LOURDES
, about 30km southeast of Pau, has just one function. Over seven million Catholic pilgrims arrive here each year, and the town is totally given over to looking after and exploiting them. Lourdes was hardly more than a village before 1858, when Bernadette Soubirous, the 14-year-old daughter of an ex-miller, had the first of eighteen visions of the Virgin Mary in the so-called Grotte de Massabielle by the Gave de Pau. Since then, Lourdes has grown a great deal, and it is now on... [More]
This fine hotel welcomes you to stay in the very heart of Lourdes. Its vast, comfortable rooms have recently been redecorated and are all equipped with hairdryers in the bathrooms. The restaurant overlooks the Esplanade des Processions. [More]
In an authentic atmosphere that does not sacrifice comfort, the Hôtel de l'Europe offers you 60 bedrooms with shower, WC, phone and satellite TV. We offer disabled access, traditional cooking, and are neaby the railway station and airport shuttle service. We can propose excursions into the surround... [More]
Its geographical position, at the foot of the mountains makes it an ideal starting-point of excursions to the Pyrenees. The Fortified Castle, rising in the middle of the city, is only a few minutes from the hotel. From Easter to the end of October the Hotel des Pays-Bas provides comfort, excellent s... [More]