For a taste of regional history and fine art, visitors of Lourdes should head for the National Museum of the Chateau de Pau, located some 32 kilometers from Lourdes. The array of artistic items, the fact Henry IVth was born here, as well as the overall coherence between these two coordinates (namely, history and art) deliver the main reasons for visiting this edifice.
Opening hours: the 15th of June to the 15th of September, daily, 9.30am to 12.15pm and 1.30pm to 5.45pm; the 16th of September to the 14th of June, daily, 9.30am to 11.45am and 2pm to 5pm (the edifice is closed on the 1st of January, the 1st of May and the 25th of December).
64000, Pau, France