Navarre

Visit Navarre, “land of diversity”

It’s probably that when you hear Navarre, you think in bulls, festival and Sanfermines. But Navarre is not only Pamplona with its popular festival. It’s much more than that. Although Navarre is a small region with less than 650,000 population, it is true that is a land of diversity as the government of Navarre advertises.

When you go to the north, you can visit the Pyrenees. Apart from its stunning scenery, the Pyrenees are the best place in Navarre to practice outdoor sports. If you are there at winter you can ski along its amazing slopes or you can relax and enjoy the landscape while you’re practising cross-country skiing. If you decide to go on summer, don’t worry, it’s also a good decision. It’s obvious that you won’t be able to ski, but you can enjoy with other sports as funny as ski. You can do rafting, canyoning, bungee jumping and almost all the extreme sports that you can imagine.

After that, you can go around 100 km to the south, and you can visit Pamplona, the capital of Navarre. It is the most popular part of the region and a lot of tourists like you arrive every day, especially from the 6^th July to the 14^th where Sanfermines take place, to visit it. The first thing that you see when you are near Pamplona are its impressive walls which were built between the 16^th Century and the 18^th Century. Once you are in, you can visit Baluarte, one of the biggest exhibition and conference centre in Spain, or the gothic cathedral. Also, you must visit the Estafeta Street, the street where bulls run during Sanfermines and where you can try tasty “pintxos” (similar to tapas) the rest of the year.

Finally, before you leave Navarre, you have to make a stop at the south. It is the driest part of Navarre but it is an interesting part to see. You can visit Tudela, the 2^nd largest city of Navarre. It’s a city really different from Pamplona with much more Islamic influences. Also, only if you don’t go in summer, you can visit Bardenas Reales, a semi-desert region that reaches temperatures of 48 degrees in July, quite similar to the Monument Valley in Arizona.

Come and visit Navarre, you’ll love it.