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Navarre, in the North of the Iberian Peninsula bordering France, is an autonomous community of Spain [ Basse-Navarre is part of France's Pyrénées Atlantiques département ]

Navarre is divided in three sectors: The mountain range of the Pyrenees in the north, with exceptional landscapes as the exemplaric Baztan valley, La Riviera [ riverside zone ] in the south [ a plain land with small lagoons and the fertile valley of Ebro river ], and, in between La Zona Media [ the Middle zone ], with impressive landscapes and canyons as Hoces de Lumbier and Arbayun.

Cities in Navarre: Pamplona, Olite, Sangüesa, Estella, Tudela

Capital City of Navarre: Pamplona


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Camping & Caravanning Navarre

 Eurocampings  -  ACSI Camping Guide

 Camping & Caravaning en Espana

Car Rental Navarre

 Holiday Autos  -   
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.

 Sixt  -   
Pick-Up Station / Return Station: Pamplona Airport, Pamplona City and cities and airports throughout Spain.

More rental Companies? See Page Car Rentals

Holiday Homes / Apartments

 Euro Relais  -  Holiday Cottages
Charming chalet, villa, castle or mill? Country cottage, mansion or farmhouse? Discover their special holiday homes and book online!

See also the general Page Holiday Homes

Hostels

 
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.

 Spainhostels [ hostal / hostales:simple / basic accommodation
 REAJ - Albergue juvenil  =  spanish youth hostels

Hotels in Navarre

 Booking - Hotels in Navarre  -  Hotel Guide Navarre
Hotels in Pamplona, Huarte, Burlada, Mutilva Baja, Orcoyen, Viana, Tudela, San Adrián, Imárcoain, Zizur Mayor, Villaba, Noáin, and more.

 Booking - Hotels in Pamplona  -  Pamplona Hotel Guide

  Ebookers
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.

National Parks

Navarre has no fewer than 50 natural preserves and It offers great possibilities for hiking, climbing, fishing and is an ideal place if you want to spend green holidays in Spain.

Most outstanding are:

 Reserva Integral de Lizardoia
 Parque Natural de Señorio de Bértiz

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

  -  Create your perfect trip  -  Flight, Hotel and Car



 Mundi Color UK
British subsidiary of the largest travel operator on the Iberian Peninsula, and the UK's Number One specialist travel operator to Spain.

Travel Guides Navarre / Related books

Amazon.com - Travel Guides Navarra 

Pamplona: Running the Bulls, Bars, and Barrios in Fiesta De San Fermin 
In a city centuries old, an unbridled explosion of merriment takes centre stage for nine days each year. Danger and death dance in the streets each morning as six fighting bulls race toward the bullring where they will die in the afternoon. Champagne corks skyrocket as revellers celebrate a saint martyred hundreds of years ago. Bands play in the cobblestone streets all night, and barrooms swell with adventurous travellers from all corners of the globe. Pamplona's Fiesta has been described as 'the best week you can live on the planet', and this book takes you to the epicentre of the grand festival in Spain's Navarre.
By Ray Mouton; Paperback 242 pages (August 1, 2002); Publisher: Quinn Publishing
Death in the Afternoon  -  by Ernest Hemmingway
An attempt to capture the emotion of the bullfight as well as to describe the rules and rituals of the sport.
The Rough Guide to the Pyrenees - 5th Edition  -  by Marc Dubin
Paperback 656 pages (July 29, 2004); Publisher: Rough Guides
  Running with the Bulls: Fiestas, Corridas, Toreros, and an American's Adventure in Pamplona  
Some days you skewer the bull, and some days the bull skewers you: this is one of the many useful lessons to be learned from Gary Gray's memoir of seasons spent in Pamplona, Spain, where life revolves around the rituals and realities of tauromachy.
By Gary Gray; Hardcover 216 pages (November 2001); Publisher: Lyons Press

Transport / How do I get to Navarre

 Barcelona Airport
 Pamplona (PNA)
 Agoncillo (RJL)
 San Sebastián (EAS)
 Vitoria (VIT)
 Anglet (BIQ)

See AENA [ Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea ]

 

 
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 Opodo  -  Flight tickets Navarre

  Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights / Cheap flights 

 RENFE [eng]  -  Spanish train planner
The railway network, with the imminent incorporation of the high speed train (AVE) connecting Murcia with Madrid and the Valencia region

    -  Eurolines  -  coach line to Spain

 DGT - car

  Road maps Navarra at Amazon


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 Travel Insurance

 Turismo Navarra  -  Tourist Board Navarre

 Government Navarra 

 Pamplona  -  Capital City of Navarre - see 'Turismo y Negocio'
World-famous for the Running of Bulls which form part of its most famous festival, Sanfermines, in July.
Cómo llegar | Alojamientos | Paseos | Los Burgos | Camino de Santiago | Ciudad monumental | Parques y jardines | Gastronomía | De compras | Fiestas populares | Sanfermines | Privilegio de la Unión | San Saturnino | Ciudad de congresos | Transporte

