White Ice in the Pink City

December 8, 2009

Resized Toulouse Christmas Market

Toulouse, nicknamed La Ville Rose or the Pink City, turns white near Christmas with dripping lights, a skating rink in Place Capitole and, if the weather’s just right, a soft snowfall.

Resized Skating Outside Place Capitole

Find my full article on how Toulouse celebrates Christmas at National Geographic’s Intelligent Travel.

Joyeux Noël.

About the author 

Abi King

Abigail King is an award-winning journalist and photographer whose work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Lonely Planet, the BBC, Red, CNN and more.

She is one of the leading figures in the UK for blogging and social media in travel and her blog, Inside the Travel Lab, is described as one of the best in the world.

She loves mango chutney, Blackadder and marmite toast buttered just right.

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