Birthday in pamplona - suggestions to celebrate?

DuaneS

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• Jan 20, 2017

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Hi everyone,

I'll likely be in Pamplona for my 40th birthday - can anyone recommend any good restaurants or pubs there that might be a good place to celebrate?

Thanks!

 

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• Jan 20, 2017

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DuaneS said:

Hi everyone,

I'll likely be in Pamplona for my 40th birthday - can anyone recommend any good restaurants or pubs there that might be a good place to celebrate?

Thanks!

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Why not follow the local Hemingway trail? It will provide several opportunities for you to "lift a glass" in celebration. See more here -- http://www.turismo.navarra.es/eng/organice-viaje/recurso.aspx?o=4798&masInf=1

Bottoms up, Happy Birthday and Buen Camino!

 

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WildPlace

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• Jan 20, 2017

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Well, my choice would be a tapas run - though they're called pintxos in Pamplona - I would start in the main square (Plaza del Castillo) at Cafe Iruña for pintxos and wine then just bar hop from there - Gauchos is good but so are many of the other bars - even the more plain looking ones - just keep moving and trying out the different bars and pintxos. Have fun and a brilliant birthday - Pamplona is one of my favourite cities in the world!

 

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• Jan 21, 2017

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The place begs to be explored, I can't imagine anyone not finding a good place to eat, drink & have fun. I just never took notes but you will have fun.

 

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• Jan 21, 2017

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Wow my favourite town in the world!

I remember last May entering Pamploma with my new 'Camino Family' and with the aid of the local elixir (Rioja) sang and danced for 24hours.

. . . eating will be the least of your problems!

I wish you well & Happy Birthday.

 

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• Jan 21, 2017

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DuaneS said:

Hi everyone,

I'll likely be in Pamplona for my 40th birthday - can anyone recommend any good restaurants or pubs there that might be a good place to celebrate?

Thanks!

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Hi DuaneS - I had to take a one week pause in Pamplona - thought I'd lost a week of my Camino, but after that week came to realise I'd gained a very specail one and my camino was all the richer for it. I'd say take a couple of days there to celebrate and relax - even three, enjoy the city and atmosphere. Look around, take in as many places as you can, the area around the old town has wonderful pintxos and wine - you can't go wrong. Enjoy! And happy birthday
PS in Leon try the Four Lions - fantastic place, great meals.

 

Rick of Rick and Peg

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• Jan 21, 2017

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The bust of Hemingway at the bullring looks longingly at the bar on the corner across the street, Txirrintxa. Peg and I kept going back there for pinchos.
https://www.google.com/maps/place//...1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xb1105f3b0a2b5f78?hl=en-US

 

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• Jan 24, 2017

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Well to endorse the suggestion on Gauchos:

I was doing a week on the Camino at the end of October/beginning of the November and of the small group of us who had gotten to know each other between St J P d P, one of the couples had gotten engaged near the river a bit outside Larrasoana. We managed to round up a variety of characters who all had "Buen Caminoed" each other and had various chats at various points during the few days. We had a fabulous few hours in the evening sun outside Bar Gaucho...I couldn't recommend it highly enough! So much so that when we are restarting in Lorca in few months we are going to engineer a couple of hours in our schedule on the trip between Biarritz and Lorca on the night we arrive to have some Pintxos and a couple of beers!