About Lourdes

We travelled to Lourdes after leaving the Camping Municipal at Trebes. Because the departmental roads are not the best on this route, we decided to do the whole journey on the autoroutes. This took us northwards to Toulouse then south west to Lourdes. The scenery of the snow topped Pyranees in the bright sunshine was wonderful. It was certainly a good experience and one we hope to repeat.

We stayed at the municipal campsite in Lourdes. This is also an ACSI site and we paid only 12 Euros per night which included electricity. The bollards have the old-fashioned sockets so an adapter is needed. The site is open-plan with no designated pitches but the warden tells you where to park. I was very impressed with the site, especially as we had such a good view of the nearby mountains from our caravan.

Lourdes is an exremely interesting place to visit. I have never seen so many disabled people in one place. There were quite a few beggers, but nowhere near as many as we saw in Barcelona. The ancient castle sited at the top of its cliff is awe inspring but the architecture of the basillica is spectacular.

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