[Travel] Airbus Factory tours at Toulouse

[Rowdey]

Evening all..!

We're staying very near to Toulouse mid/late August, and thought this might be a decent place to visit with my two boys (and dragging the Mrs along too.. )

I've read that you can have option of three different types of tour, but it's not so clear on here whether the 'stages' are the different tours/aircraft - http://www.manatour.fr/en/aeronautical-discovery/lets-visit-airbus-discovery-tour

Anyone been ?

 

[ellisbhastroud]

Just arrived in toulouse (found £20 return flights), all quite spontaneous and no plans so any tips/advice will be very welcome!

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[dejavuatbtn]

My only visit was in 98 to see England get beat in the world cup. Nice town, nice, people, nice little ground, nice river, crap result.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Been many years ago for A320 when with BCal

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

Just arrived in toulouse (found £20 return flights), all quite spontaneous and no plans so any tips/advice will be very welcome!

Visited Toulouse back in 2008 and ate the best meal I've ever eaten at this place here ; https://www.restaurant-emile.com/en/chez-emile-toulouse/
Had the house signature dish ; Cassoulet au confit de canard de Francis - stewed white beans with porc sausage and preserved leg of duck, 24€
The restaurant sits on a corner of the buzzy Place Saint Georges - a really nice part of the city.

 

[PTC Gull]

Evening all..!

We're staying very near to Toulouse mid/late August, and thought this might be a decent place to visit with my two boys (and dragging the Mrs along too.. )

I've read that you can have option of three different types of tour, but it's not so clear on here whether the 'stages' are the different tours/aircraft - http://www.manatour.fr/en/aeronautical-discovery/lets-visit-airbus-discovery-tour

Anyone been ?

I have been to the Embraer factory in Brazil. Looks a similar deal. How I read it is you see 3 different parts but mainly the final assembly hall and finish off going on the A400 (their version of the C130 Hercules). Seems good value.

 

[Icy Gull]

Definitely worth doing, you should also get the chance to look on board a prototype Concorde that is there too.

Reads to me like you do all three stages?

I went a few years ago and stages 1 and 2 Plus a visit to Concorde were included. Third stage is a more recent addition.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Check the online reviews. I looked at this last as a present for my son but there were quite a few comments about how the factory part didn’t have any activity going on so you just saw a bunch of parts waiting to be fitted