Live San Fermín!

San Fermin´s  festival is a celebration in honor of San Fermin is held annually in Pamplona, capital of Navarre, northern Spain.

The festivitie begins at 12.00 am on 6 July with “chupinazo” (rocket) on the City Council´s balcony of Pamplona and ends at 12.00 pm on 14 July with "Pobre de mi", a tipical song of farewell.

One of the most famous activities is “el encierro”, which is a run with the bulls and culminates in the bullring. The bull runs take place every day between 7 - 14 July. Begin at 8.00 am, with duration between two to three minutes.
These days the atmosphere is incredible, Pamplona invites you to taste the fabulous cuisine, its people, its places, its arquitecture... The city has numerous restaurants, hotels and taverns.


Accommodations:
Hotel La Perla, Hotel Palace Guenduláin, puerta del camino. Can be the highest standing in the city center, both have more than 4 stars. Hotel Tres Reyes, Hotel Iruña Park, Hotel Blanca de Navarra, have more than five stars and even more retirees are the most visited and recommended.
These are not the only, Pamplona has a wide selection of hotels.


Gastronomy:
If you wants to eat typical food from Navarra (asparagus, Tudela buds, Navarre veal) we can find places like La Perla Hotel in the castle square with a lounge overlooking the Estafeta where you can have breakfast watching the bull runs. In the same place is "El cafe de Iruña", famous for José Camilo Cela and Hemingway.

On the other hand, you cannot leave town without going pintxos by the Estafeta street and St. Nicholas.
There are diferent places to test. The most famous are "El txoco” y  “El Gaucho" (around the Plaza de Castillo), "Taberna Sarria", "Okapi", "Estafeta", "Fitero" in Estafeta street or "Mandarra", "El Otano", in San Nicolas.

However, if you want to go in a certain plan, and not risk with the food, Restaurante La Alhambra, Hotel Europa, Josetxo or grills with Olaberri and Kale Angora, are your site, exclusive food for the starters and good meat.

There is also a place outside of Pamplona is highly recommended to go, it is Olite, monumental city with has a fantastic inn, good place for relaxing and eating.

These days of San Fermin the city is transformed with countless places to hang out, is a must visit  the Santo Domingo´s slope to visit and see the statue of San Fermin, a little more above up the street is the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, mercaderes, estafeta, and the square bulls. It is right on the latter site where is a nightlife zone, called "la cuesta de L´Abrit", but not the only, is also the square of the charters, or the square castle where he performed concerts...

During that week is essential to test good Navarre wine and txakolí, and of course going to see some encierrp, bullfight or the other hand a ball game hand.