Toulouse away : Wed May 13, 2009 11:36 am  

Been speaking to Whitehaven re their experiences on the Toulouse trip

a couple of things that might interest those that are going;

*Novotel hotel is "superb"
*ground is a 25 mins walk from the hotel, or 3 stops on the metro
*Two english bars locally, "george and Dragon" and "Melting pot" both good
*BUT beer is expensive anything between 6 and 10 Euros a pint
*theres is a supermarket near ground, beer cheaper and Whitehaven were allowed to take beer into the game
*Theres a VERY NOISY brass band that plays throughout the game
*Wine is cheap
* When Whitehaven went just about everything was closed on the Sunday


hope this helps

mike

: Wed May 13, 2009 11:54 am  

Would definitely recommend the Melting Pot. Should still be a Leigh flag in there, all going to plan

: Wed May 13, 2009 12:07 pm  

And the Ryanair flights have gone up twice in the past couple of weeks. Anybody taking kids, the Novotel and Crowne Plaza seem to be the only places you can get that do family rooms (more than 3 to a room).

We're flying out from East Midlands on the Friday morning and stopping in the Novotel for 2 nights.

NB - There are 2 Novotels in Toulouse, one in the centre and one near the airport. The one near the airport is across the river and the furthest one away (providing I'm looking at the right stadium!).

: Wed May 13, 2009 12:08 pm  

The Dors wrote:

NB - There are 2 Novotels in Toulouse, one in the centre and one near the airport. The one near the airport is across the river and the furthest one away (providing I'm looking at the right stadium!).

Depends which ground you're playing at, as the one we played at was nearer to the airport than the city centre. Dead easy to get around the place though - the Metro system is spot on and the buses aren't bad either.

: Wed May 13, 2009 12:10 pm  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

Depends which ground you're playing at, as the one we played at was nearer to the airport than the city centre. Dead easy to get around the place though - the Metro system is spot on and the buses aren't bad either.

Yeah that's what I thought!

: Wed May 13, 2009 12:19 pm  

just to add to that

melting pot was excellent and has sky sports so loads to watch,

novatel is very good and from there its about a 15min walk to the melting pot

entrecote steak rstaurant over the road from the melting pot got the thumbs up from those in our group who went

george and dragon was cheaper for beer but no sky

take some ear plugs for the band

: Wed May 13, 2009 12:20 pm  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

Would definitely recommend the Melting Pot. Should still be a Leigh flag in there, all going to plan

yep still on the celling when we were ther

: Wed May 13, 2009 1:24 pm  

haven4ever wrote:

entrecote steak rstaurant over the road from the melting pot got the thumbs up from those in our group who went

Is that the place with the yellow and black canopy? They were queuing 300 yards when we passed so we went down the road to a different steak place instead

haven4ever wrote:

take some ear plugs for the band

Beltin' at the after-match party though, great fun.

haven4ever wrote:

yep still on the celling when we were ther

Glad to hear it

How many 'Haven fans went over?

: Wed May 13, 2009 1:26 pm  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

Is that the place with the yellow and black canopy? They were queuing 300 yards when we passed so we went down the road to a different steak place instead


Beltin' at the after-match party though, great fun.


Glad to hear it

How many 'Haven fans went over?

yep thats the one dont know how some of our lot got in

about 150 /200 i would say

: Wed May 13, 2009 1:50 pm  

*Theres a VERY NOISY brass band that plays throughout the game

That band better not be as annoying as the Fev one. My god they were getting on my nerves in the second half.