well as 120 bedrooms!
Housed in a former cinema, at Mama Shelter modern street art meets Renaissance architecture. The décor is vibrant and glitzy, even in the bedrooms where vintage items and colored lighting add character. The rooms range from Small to XXL Family – 40 m2 (430 ft2) with two connecting rooms – ideal for groups exploring Toulouse. All rooms come with free movies – a nod to its cinematic past – organic toiletries, private bathrooms, and soundproofed windows.
And if all the hotel activities aren’t enough, Mama Shelter sits right in the heart of the city! A 2-minute walk away is the city center at Place Wilson and Jean Jaures metro station, and in the other direction lies the Saint Aubin neighborhood, a maze of streets full of bars, restaurants, and cafes.
Address: 54 56 Bd Lazare Carnot, 31000 Toulouse
The Social Hub
Described as “much more than a hotel,” The Social Hub caters to everybody. Stay at this boutique hotel-meets-student accommodation, especially if you are part of a group, for its incredible communal spaces that encourage everyone to get to know one another – after all, it’s not called a “social hub” for nothing!
The largest hotel on our shortlist, The Social Hub has 354 rooms! Catering to both short- and long-term guests, rooms come equipped with all the amenities you could need, including private bathrooms, desks, as well as kitchenettes for extended-stay visitors and students. Come for the social spaces, as the hotel includes a work café, restaurant, a 24/7 gym, terraces, a bar, a rooftop pool overlooking the city, a cinema, and a store!
Based in the university district of Compans Caffarelli, the atmosphere is vibrant and welcoming. Events are planned on a weekly basis, including yoga, movie nights, and DJ sets. Should you ever plan to leave, the hotel is next to Jardin Compans-Caffarelli, which includes the Japanese Gardens, bars and coffee shops are within walking distance, and it is a 7-minute walk to the nearest metro station.
Address: 1 Rue de Sébastopol, 31000 Toulouse
Ibis Styles Capitole
With its exquisite location hidden inside a converted 19th-century mansion, its private courtyard, and its eclectic modern design, you could easily forget that this hotel is part of the Ibis group! Just off the central Place du Capitole, the 3-star Ibis Styles Capitole looks out over the busy city square, yet remains discreet and quiet for such an optimal location. Its internal courtyard is the perfect spot to relax in the sunshine, removed from the thrumming city center.
The rooms are either in the standard style including a double bed and private bathroom, or you can opt for a Prestige room with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Capitole square. As with all Ibis Styles, the recent refurbishment was centered around a design theme, in this case, music, so all rooms include Chromecast! Family or group suites consist of two interconnecting bedrooms, plus breakfast is included for all guests.
Emerge from the hotel’s courtyard onto Rue de Taur, turn the corner and you are immediately in Place du Capitole. From here you have easy access to the rest of the city, whether that’s dining options within walking distance or sites and destinations from Capitole metro station.
Address: 2 Rue du Taur, 31000 Toulouse
With such a selection of hotels at your disposal, and with Toulouse being such a well-connected city, it is incredibly easy to find that perfect place to stay! Exploring Toulouse could not be more straightforward with metro and bus links, bikes for hire, and even by simply walking the streets. But the best part is knowing that you haven’t got far to go to return to your hotel, to relax and sleep, before exploring starts again the next day!
