Lonely PlanetAug 27
The 12 Best Things to Do in Pamplona, Spain
Pamplona is famous for its annual Festival de San Fermin, but there
artistically presented pintxos
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