Read more about Paris and Lourdes in the Midi-Pyrénées.
Lourdes is famous for its pilgrims who have come here by the thousands since the mid-19th century, when Bernadette Soubirous had the first of 18 visions of the Virgin Mary. It welcomes so many pilgrims each year, it has more hotels than any city in France apart from Paris, plus a plethora of restaurants to house and feed visitors and the many pilgrims who still believe in the power of the place. Lourdes is very close to the Spanish border and the A64 motorway that connects the surfing town of Biarritz with Toulouse.
Lourdes tourism website
Paris to Lourdes by train
TGV trains to Lourdes depart from Gare Montparnasse in Paris (17 Boulevard de Vaugirard, Paris, 14th arrondissement) throughout the day. The trip lasts 6 hours 6 minutes.
Transport links to Gare Montparnasse
- Líneas de metro hacia y desde Gare Montparnasse:
Line 4 – Porte de Clignancourt to Porte d’Orleans
Line 6 – Charles de Gaulle Etoile a Nation
Line 12 – Porte de la Chapelle to Mairie d’Issey
Line 13 – Saint Denis / Universite and Gabriel Peri -Asnieres Gennevillers to Chatillon-Montrouge. - Para autobuses: vea el mapa de autobuses de París
Connections to Lourdes by TER
There are several connections from Lourdes, all of which connect with a TGV to Paris.
- From Gare Montparnasse: Take the TGV to Toulouse, then change to an express TER train to Lourdes. (7 hours and 45 minutes).
Take the TGV to Bayonne, then change to the TER express train to Lourdes (7 hours 20 minutes). - From Paris Gare de Lyon : Take the TGV to Bordeaux, then change to an Intercity to Toulouse, then a TER to Lourdes (8 hours 18 minutes).
- From Paris Gare Austerlitz: Take the TGV to Toulouse and then change to a TER express train to Lourdes (7 hours 45 minutes).
Lourdes station is northeast of the city center at the end of the avenue. de la Gare. A few minutes walk from the city center.
Connections to Lourdes with high-speed TER trains
Popular destinations include Toulouse (from 2 hours 10 minutes); Tarbes (50 minutes); Bayonne (from 1 hour and 19 minutes).
- Check out the main TER services on the TER website .
Booking train travel in France
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Get to Lourdes by plane
Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport Airport website
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The airport is 10 km (6 miles) from Tarbes and Lourdes, just 5 minutes from the A64 motorway.
Maligne’s local bus runs from the airport (just outside the terminal arrival area) to Lourdes, as well as to Tarbes, Angeles-Gazost, Luz Saint-Sauveur and Bareges. There is a single price of 2 euros for each trip on the network.
Maligne bus website information (in French)
Destinations to and from Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées airport
There are flights from Manchester and Stansted in the UK, from Paris in France, Brussels in Belgium, Barcelona in Spain and Milan and Rome in Italy.
Paris to Lourdes by car
The distance from Paris to Lourdes is around 848 kms (526 miles), and the journey takes around 7 hours and 30 minutes, depending on your speed. There are tolls on the Autoroutes.
Car rental
For information on how to rent a car under the return lease scheme, which is the cheapest way to rent a car if you are in France for more than 17 days, try Renault Eurodrive’s buyback lease.
- Tips for driving in France and French roads
Getting from London to Paris
- By train (Eurostar)
Eurostar between London, Paris and Lille - By bus / coach Eurolines offers a cheap service from London, Gillingham, Canterbury, Folkestone and Dover to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and Paris Gallieni. Six coaches a day; 2 all night; Travel time is 7 hours. The Eurolines stop is located at the Paris Gallieni bus station, 28 ave du General de Gaulle, right next to the Gallieni metro station, near Porte de Bagnolet (metro line 3, final stop).
Eurolines website for French travel - IDBus also operates between London and Lille and London and Paris. IDBus also runs from Lille to Amsterdam and Brussels.
IDBus website
