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Visit Lourdes: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: Lourdes is of course very famous as a pilgrimage centre which attracts millions of pilgrims and visitors each year

Lourdes is situated in the Hautes-Pyrenees department and Occitanie region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Lourdes in Occitanie.

Popular places to visit nearby include Tarbes at 18 km and Luz-Saint-Sauveur at 25 km.

Lourdes, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Saint-Savin

at 13 km (direction south-south-west)

It is the abbey church in Saint-Savin, and the surrounding countryside, that make a...

See Saint-Savin guide

Tarbes

at 18 km (direction north-east)

The substantial gardens of Jardin Massey are the main place of interest in the...

See Tarbes guide

Luz-Saint-Sauveur

at 25 km (direction south-south-east)

The pleasant town of Luz-Saint-Sauveur is well placed to explore some lovely Pyreneean mountain...

See Luz-Saint-Sauveur guide

Col du Tourmalet

Scenery at 26 km (direction south-east)

The Col du Tourmalet is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees, famous because the...

See Col du Tourmalet guide

Col d'Aubisque

Scenery at 27 km (direction west-south-west), in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department

The Col d'Aubisque is a beautiful mountain pass with views of numerous high mountains...

See Col d'Aubisque guide

Gourette

at 28 km (direction west-south-west), in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department

Gourette s a small ski station on the route to the Col d'Aubisque near...

See Gourette guide

Eaux-Bonnes

at 31 km (direction west-south-west), in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department

Eaux-Bonnes is a 19th century belle-epoque spa town at the base of the Col...

See Eaux-Bonnes guide

Laruns

at 33 km (direction west-south-west), in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department

Laruns is a pretty village, but it is the surrounding mountain scenery that attracts...

See Laruns guide

Chateau de Pau

Castle at 35 km (direction west-north-west), in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department

The Chateau de Pau is an impressive combination of the renaissance and 19th century...

See Chateau de Pau guide

Pau

at 35 km (direction west-north-west), in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department

The large town of Pau is well known for the views from the belvedere...

See Pau guide

Col d'Aspin

Scenery at 35 km (direction east-south-east)

The Col d'Aspin is an important mountain pass in the west of the Pyrenees...

See Col d'Aspin guide

Pyrenees National Parc

National Parc at 37 km (direction south-west)

The Pyrenees National Parc contains a great deal of the most beatiful mountain scenery...

See Pyrenees National Parc guide

Arreau

at 39 km (direction east-south-east)

Deep in the Pyrenees on a small river, Arreau is a delightful small town...

See Arreau guide

Mont Perdu

Heritage Site at 40 km (direction south)

Mont-Perdu is a natural highlight on the border between France and Spain near Gavarnie...

See Mont Perdu guide

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Markets in and near Lourdes

Market days in Lourdes: weekly market: Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday all day & Saturday all day & Monday & Friday;

• Lourdes: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday all day & Saturday all day & Monday & Friday (0km)
• Bagneres-de-Bigorre: market Saturday all day (16km)
• Tarbes: market Thursday all day (20km)
• Luz-Saint-Sauveur: market Monday (25km)
• Castet: market Thursday (30km)
• Gan: market Wednesday (32km)
• Vic-en-Bigorre: market Saturday all day (32km)
• Pau: market every day except Sunday (34km)
• Rabastens-de-Bigorre: market Monday (36km)
• Arreau: market Thursday all day (39km)

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Tourist attractions near Lourdes, France

What to do at Lourdes? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Lourdes.

Grand sites of France

• Cirque de Gavarnie (45km)

Heritage sites

• Ourdis-Cotdoussan église St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (8km)
• Aragnouet chapelle des templiers (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (40km)
• Gavarnie église St Jean Baptiste (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (41km)
• Jézeau église Saint-Laurent (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (41km)

National Monuments

• Marshall Foch house (18km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin Massey (19km)
• Jardins du château de Viven (49km)
• Jardin du château de Momas (51km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Grottes de Betharram (12km)
• Grottes de Médous (18km)
• Cirque du Lys (25km)
• Cirque du Litor (25km)
• Col du Tourmalet (26km)
• Col d'Aubisque (27km)
• Pont d'Espagne (28km)
• Gouffre d'Esparros (31km)
• Vallée d'Ossau (33km)
• Cirque du Marcadau (33km)
• Cirque de Troumouse (43km)
• Cirque d'Estaubés (43km)
• Cascade de Gavarnie (45km)
• Vallée d'Aspe (48km)
• Lac d'Oo (59km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Tarbes (20km)
• Pau (34km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Zoo d'Asson (18km)

Geography and distances

Lourdes is in the south-west of France at 18 kilometres from Tarbes, the department capital (general information: Lourdes is 667 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Lourdes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 31 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): 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.

This page in French: Visiter Lourdes