Lourdes
Lourdes Accommodation
We have carefully selected a great range of four star hotels in Lourdes. All of these hotels are located
in or around the grotto and are within a few minutes walk to the sanctuaries. Marian Pilgrimages
hotels in Lourdes are on a full board basis. Rooms can be single, twin or triple with
en-suite.Themajority of the hotels cater for disabled guests with facilities and rooms for wheelchairs.
The numerous facilities coupled with the close proximity to the sanctuaries make every pilgrims
trip to Lourdes a peaceful and relaxing experience. Please see a description of some of the hotels we
use for our groups in Lourdes. Please log on to our website
for the full list
of hotels we have access to.
‘What I have to say to you does not have to be written down’
On the 11th of February 1858, Bernadette Soubirous witnessed
a beautiful apparition in a small village in France known as
Lourdes. While gathering wood by the Grotto, Bernadette first saw
a vision of Our Lady surrounded by brilliant light. Too frightened
to approach her, Bernadette prayed the Rosary while Our Lady
looked on in quiet approval. Our Lady then disappeared.
It was not until her third visit to the Grotto that she spoke. She asked
Bernadette to come to the Grotto for fifteen days. Bernadette did as requested and listened to
the messages Our Lady delivered from God. In these messages He asks His children to pray for
sinners and repent. During the apparitions Our Lady gave Bernadette a mission; She request-
ed that Bernadette tell the priests to build a chapel and come in procession to Lourdes.
During the 9th apparition, the discovery of the Miraculous spring in the Grotto was made by
Bernadette. Its waters are said to have healing powers and many miraculous healings to this
day are attributed to it. Bernadette was scrutinised and questioned by hundreds of people on
a daily basis. Cure Peyramale, the local pastor, accused Bernadette of lying about the appa-
ritions and demanded that she ask Our Lady to identify herself. On the feast of the Annunci-
ation, Our Lady declared to Bernadette “I am the Immaculate Conception”. It was then that
people ceased accusing Bernadette of lies. The apparitions lasted until July 1858.
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