region of navarra

Traditional food

Tortilla de Tudela

Hearty foods characterize Navarra, with local specialties including roast lamb in a ham, onion, and tomato sauce. Other dishes such as Menestra de Habas (broad beans cooked in garlic, saffron, almonds, artichokes, and wine), and Garbure (a thick vegetable stew) are also popular. Tuleda is especially famous for asparagus served in Tortilla de Tudela (a variation on the Spanish omlette).

local info

The region's capital, Pamplona, a quiet and pleasant city, is world-famous for the Running of Bulls which form part of its most famous festival, Sanfermines, in July. Another very peculiar folkloristic attraction are the Navarrese Carnivals with their typical Zanpantzarrak.

What to see

Pamplona Taurina

Let's start with Plaza de Toros, the bullring, located at the end of the town-walls close to Arga river. Its tradition has made Pamplona world-famous, not least because of the books of Hemingway. It is the location of some of Spain's most important bullfights, specially during the festival of San Fermin, a spectacular event that leads thousands of tourists to Pamplona each year.