Yesterday I drove the motorhome 151 miles from Palm Desert, California to Yuma, Arizona. Most of the first one-half of the trip was on California Highway 111 along the eastern shore of the Salton Sea and directly atop the San Andreas Fault and 200 feet below sea levelâ¦
Lourdes, France. A gentle statue of the Virgin Mary overlooks the Sanctuary at Lourdes. Photo Br Lawrence Lew, OP. Lourdes (pronounced lourde or lourdz) is a small town in the Hautes-PyrÃ©nÃ©es dÃ©partement in southwest France. It is the largest Catholic pilgrimage destination in France and one of the most popular Catholic shrines in the world. Lourdes lies 497 miles south of Paris in the foothills of the Pyrenees mountains.
La Creche is situated in the Deux-Sevres, Poitou-Charentes region (now part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region), in the western-centre of France at 13 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: La Creche is 341 km from Paris). Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Cherveux at 7 km and Niort at 13 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.