Restaurants & Food

Idiazabal Isn’t Just a Basque Cheese. Navarra Makes It Too, and Rarely Smokes It.

Sights & Activities

The 1423 Privilegio de la Unión Wasn’t Pamplona’s First Peace Deal. It Was the Fifth.

Pamplona's three boroughs tried to unite four times before 1423. Here is what the winning Privilegio de la Unión actually said, and who wrote it.

Restaurants & Food

Txoko Culture Isn’t Only San Sebastián’s. Pamplona Has Run Its Own Since 1953, and the Oldest One Still Bars Women.

Every English guide to Basque txoko culture skips Pamplona, which has run its own gastronomic societies since 1953, and the oldest is fighting Navarra's government

Pamplona Travel Guide

Pamplona Has Had Two Hotels Named Europa. Only One Still Stands.

Hotel Europa Pamplona holds a Michelin star and sits on the encierro route, but it isn't the 19th century inn where Sarasate once played.

Restaurants & Food

Salchichón and Fuet Are Not Navarrese. They Are Catalan, and Rarely the Real Thing.

Restaurants & Food

Pulpo a la Gallega Isn’t Always Galician, and Most of Spain’s Octopus Isn’t Either

Restaurants & Food

The Orujo Poured After Your Meal in Pamplona Isn’t the One Galicia Protects by Law

Pamplona Travel Guide

Pamplona’s Ensanche Isn’t One New Town. It’s Two, Built 32 Years Apart.

Restaurants & Food

Cortado Isn’t Spain’s Morning Coffee. Café Con Leche Already Has That Job.

Restaurants & Food

The Cena de Peña Isn’t a Restaurant Meal. One Pamplona Peña Serves It in a 14th-Century Crypt.

Cena de peña is San Fermín's members-only nightly dinner, distinct from almuerzo. One Pamplona peña serves it in a protected medieval crypt.