Location: Pamplona
Top Things to do in Pamplona
Top 10 Things to do in Pamplona, Navarra
Pamplona (Spanish: [pamˈplona]; French: Pampelune) or Iruña (Basque: [iɾuɲa], alternative spelling: Iruñea, IPA: [iɾuɲea]) is the historical capital city of Navarre, in Spain, and of the former Kingdom of Navarre.
Restaurants in Pamplona
1. Catedral de Pamplona
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4.5 based on 1,588 reviews
Reviewed By VeiledDancer
The Cathedral itself is worth the visit, but most people bypass the museum, which won awards for its design and curation. Truly worth a visit. Once a day (115am, in the winter), visitors are brought up the bell towers and it is worth the short climb for the spectacular view. It is also an interesting way to begin your tour of the museum, which includes the cloisters and the cathedral.
2. Town Hall
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4.5 based on 960 reviews
Reviewed By olgab74
Town hall is a beautiful old building in the way to everything in Pamplona. When we were there they were celebrating Gay Movement Week or something and Madrid was the hostess to lead it and all the Town Hall is Spain had the Rainbow flag and at night the rainbow lights. Pamplona 's town hall looked beautiful. In front they have concerts and the running of the bulls pass right in front. Quite a place to see
3. Fortress and Walls of Pamplona
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4.5 based on 1,143 reviews
Reviewed By JElliot32 - New South Wales, Australia
We walked around the city walls from the Museum of Navarra and on to the Citadel. It was a really enjoyable and invigorating experience. We had lovely views over the river and the very green landscape that is this city from the (very formidable) old walls, walked between majestic matures, trees and past flower gardens in full bloom and then an 'urban farm' with deer, swans, turkeys, geese and other domestic fowl wandering around. After a while we reached the extraordinary and vast old defensive site of the Citadel (in the 16th century it was a a full pentagon, now it's half a pentagon). Here the land-use pattern changes as inside the citadel is more expansive and open. As well as functioning as an open-air art gallery, the citadel is a recreational space for locals, walking their dogs, relaxing on the benches or the lawns, or maybe teaming up for scratch games of football. No doubt it is now a great asset for this beautiful city,
4. Iglesia de San Saturnino
5. Parque de La Taconera
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4.5 based on 532 reviews
Reviewed By ijudd - London, United Kingdom
This is a a really nice park with loads of benches to have a sit and relax. It is also beautifully kept in a formal style. Well worth a visit.
6. Parroquia San Lorenzo
7. Portal de Francia
8. Monumento al Encierro
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4.0 based on 939 reviews
Reviewed By Tony1784 - Stone Mountain, United States
The characters represented are true to form and portray the dramatic excitement of the Bull Run which only lasts the few minutes it takes for the bulls to leave the corral one one side of the city to the arena. The monument is positioned in the middle of a pedestrianized street so one can view it from all sides. It is well worth a visit.
9. Plaza del Castillo
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4.0 based on 1,356 reviews
Reviewed By JElliot32 - New South Wales, Australia
You don't have to search that hard to find this plaza; if you are walking around the lovely old city of Pamplona it is almost inevitable you'll stumble onto it. The square is massive - as large I think as any I saw in Spain - and sits right next to the Old Town. The square is surrounded by grand buildings, many public and many historic, including cafes, bars and restaurants. Of an evening it really came alive, with hundreds of people - mainly locals, I thought - promenading around, greeting friends and acquaintances, having a drink or bite to eat, or just relaxing on one of the park benches and watching the world go by. It seemed an excellent place to just enjoy life.
10. Plaza de Toros de Pamplona
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4.0 based on 297 reviews
Interactive tour in the Pamplona bullring. Exhibition- Guided Visit. 1. THE RUNNING OF THE BULLS • The run: - The Callejon: the tunnel that leads into the arena, through which bulls and runners come in every morning. - The previous minutes: the assembly of the fencing, the streets, the lighting. - The Encierro in the old days and today. - The outburst: the risk, the run, the emotions. • Getting into the bullring - The bullring of Pamplona: the same view runners and bulls have when coming into the bullring. 2. THE BULL 2.1 The bullpens or corrals: - The entrance to the pens. The Door of Areneros (gate leading from the arena into the corrals at the end of the Encierro). - The Burladeros (barriers), refuge for Dobladores (guiders) and herders. - The pen for the Draw. - The passages for the bulls: the maze in the bullpens. -Handling the cattle: the sounds behind the walls. 2.2 The pasture: -A unique Ecosystem. - An exceptional animal, stages of its life. - The bull’s life, from the pasture to the bullring. -Transportation and delivery. - The pens, threshold of the festival. 3. THE BULLFIGHT 3.1 One afternoon in the bullring: - Figures in a bullfight - The bullfight, its stages, the spectacle - The atmosphere: In the sun and in the shade. - The arena and the stands - Different types of bullfights: the classic ‘Spanish style’ bullfight, the bullfight on horseback (Rejoneos) and popular spectacles. 3.2 The Encierro and the bullfight. - History of Pamplona’s bullring. -Evolution and sections of the Encierro. - Evolution and stages of the bullfight. - The Matadors and the cattle of Pamplona - The posters of the Feria del Toro (bull fair) and of San Fermin - The Encierro and the city. 4. THE DOOR OF THE CUADRILLAS (entourage) The chapel, the most intimate place in the bullring The room of the Matadors The ritual The Matador’s outfit Monteras (bullfighters’ hats), Castorenos (lancers’ hats) and capes. The place of silence and fear. 5. THE BULLRING The arena. The row seats in the bullring The Burladeros (staging area for refuge) The Bulls’ Door La Casa de Misericordia of Pamplona is home to five hundred and eighty senior residents and three hundred professionals assist and look after these people. They would all like to express their most sincere gratitude for your visit to this bullring which contributes greatly to their care and wellbeing. Thank you for your visit
Reviewed By lynnes857 - Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
Visited with teenagers - took the audio tour. Was really informative without being long and boring. Fantastic to see and hear all about San Fermin and the running of the bulls and well worth €20 for a family of 4
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