Pamplona during the week is a very quiet city, the same does not happen on weekends when the bars and restaurants are full, and nightlife is guaranteed. Starting Thursday, the streets and bars are filled with groups of young and not so young people. The standard of living in the city is on the high side, so drinks can be a bit expensive. But there is everything, it's a matter of knowing how to look for it. The bars are concentrated in the old town, but the Ensanche and the neighborhoods of San Juan and Iturrama also have their areas and we are going to try to tell you about them here.
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PLAZA DEL CASTILLO, SAN NICOLÁS AND ESTAFETA
To go for beer and tapas, the busiest area with the highest concentration of bars is the Plaza del Castillo and the streets San Nicolás, Estafeta and surrounding areas. You can go from bar to bar without having to travel even ten meters, a matter of saving effort when walking. In the Plaza del Castillo what abounds are the terraces that seek the best orientation and the sun, so appreciated in Pamplona. The one with the greatest tradition is Café Iruña, opened in 1888 and which preserves its elaborate original decoration, in a romantic style. It has the so-called “Hemingway Corner” which is an elegant place attached to the same restaurant, where there is a life-size statue of Ernest Hemingway with which you can have your photo taken. Since Café Iruña is a private entity, access is conditional on having a minimum drink. In the other corner of the square they gather […]
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THE ENSANCHE
It is an area with wider streets, more relaxed than the old town and also with many bars and atmosphere. It starts from Plaza del Castillo and Paseo Sarasate and expands following the commercial avenue of Carlos III. Here the bars are for older people, a little quieter and generally well designed. We are going to go out in search of the best areas of the expansion: On Avenida Roncesvalles, near the bullfighting monument, there are some bars with terraces with a more select atmosphere, such as La Olla or La Botería. Continuing towards Arrieta street is Burladero and going up Olite street and surrounding streets, La Carbonera, El Che, PTV (which means Pamplona de Todo Vida), Navarra with its famous tortilla pintxo, etc. On García Castañón Street, next to Paseo Sarasate, numerous bars have also opened with […]
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OLD TOWN
We enter the streets that take us towards the cathedral and the town hall. Some group around the Navarrería neighborhood, others go according to the streets and those who can look for any slightly clear square to set up their terraces. In general the atmosphere is more alternative and depending on the areas, we will try to explain it: At the Mercaderes street meeting point there are several very popular bars with careful designs and good cuisine such as Iruñazarra, Qwerty or Temple, the latter of which all his life and famous for his fried foods. Going up Navarrería street, there are numerous bars and some clubs, this is a more alternative area with traditional taverns, where are the Mesón de la Tortilla, the Mesón de la Navarrería or La Mejillonera, well-deservedly famous for its mussels, squid, etc We propose a series of places in […]
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ITURRAMA AND SAN JUAN NEIGHBORHOODS
ITURRAMA. It is a neighborhood with a high quality of life, very close to the universities and from which you can comfortably reach the old town on foot in a walk of about twenty minutes that crosses the Ciudadela park. The main concentration of bars is on Iturrama Street where it meets Plaza Félix Huarte, where we will find numerous terraces and bars such as La Piedra, The House Beer or Cervecería Shamrock, specializing in good beer. On the same Iturrama street we will find the Chelsy with its wide variety of pintxos or the Champanería, traditional and specialized in seafood, chopitos and other delicacies. SAN JUAN. Residential neighborhood that has its main commercial and communications artery on Bayona Avenue. The bars run along this avenue where we can enjoy the variety of pintxos from Letyana, the sandwiches from the International Brewery […]