Toul offers several clear starting points for an exploration: the city’s history in its museum and historic buildings, tastings of Côtes de Toul wines, and nature and cycling trails. The options range from a 2.2-kilometre botanical discovery trail to an 85-kilometre route connecting Toul with two other cities. When planning, you can first decide what you want to focus on: culture, plant life, woodland trails, wine or a longer tour.
City history in collections and buildings
The Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Toul presents extensive collections on the city’s history and is housed in the former Maison Dieu. The 13th-century sickroom is the only surviving part of the former complex of buildings. Here, the city’s history in the collections meets a tangible historic setting.
The cloister of the collegiate church of Saint-Gengoult was built between 1510 and 1522. Together with the surviving sickroom, it offers a second historical point of reference: several centuries separate the construction of the sickroom from that of the cloister. Visitors interested in historic architecture can therefore see both a 13th-century room and a cloister from the early 16th century in Toul.
Nature trails with different focuses
The Sentier floristique is a 2.2-kilometre discovery trail devoted to local flora on Mont-Saint-Michel. A total of 130 plant species have been recorded there. For nature enthusiasts, this combines a specific trail length with a clearly defined botanical focus: the route is designed to help visitors discover the plant life.
The Tour du Mont Saint-Michel circular trail has a different focus. This nature trail near Toul’s upper town runs mainly along shaded woodland paths. Unlike the Sentier floristique, which specifically explores the local flora, this route foregrounds its woodland character. This distinction can help you choose between botanical discovery and woodland trails.
The Boucle de la Moselle and Toul as a wine stop
The Boucle de la Moselle is on a different scale: this 85-kilometre cycling route connects Toul, Liverdun and Nancy. It can be travelled by bicycle, on foot, by boat or with a pushchair. Before setting out, it is worth checking the latest route information for the distance and connections.
Toul is also listed as a stop on the Côtes de Toul Tourist Route. The Maison du Tourisme offers year-round tastings of Côtes de Toul wines at the foot of the cathedral. If you want to make wine a focus of your trip, this gives you both a connection to the route and a specific opportunity to taste the wines. Check the Maison du Tourisme’s latest operating details before your trip.
When looking for a hotel in Toul, your planned focus can help guide your choice: the city’s history and wine, plant life and woodland trails, or a longer tour connecting several cities appeal to different travel interests. First consider which of these sides of Toul makes it especially interesting for your trip.
Discover more destinations: Doncourt-Lès-Conflans, Pont-À-Mousson, Neuves-Maisons, Essey-Lès-Nancy, Badonviller, Saint-Pierremont, Belleau, Heillecourt.
For the main travel overview: Meurthe-Et-Moselle.
