Sanctuaire de Notre-Dame de Bétharram, Religious shrine in Lestelle-Bétharram, France.

The sanctuary comprises two sacred spaces: the Chapel of Notre-Dame, the 17th-century sanctuary with a grey marble facade in three tiers, flanked by two rectangular towers with trapezoidal roofs topped by crosses, and the 20th-century Chapel of Saint-Michel-Garicoïts, a circular building designed by Gabriel Andral for the 1922 beatification of Michel Garicoïts, with a red marble altar holding the saint's relics.

A 15th-century event established the foundation for devotion at this location, when the Virgin Mary reportedly aided a person in danger. The chapel was subsequently built and gradually expanded over centuries to accommodate growing numbers of pilgrims.

The name comes from the Béarnais "beth arram", meaning "beautiful branch", after the branch the Virgin is said to have held out to a drowning girl in the Gave. Pilgrims still invoke her as the Virgin of Bétharram, and the wooden Christ at the Column, a survivor of 1794, is shown at the entrance.

The sanctuary lies at Lestelle-Bétharram, 15 km from Lourdes and 25 km from Pau. The monumental Way of the Cross climbs the hillside above the chapels, with the first of its 15 white stations beside the Chapel of Notre-Dame. The stations were still under restoration until 2023, so check which parts of the slope are open before climbing.

The site features a Way of the Cross comprising 15 white chapels representing the suffering of Jesus, distributed across the grounds. This series of chapels received official recognition as a historical monument in 2002 and forms an important part of the pilgrimage experience.