Lourdes travel guide
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Visit Lourdes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lourdes is situated in the Hautes-Pyrenees department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south-west of France at 20 km from Tarbes, the department capital. (General information: Lourdes is 667 km from Paris and 885 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Lourdes
Popular places to visit near Lourdes: these include Lourdes at 2 km and Tarbes at 18 km.
Grottes de Betharram is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 12km and Marshall Foch house is a listed 'national monument' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Lourdes: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Lourdes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lourdes
See France This Way travel guides for Hautes-Pyrenees and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lourdes.
Note that all distances from Lourdes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lourdes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lourdes (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Midi-Pyrenees and Hautes-Pyrenees gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Lourdes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin Massey (19km) : Jardins du château de Viven (49km) :
- National Monuments: Marshall Foch house (18km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Tarbes (20km) : Pau (34km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont Perdu (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Oloron-Sainte-Marie (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cirque de Gavarnie (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Lourdes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lourdes
Canton: Lourdes
Arrondissement: Argelès-Gazost
Department: Hautes-Pyrenees
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 65100
Distance to Lourdes
from Tarbes: 20 km
from Paris: 667 km
from Calais: 885 km
from Nice: 595 km
from Bordeaux: 198 km
from Strasbourg: 858 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 31 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lourdes): Ade, Arcizac-Ez-Angles, Artigues, Aspin-en-Lavedan, Averan, Barlest, Barry, Bartres, Berberust-Lias, Bourreac, Cheust, Ger, Gez-Ez-Angles, Jarret, Julos, Juncalas, Les Angles, Lezignan, Loubajac, Lugagnan, Omex, Ossen, Ourdis-Cotdoussan, Ouste, Pareac, Peyrouse, Poueyferre, Saint-Creac, Segus, Sere-Lanso and Viger.
Getting here
For driving distances to Lourdes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lourdes