From the Oncopôle cable car station to the Portet ferry

A short walk starting from the Téléo Oncopôle station towards the Portet ferry, taking the Via Garona and then following the Garonne. You can reach the starting point by taking metro line B to Paul Sabatier station, then taking the cable car to the Oncopôle terminus.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.03 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 16 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 16 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 479 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 456 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Toulouse (31500|31400|31300|31)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 43.55417° / E 1.428147°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2043ET
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the walk

Start from the Téléo station. You can also park in the Oncopôle car park at (1).

(S/E) Take the exit to the left of the station or from the car park.

(1) Follow the Via Garona on the right.

(2) Turn left to cross the road and take the gravel path which joins and runs alongside the Saudrune stream, initially in the shade of the trees and then out in the open. After a while, cross the stream and continue for 200 m along a grassy path.

(3) Turn left and follow the track for 550 m to the crossroads.

(4) Carry on to the left for 250 m along the track suitable for vehicles, skirting the market gardens; turn right, cross the stream, then turn immediately left to follow the stream.

(5) Continue to the left along the stream; a chicane blocks the way for two-wheeled vehicles.
Warning: do not take this path if the Garonne is in flood; instead, take the parallel path by turning right.

(6) If the path is not muddy, follow the Garonne as closely as possible, keeping left at every fork. You’ll pass several pumping stations, sometimes riding over the concrete blocks that make up the protective embankment, and sometimes underneath it.

(7) Carry on straight ahead until you reach the Portet ferry.

(8) The ferry operates from 1 April to 30 October on Wednesday afternoons and on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 10.00 to 17.00. Turn back.

(7) Turn left to avoid retracing your steps along the path you’ve already taken, but after 200 m, turn right to avoid walking through a cultivated field.

(9) Head left to join a track suitable for vehicles, follow this track to the right for 50 m, then turn right onto the path that leads through the forest.

(10) Turn right to rejoin the outbound route and head left.

(6) Turn left to avoid retracing the path from the outward leg and reach the stream from the outward leg.

(5) Turn left and, following the route in the opposite direction to the outward journey, head towards the Oncopôle (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 472 ft - Téléo station or car park
  2. 1 : mi 0.18 - alt. 476 ft - Junction
  3. 2 : mi 0.63 - alt. 469 ft - Junction. Via Garona – Path
  4. 3 : mi 1.09 - alt. 463 ft - Saudrune
  5. 4 : mi 1.44 - alt. 472 ft - Crossroads
  6. 5 : mi 1.76 - alt. 466 ft - Junction for both outbound and return routes. Along the - Garonne (fleuve)
  7. 6 : mi 2.12 - alt. 469 ft - Junction for both outbound and return routes
  8. 7 : mi 2.8 - alt. 472 ft - Junction for both out-and-back routes
  9. 8 : mi 3.04 - alt. 472 ft - Portet Ferry
  10. 9 : mi 3.58 - alt. 472 ft - Junction
  11. 10 : mi 3.71 - alt. 469 ft - Junction
  12. S/E : mi 6.03 - alt. 472 ft - Téléo station or car park

Notes

Light hiking kit; walking poles are recommended if it has rained the day before. Sections pass through flood-prone areas if the Garonne is in flood.

(5) Please note: in the event of high water, do not use the path along the banks of the Garonne; instead, take the parallel path further away from the riverbank.

Worth a visit

Lovely views of the river through the branches.

Reviews and comments

4.7 / 5
Based on 3 reviews

Reliability of the description
5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.7 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
Nelly bsw
Nelly bsw

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 02, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The gorges du fier

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annesafi
annesafi

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 05, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The problem is that part of the area is under construction, with building machinery that has turned part of the path (roughly halfway along) into a huge muddy mess...
Otherwise, it’s easy and enjoyable.

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Wildara
Wildara

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 18, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A leisurely stroll along the banks of the Garonne. Clear signposting.

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