VISIT OF THE "CHÂTEAU FORT DE LOURDES" AND ITS PYRENEAN MUSEUM
With FamilyHobbiesCulturePreserved defensive architecture (dungeon, drawbridge, portcullis), exceptional panorama of the Sanctuary and the Pyrenees, museum that tells the story of life in the French Pyrenees in the 19th and early 20th centuries, botanical garden...are as much wealth as you can appreciate during your visit to the Château-Fort de Lourdes.
Contact
25 rue du Fort
65100 LOURDES
05 62 42 37 37
chateaufort.museepyreneen@ville-lourdes.fr
Discover the castle Château-Fort and its Pyrenean Museum.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Open every day :
From December 20 to January 4, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
(Last entry 1 hour before site closing)
For people with reduced mobility on wheelchairs, access is limited to the esplanade with a view of the city, the botanical garden, the models, three rooms of the Pyrenean Museum and the shop.
THE CASTLE ‘CHÂTEAU FORT’ AND THE ‘PYRENEAN MUSEUM’
With more than a thousand years of history this large stone vessel, suspended in the heart of the city, invites you to travel in time.
In turn, a count’s residence, a stronghold, a royal prison and a barracks, the castle has defied time and countless attacks to become today a Pyrenean museum (Musée Pyrénéen).
A rich and varied route to discover alone or with the family:
- preserved defensive architecture (dungeon, drawbridge, portcullis),
- an exceptional panorama of the Sanctuary and the Pyrenees;
- a museum that tells the story of life in the French Pyrenees in the 19th and early 20th centuries;
- a time of breathing and relaxation in the botanical garden.