Restaurants & Food

Rioja Didn’t Legalize Chardonnay Until 2007. Navarra Was Already Winning Awards With It.

Rioja didn't authorize Chardonnay until 2007. Navarra's own Chardonnay history began earlier, backed by a 1981 research institute and a 1993 vintage.

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Marmitako Has Three Names on One Coastline, and Pamplona Serves It Anyway

Marmitako has three regional names and nearly vanished from menus. Trace the Basque tuna stew from fishing boats to Pamplona's summer bars.

Pamplona Travel Guide

Restaurants & Food

Restaurants & Food

Percebes (goose barnacles) die within a day of harvest. Here is why this fragile Spanish delicacy still reaches Pamplona during San Fermin.

Sights & Activities

Calle San Nicolás in Pamplona has 21 bars in 190 meters, but until 1423 it was its own walled town, not part of the city.

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Morcilla de Burgos vs Morcilla de Navarra: Burgos has one legally protected recipe. Navarra actually has three completely different sausages.

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Pamplona runs two judged croqueta competitions every spring. Here is how to find the best croquetas Pamplona bars serve before they disappear.

Restaurants & Food

The Codex Calixtinus never praised Navarra trout, and Hemingway's trout had no ham. The real, source-verified history of truchas a la Navarra.

Pamplona Travel Guide

Parque de la Taconera deer aren't wild. Pamplona keeps the herd all-female inside 17th-century siege walls, and the reason is pure genetics.