Hotel Saint Georges

Paying €54 (including tourist tax) for an ensuite room in a tourist town like Lourdes is a pretty good deal, imo. Admittedly secure parking (outdoor) is an extra €15 but that's not bad. On balance, in mid June I might have saved this expense and just parked the bike outside the hotel in the street (as other bikers did) but I really don't like leaving the bike overnight in the street. Devastated to find what looks like a cigarette burn on the bike seat yesterday :( :( I will have to get that repaired somehow. I'm not quite sure why I was so upset by that, one's relationship with one's bike runs deep. Anyway - breakfast at the St George is an additional €12, and is nothing special, machine produced coffee choices and orange juice, various breakfast cereals, yoghurt and bread rolls with ham and cheese etc and a fruit bowl. Nothing social, but parsimonious travellers like myself take advantage of the free buffet and make cheese/ham sandwiches, fruit, boiled eggs etc for a picnic lunch, which makes the €12 outlay go a bit further. Additionally with the subversive enjoyment of stashing your lunch into your bag without attracting the attention of the F&B manager. My room on the 6th floor was a pretty good size, and with views onto the river below. No aircon, somewhat unusually, but I left the windows open at night as it was quiet enough to sleep. TV had a reasonable choice of channels, no English language movie channels, but it did include BBC news, SkyNews and CNN. I'd come back here, staff were pretty friendly and it's only a short walk (5 minutes) into the centre of Lourdes.

This is in a great location and we had lovely views over the mountains. Rooms fine with nice showers/baths. Breakfast needs to be booked. We had it every day. It is 10 Euros and felt like reasonable value. Very helpful staff. I would definitely return.

Great base to go to the sanctuary. A 5-minute walk, along the Gave River and via 'the souvenir-shop streets' Were hospitably received by Christine the really 24/7 her best to make guests feel at home. Clean rooms. Plenty of towels. We had full board. Eating badger at regular intervals with a fixed meal (no choice, just what the pot buys....) We had someone with us who was dependent on care and wheelchair. The special 3 person/disabled room was the only one suitable for this. Other rooms are too cramped to wash/ change/ turn people on bed (change location)