AcrossTheWater3008
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- C Frances x 2 - 2016, 2017
C Portuguese x 2 2016, 2017
C Muxia/Finisterra x 2 2016, 17
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I arrived in Lourdes on 6 July 2018 following my flight from Stansted airport and the 2€ bus ride to the Lourdes train station. I stayed 2 nights at the mediocre Hotel Chalet St Louis for €61.40 (breakfast €5 extra per day). This hotel is close to the Sanctuary- 5 mins walk. I spent 2 days & nights exploring and marvelling the huge complex of the Sanctuary and it’s associated support services. The Sanctuary has a very well organised daily activities such as mass, processions, etc and the underground church also exudes that wowwww factor!
There is a shop in Lourdes called Centre d Information Jacquaire (33 562 92 93 52) on the beginning ofBoulevard de la Grotte selling the French credential for €3. The gentleman running the show is very kind and will also provide a printout of the routes and maps in French and is knowledgeable about the routes as he has walked Chemin de Saint-Jacques de Compostela before. The tourist information in the Sanctuary also keeps a register of the pilgrims and has the same maps.
The start of the route out of Lourdes is almost opposite the Tourist Information itself - the Boulevard Pere Remi Sempe. At the very top of this road, turn Right into Avenue Monsigneur Théas which takes you into Route de la Foret.... soon after, one sees the white/red waymarks of the route to SJPDP.
There is a shop in Lourdes called Centre d Information Jacquaire (33 562 92 93 52) on the beginning ofBoulevard de la Grotte selling the French credential for €3. The gentleman running the show is very kind and will also provide a printout of the routes and maps in French and is knowledgeable about the routes as he has walked Chemin de Saint-Jacques de Compostela before. The tourist information in the Sanctuary also keeps a register of the pilgrims and has the same maps.
The start of the route out of Lourdes is almost opposite the Tourist Information itself - the Boulevard Pere Remi Sempe. At the very top of this road, turn Right into Avenue Monsigneur Théas which takes you into Route de la Foret.... soon after, one sees the white/red waymarks of the route to SJPDP.