Plaza del Castillo

Pamplona, Spain

The city's grand central square, home to the historic Café Iruña.

Places in Plaza del Castillo

Bar Casa Jesús Mari One of central Pamplona's most popular bars, well known for its bocadillos and patatas asadas.
Café Iruña Opened in 1888, imbued with history with a pseudo-Baroque façade and gilt-edged interior; Ernest Hemingway spent a lot of time here during the 1920s.
Plaza del Castillo bars Bars around the grand central square, hosting concerts, markets, and cultural representations.
Café Iruña's Hemingway heritage A historic cafe on Plaza del Castillo where Ernest Hemingway spent a lot of time during the 1920s.

Best time to visit: May to June and September offer comfortable weather, while the San Fermín festival (July) brings the world-famous Running of the Bulls.
Getting around: Pamplona's old town, including Plaza del Castillo and Calle Estafeta, is compact and entirely walkable.
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Language: Spanish. English is common in tourism.
Timezone: CET (UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer)
Current trends: Pamplona's pintxos culture continues to define the city's culinary identity, with Letyana noted as the current king of glorious pintxos, while historic streets around Plaza del Castillo and Calle Estafeta remain the beating heart of the city's tapas bar-hopping tradition.

Calle Estafeta — A historic street brimming with tapas bars where pintxos are paired with Navarra wines.
Calle San Nicolás and Calle de Jarauta — Streets chock-full of pintxos bars.