Camping Du Loup

[Francis_374353316]

Hi has anyone ever been to the above site near Lourdes in the French pyrenees. We are thinking of spending a few days here next year as we are going to meet up with friends. Could anyone tell me what the site is like and how easy it is to get to etc.
Many Thanks

 

[Dave_5040173]

I've stayed there with a campervan 2 yrs ago It's a nice site with a road barrier which closes at 10pm but late arrivals can raise it and enter to meet reception in morning. On our first visit, the previous year a large thunder storm and downpour prevented us from erecting our tent having paid the pitch fee on entering. We fled to a Formule1 at Tarbes. The site management had no difficulty refunding our overnight fee when we returned later following day and explained our situation. I commended the site for this
This site is the most convenient to the Grotto that I know and is easily reached on foot The site is easily reached travelling from Pau where it is signposted to the right at the bridge before reaching Lourdes. Hope you can derive some assistance from my experience.
David

 

[ValA.]

I don't know whether it will still apply in 2014, but in September 2013 we were trying to get to Lourdes, and some access routes were only open for certain hours during the day. There is a great deal of flood damage in the whole area, and fleets of huge wagons travel up and down every day removing forests of tree trunks, and the incredible amount of building and natural debris which is still around after the storms of June 2013. The roads are closed for several hours each moring, as the lorries go up the valley, and then again in the afternoon as they come back down loaded with debris. Looking at the valleys higher up than Lourdes it may take years to clear the debris of the remains of houses hanging on to the hillsides, forests of trees washed down the hillsides, and loads of buildings washed away down to the bottom of the valleys. We were amazed by the amount of damage nature at her worst can inflict on an area.