Lourdes is a small town. According to wiki, Lourdes's population is about 15.000 inhabitants who have to welcome 5 million visitors each year! but because we visited Lourdes on the low season, we still found a relaxing atmosphere around the town.
Like the river Pau with ducks swimming peacefully:
And from the upper Church, the chateaux fort stand high uphill looking down the town since 19th century and a place of interest itself
And some tiny alley way lead to some tiny coffee shop and of course, lead to some souvenir shop! Here the city council has a fair rule about traffic: because the streets of Lourdes so narrow, not enough for two way traffic so the town has many one way street. To be fair to every shop owner, the traffic will turn to other way twice a month! How clever they are!