Places to stay in Lourdes for pilgrims?

[RafaVer]

Hello Fellow pilgrims!
I am planning to start the Camino in Lourdes.. Does anyone know of any good cheap places to stay for pilgrims doing El Camino?
Any input is greatly appreciated!
-Rafa

 

[sillydoll]

Lourdes is the one town in Europe where there are more hotels, hostals, pensions, chambres than there are inhabitants! Just go to the Tourism Office when you get there and they will give you a long list of places to stay.
If you want to reserve a place before you go check out the long list in the Yellow Pages
http://www.yellowpages.ca/search/si/1/A ... Lourdes+QC

I walked from Lourdes in 2009. It is a lovely walk but whilst in France you should try to phone ahead for beds. We booked beds in the albergue in Asson and when we got there they had been given to stwo other people. Asson has one small pilgrim room with two bunk beds and a couple of mattresses. No hotel, no Inns. We ended up sleeping on matresses on the floor in the entrance hall of the school.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

The Tourist Office will give you a list of accommodations by price range. You can search their webpage here:

http://www.lourdes-infotourisme.com/web ... llerie.php

There are five categories under Se Loger for the types of accommodations. I paid about 10E for a shared double room in a religious-type hostel.

 

[caminka]

a list of cheap pilgrim-related accommodation I accummulated for lourdes:

- acceuil international (90b, D), 3 chemin Arrouza, 943 454, kitchenette, ®!.
- acceuil Sœurs Auxiliatrices (15b, D), 37 rue Bagnères, 940 561, accueil.auxilourdes@gmail.com, kitchen, ®!.
- Foyer Ave Maria (BB €11), 7 ave Paradis, 942 488, ?427 987, dinner 6, ®!, Apr-Oct.
- Villages des jeunes (400b, €6-8), ave Rhodain, 427 995, kitchen, breakfast, dinner, Apr-Oct.
- acceuil La Cité de st Pierre (2-4b, D), ave Rhodain, 427 111, has info office opposite sanctuaire, in all 465 beds, dinner till 20h, Jan 20-Dec 10.
- acceuil/gîte L’Hospitalet (BB €11), 3a route Pau, 427 987, dinner 6, Apr-Oct 17h-21h.
- gîte La Ruche = ?acceuil M Doux (9b, BB €15), 21 rue Pau, 979 821, 0624/990 121, dinner, 15h30-, this place is reported to accommodate santiago pilgrims only.
- acceuil Entraide st Martin (), 427 994, next to Porte st Joseph, all year.

 

[David]

Do check that it isn't a special event day/weekend/week.

I went there once when Pope Benedict was visiting ... any available places had doubled (yes, doubled) their rates ... I begged myself into a campsite, in a corner by the railway track (they ran at night :shock: )