The capital of Occitania, Toulouse, has a lot to offer to visitors, as I saw firsthand. In the medieval streets, churches and cathedrals you can see traces of the city's turbulent history. I was most impressed by the basilica of St. Sernin which is an important stop on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostella. It turns out that in the 1920s, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the author of The Little Prince, set off on mail flights from Toulouse to Africa and South America.