History & Culture

Pablo Sarasate Never Really Left Pamplona. The City Still Has His Violins to Prove It.

Pablo Sarasate, the Pamplona violinist Europe called its own, came home every July for San Fermin and willed his violins to the city.

Festival Culture & Traditions

San Fermín’s Music Sounds Ancient and Anonymous. Most of It Has a Named Composer.

Restaurants & Food

The Manchego Most of the World Eats Is Not Manchego at All

Manchego cheese from Spain has strict PDO rules most buyers never see. The sheep, the fake versions abroad, and why Navarra eats Roncal instead.

Navarra & Northern Spain

Monasterio de Iranzu Stood Abandoned for 103 Years. The Abbey You Visit Was Rescued in 1942.

The Monasterio de Iranzu in Navarra was a ruin for a century. The 1176 Cistercian abbey, its giant kitchen chimney, punishment cells, and how to

Restaurants & Food

Navarra Holds the First Written Record of the Tortilla Española

The tortilla española at San Fermín: why the first written record of Spain's omelette points to Navarra, and how it fuels Pamplona's fiesta almuerzos.

Pamplona Travel Guide

Pompey Did Not Found Pamplona From Nothing. Pompaelo Was Built on a Town That Already Existed.

San Fermín Festival

Encierro News: July 4, 2026

Encierro news for July 4, 2026: anti-slip on the route, 2,700 officers, a medical post every 50 meters, and RTVE's first multicamera bull run broadcast.

Restaurants & Food