Attractions

Live the great period of Christianity at the Waxworks Museum of Lourdes, discovering unpublished scenes of Jesus with his apostles, Bernadette before the apparition of the Virgin, and other holy people. Whether Lourdes is for you a destination of pilgrimage or a simple visit of tourist site, we propose you to immerse yourself in this unavoidable period of history.

Museum Official website:

http://www.musee-de-cire-lourdes.com/

During the conquest of Gaul, the Romans must have been the first to take advantage of the strategic position of the rocky outcrop.

In the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries, the almost impregnable fortress was the lordly residence of the Count of Bigorre

It then became a stronghold, from which to control the routes in the foothills of the Pyrenees that were disputed by the various princes, who were the policy-makers in the South of France. The population of Heavy which is entitled of refuge to the castle was saved during the various conflicts as the Albigeois Crusade or the wars of religion.

In the Fourteenth Century, it was permanently extended with a system of interlinking curtain walls and the construction of the keep that dominated three other towers that have since disappeared.

(Source: Castle of Lourdes official website)

Link Official website bellow:

 http://www.chateaufort-lourdes.fr/en/a_thousand_years_of_history.html

Have a look on the center of Lourdes

Have a ride in this famous train. You can take it, closed to the gate "SAINT JOSEPH" 

The ideal place to relax

For sport fans

Panoramic view on the mountains