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pintxos

Restaurants & Food

Navarra’s Own Tourism Board Calls Them Tapas in English. In Pamplona, Nobody Does.

Restaurants & Food

Txipirones en su Tinta Isn’t a Basque Original. The First Written Recipe Is Galician.

Txipirones en su tinta is sold as pure Basque tradition. The first written Spanish recipe for squid cooked in its own ink is Galician, not

Restaurants & Food

Aceitunas Aren’t a Free Tapa in Pamplona. Navarra Grows Its Own Olive, and It’s Not the One in Your Bowl.

Restaurants & Food

Bar Gaucho Has Served Pamplona Since 1968. Its Pintxos Are Only From 2000.

Sights & Activities

Calle San Nicolás Isn’t Just Pamplona’s Busiest Bar Street. It Used to Be Its Own Walled Town.

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.

Navarra & Northern Spain

Why San Sebastián Is the Pintxo Capital and Pamplona Never Tried to Be

Why San Sebastián became the pintxo capital: txoko societies, Nueva Cocina Vasca, Michelin density, and how Donostia's pintxos differ from Pamplona's.