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The Residence du Soleil is located on a quiet street close to the center of Lourdes just 330 yards from the Notre-Dame sanctuaries. It offers free Wi-Fi access. Each air-conditioned and soundproofed studio is equipped with satellite channels on a flat-screen TV and a fully equipped kitchenette. A buffet breakfast is served daily. Restaurants bar and stores are at close access to Du Soleil Residence. It is only a 10-minute walk to the Grotto and the Basilicas. Free private parking is provided. It is a 6-minute drive from route N21. Hotel Rooms: 30

By car / coach From Tarbes to Lourdes follow route N.21 Once in Lourdes follow Centre ville then La Grotte directions. According to the direction of traffic take Boulevard de la Grotte (then Boulevard Père Rémy Sempé) or Rue de la Grotte. From Pau to Lourdes follow the A.64 motorway in direction of Tarbes from Tarbes to Lourdes follow route N.21. Once in Lourdes follow Centre ville then La Grotte directions. According to the direction of traffic take Boulevard de la Grotte (then Boulevard Père Rémy Sempé) or Rue de la Grotte. From Argelès-Gazost to Lourdes follow route N.21. Once in Lourdes follow Centre ville then La Grotte directions. According to the direction of traffic take Boulevard de la Grotte (then Boulevard Père Rémy Sempé) or Rue de la Grotte. DANGER : Rue de la Grotte traffic direction changes on the 1st and 16th of every month By plane 4 airports serve Lourdes Tarbes Lourdes Pyrénées 15 km away Taxi Pau-Pyrénées 40 km away Taxis Toulouse-Blagnac 180 km away (by motorway) Taxis or train to Lourdes Biarritz 200 km away (by motorway) Taxis No regular shuttle service to Lourdes airport From LOURDES airport (15 km away) Price: approximately 25 during the day and 30 at night and during weekends (according to amount of luggage). From PAU airport (40 km away) Price: approximately 70 during the day and 95 at night and during weekends (according to amount of luggage). By train The high-speed train (TGV) from Paris to Lourdes (5 hour trip) ensures four connections every day and two night trains. There are direct train connections from: Bordeaux / Toulouse / Montpellier / Marseille / Nice / Lyon / Ventimiglia/ Geneva / Irun. A bus company runs a shuttle service from the station in Lourdes to the Grotto (Saint Joseph s gate) Every 15 minutes: CITY BUS (blue bus) take line 1 or 2 (from Palm Sunday to 31st October). Price: 1.20 /person (single) / 2.20 /person (return) Times: from 7 am to 7 pm (until 10.30 pm in July in August) Freefone number: 0 800 100 329 A taxi service runs 24 hours a day between the train station and the hotel Price: approximately 10 during the day and 12 at night (according to luggage) By taxi Alliance Taxi Lourdes N vert 0 800 820 052 (call free) www.alliance-taxis-lourdes.com Taxis Services N vert 0 800 420 808 www.taxisserviceslourdes.fr