Take your Religious Education class on a school trip to Lourdes, to discover the healing properties of the sacred spring water. A destination visited by some five million pilgrims and tourists each year, Lourdes has been a site of great importance to Christians since the late 19th century. After a peasant girl saw visions of the Virgin Mary, and the Vatican confirmed them as true apparitions, the little girl went on to become Saint Bernadette. At the site of those visions, explore the stunning natural environment before making the pilgrimage to the exalted grotto itself.