Lonely PlanetAug 27
The 12 Best Things to Do in Pamplona, Spain
Pamplona is famous for its annual Festival de San Fermin, but there
16th-century bastion
25 things in this story
- San FermínPlace of worshipnonstop nine-day bull-running festival
- Casco AntiguoNeighborhood3km walk takes in historic buildings and city walls
- Monumento al EncierroSightlife-size bronze representation of the running of the bulls
- Plaza de TorosSightbullring
- Pasarela de LabritTrailfootbridge
- Bastion de LabritSight16th-century bastion
- Rincón del Caballo BlancoSightlookout with views of surrounding hills
- LamaiPlacebrowse handicrafts by Spanish designers
- Mercado de Santo DomingoMarketproduce market
- Museo de NavarraMuseumcovers prehistoric finds to 21st-century art
- AyuntamientoSightfantastically ornate building
- Plaza de CastilloNeighborhoodsquare
- Iglesia de San Nicolás de BariSightrecently restored church
- CiudadelaQuarterformer fortress, now a park and cultural space
- Pamplona Catedral de Santa MaríaSightimpressive Gothic interior
- Occidens museumMuseumtells the history of the cathedral site
- Bar GauchoBarone of Pamplona's best pintxo bars
- BaserriberriRestaurantpintxos are works of art
- IruñazarraRestaurantartistically presented pintxos
- Bodegón SarriaBarpick for the Txistorra de Arbizu
- Café IruñaCaféfamous bar with belle epoque decor
- Restaurante RoderoRestaurantMichelin-starred with premium Navarran ingredients
- KaboRestaurantMichelin-starred restaurant
- Restaurante EuropaRestauranttraditional Navarran and Basque cooking
- Elsewhere
- Fundación Museo Jorge OteizaMuseumAlzuza, Spaindisplays sculptures by Basque artist Oteiza