Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Lourdes, France

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 1.9 km
Ascend 102 m
Descend 77 m

Explore Lourdes in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in LourdesIndividual Sights in Lourdes

Sight 1: Grotte de Massabielle

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Grotte de Massabielle BRUNNER Emmanuel, Manu25 / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Grotto of Massabielle or Massabieille, better known by the generic name of the Grotto of Lourdes, is a Catholic pilgrimage site located in Lourdes, in the French department of Hautes-Pyrénées. It was in this cave that, in 1858, Bernadette Soubirous said she had seen 18 apparitions of the Virgin Mary and had discovered, on the indications she had given her, a spring whose water has since been considered miraculous by believers.

Wikipedia: Grotte de Massabielle (FR)

264 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire

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The Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica within the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. Its main theme is a celebration and depiction of the Rosary.

Wikipedia: Rosary Basilica (EN)

150 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Basilique de l'Immaculée Conception

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The Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, known widely as the "Upper Church", is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica within the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. Constructed between 1862 and 1871 and consecrated in 1876, it was the second of the churches to be completed. The church was built on top of the rock above the Grotto and next to the Basilica of our Lady of the Rosary.

Wikipedia: Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (EN)

35 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 4: Domaine du sanctuaire de Lourdes

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The sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Lourdes or Sanctuary of Lourdes is a Catholic sanctuary and a place of Marian pilgrimage located in Lourdes, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, in France. It is made up of several buildings and places of prayer on the site of the Marian appearances of Lourdes in 1858, during which the young Lourdaise Bernadette Soubirous says she saw several times a lady identified as the Virgin Mary, appearances recognized in 1862 by the Catholic Church.

Wikipedia: Sanctuaire de Lourdes (FR)

510 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Minor Basilica of St. Pius X

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Minor Basilica of St. Pius XLuc Viatour / Image non libre

The Basilica of Saint Pius X in Lourdes, in the French department of Hautes-Pyrénées, is a Roman Catholic basilica inaugurated in 1958 on the centenary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous. It is dedicated to Pope Pius X.

Wikipedia: Basilique Saint-Pie X de Lourdes (FR)

953 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 6: Château-fort de Lourdes

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The château fort de Lourdes is a historic castle located in Lourdes in the Hautes-Pyrénées département of France. It is strategically placed at the entrance to the seven valleys of the Lavedan. Since 1933, it has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

Wikipedia: Château fort de Lourdes (EN)

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