 Middle Zone
As the mountains disappear, The Middle Zone opens. In this area the rivers run heavy with the molten snow and winter rainfall: the Esca River in Roncal, the Salazar River that crosses Ochagavía, the Irati River which comes down from the Pyrenean forest, the Urrobi River from Ibañeta, and the Arga River which originates in the Quinto Real forest and crosses through Pamplona. Within this framework of rivers running from North to South, another yet is added running from West to East, the Araquil River carrying the waters of the Aralar mountain range in the North and the Urbasa and Andía mountain ranges in the South.
The middle zone is a land of transition, where the mountains give way to the riverside zone. The different mountain ranges: Aralar, Urbasa, Andía, Perdón, Alaiz, Izco and Leyre extending from the West to the East, from the province of Guipúzcoa to Aragón, now yield a change in the landscape.
Valleys increase in number and the country settings become smaller and more harmonious. The weather is mild and wet therefore, under these conditions, the cereal harvest is very often extraordinary.
 Mountain Zone
The Pyrenees, northern front of the territory, arises as a natural frontier of 143 kilometres with France along which are several communication gates. Such as, the area of Roncal, through the valley of Belagua; in Salazar, at the foot of the Orhi mountain; in Valcarlos, near Roncesvalles, following the centennial way that witnessed the defeat of Carlomagno and which welcomed and still welcomes the pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela. The Pyrenean frontier becomes less abrupt westwards, the mountains descend as they approach the coast and although the valleys are still deep and narrow, they offer more opportunities to cross the natural mountainous border: Urdax watches the pass towards Dancharinea, while the Bidasoa River opens its narrow winding way to the sea through Endarlaza, from where you reach Irún, the door to France.
The mountain, northern part of Navarre, is a land of snowfalls and heavy fog, of deep forests and grasslands , of tiny villages and forgotten country houses, once belonging to stockbreeders or lumbermen. The scenery is perfectly captured in the eastern pine grove valleys of Roncal and Salazar, and in the dark beech woods of the Irati forest that prolongs itself to the West of the region.
 Riverside Zone
The South of Navarre is marked by the River Ebro crossing through the capital of the area, Tudela. From West to East runs the River Ega and together with the River Arga and River Aragón they provide water for the fertile fields which are the basis of a rich agricultural industry.
Hot dry summers and wet winters with a strong cold wind known as the "cierzo" in the Ebro valley comply the typical Mediterranean climate of this region. To the southast of the area contrasting with the rich grasslands of the north is the Bardenas, an area where the erosion has sculptured the clayey land into steep ravines and plateaus with scarce vegetation.

 Artajona - surrounded by medieval walls
 Estella
 Olite - formerly seat of Navarre's kings
 Roncesvalles
 Sangüesa - Merindad
 Tudela

 Press  -  Diario de Navarra 
 Feria del Toro - 
En feriadeltoro.com encontrarás la información más completa sobre la Feria del Toro de Pamplona/Iruña: Espectáculos de abono organizados por la Casa de Misericordia de Pamplona, Precio de las localidades para la novillada, corrida de rejones y ocho corridas de toros, Información sobre la venta de localidades, advertencias, etc., Infórmese de los últimos acontecimientos; cambios en el programa, etc.
 Fiestas de San Fermen 
 Sanfermines  -  Sanfermin.com  -  Everything on the Fiesta
The bull-running, the all-night partying, the traditions, useful information… All you need to become a connoisseur of the wildest Fiesta in the whole wide world.
 The Running of the Bulls Net
Accommodation | Visitors Guide | Where to eat | Getting there | Streetmap | Pamplona in 360, Webcam | the Bull Market T-shirt Store [ Clothes for the bullish ]
 University  -  Public University of Navarre 

 Way of Saint James  -  Camino de Santiago

Cuisine 

 Spaintour - Typical Spanish Dishes
  The Book of Spanish Cooking by Hilaire Walden
From apple cake to zarzuela, this collection of recipes, while not all-encompassing, is a great introduction to the richness of the Spanish cuisine - and at a relative bargain price, to boot. Also recommended: This series's installments on North African, Mediterranean, Greek and French provincial cooking, antipasti, pasta, light pasta sauces, and pizzas and Italian breads.
ISBN: 1557880638
  Traditional Spanish Cooking by Janet Mendel 
Traditional Spanish Food is based on village cooking, with broad regional styles. Following years of res earch and inspired by her love of Spanish food, Janet Mendel has brought together a wonderful collection of recipes, fro m pastries to paella.
Publisher: Garnet Publishing, Ltd.; ASIN: 1859640524

History of Navarre

The history of the ancient kingdom of Navarre always has been marked by its border situation with France, Castile, Aragon and Baskland, and the fact that it is crossed by the pilgrim way Camino de Santiago (Way of Saint James) is an additional reason for its extraordinary monumental richdom.

 WikipediA  -  History of Navarre and Pamplona
The Kingdom of Navarre, originally called Pamplona, arose circa 824 when Iñigo Arista led a revolt against the Franks. In 1511, the part of Navarre south of the Pyrenees (the majority of the Kingdom) was annexed by Ferdinand II of Aragon. The tiny portion of Navarre north of the Pyrenees known as Basse-Navarre, along with the neighboring Principality of Béarn, continued to be held by the French Kings of Navarre.........

Music, Culture & Entertainment

 Guitarra.net
Li Ayyi Sabab - Ya Man Lahou - Amina Alaoui, zang - Henri Agnel, citole en Bhijan Chemirani, zarb

Web Portal / Search engine / Directory

 Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum 
Ernest Hemingway made Pamplona famous and was duly rewarded for it by having a street named after him, Avenida de Hemingway.
Experience the calming contrast that this Key West home offered this complex man as you take a leisurely and inspiring tour of his mansion and gardens.
 Portal Taurino
 Pyreneesguide.com  -  Pyrenees tourism travel guide

 Terra  -  portal site / search engine [ spanish language ]
 Google.es

 Yellow Guide Spain
 Telefonica.es  -  White Guide

 Search Iberia  -  search engine for information about Spain


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