Cheap car hire at Pamplona airportA city of northern Spain
east-southeast of Bilbao. An ancient Basque city, it was captured by the Visigoths, Franks, and Moors and became
the capital of the kingdom of Navarre.
The festival of San Fermin, or the Pamplona bull
running as it's more commonly known outside Spain officially begins at midday on 6th July every
year.
But Pamplona is more than just a city where an
annual festival takes place. Long the most significant town in Spain's Pyrenean region, it was also a major
stopover for those traveling either of two frontier roads: the Roncesvalles Pass or the Velate Pass. Once a
fortified city, it was for centuries the capital of the ancient kingdom of Navarre.
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