"Peaceful City in the Pyrenees" Lourdes by Marisola

Lourdes Travel Guide: 111 reviews and 243 photos

Famous City of Pilgrimage

Lourdes is a city made most famous because of the visions of a peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. Bernadette claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary here on 18 different occasions.

Bernadette's Statue

In her visions, Bernadette was told to have a church built here. Now there are many churches and masses said here in several languages.

There is also water flowing from a spring Bernadette discovered here. People have claimed to have been miraculously cured from this water. Try some, or bring some home with you!

**There are also other Lourdes Grottos in the world, check out my sites on Ottawa, Canada and South Bend, USA for two others.

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  • Toshioohsako's Profile Photo
    Apr 4, 2011 at 4:34 AM

    This picture reminds me to plan another trip to this region!

  • Dymphna1's Profile Photo
    Jan 29, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    I so want to do a pilgrimage to Lourdes & Fatima one day.

  • kenHuocj's Profile Photo
    Oct 28, 2010 at 6:46 AM

    arrived late after missing a flight from Orly, but the night and few extra hours made my Camino de Santiago so much more meaningful ;-)))

  • goutammitra's Profile Photo
    Jun 26, 2010 at 7:26 AM

    Nice tips. But only the page is updated, no new tips. Enjoyable.

  • deeper_blue's Profile Photo
    Mar 30, 2008 at 6:29 AM

    nice page, write some more

  • calcaf38's Profile Photo
    Mar 16, 2008 at 1:09 PM

    Thank you for your birthday wishes. Bizarrely, we have a Grotto of Lourdes near here, in Thurmont Pennsylvania, where some old hermit spent many years... Cheers.

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