Join Peña
Seattle
and follow in the footsteps of Papa
Hemingway in Pamplona-Iruña
Fiesta
de Sanfermín
&
eight days of the encierro the
"running of the bulls"
Offering
Special 2 to 10-night Packages
between 5 - 14 July 2009 Single
and Double Room
accommodations at selected hotels in
Pamplona Triple
Room accommodations available on a limited
basis only
Our VIP Hotel Package includes
exclusive access, provided by
Peña
Seattle de
Sanfermin,
to the Nuevo Casino, a private
social club located in the Plaza
del Castillo above the historic
Café Iruña. The
club is open each morning until
10:00 and again from 1:00 pm
until 4:00 am during the
fiesta.
While
the hotel is only a short walk
from the Old City, we provide a
private transfer each morning for
your use.
Hotel
taxes and service
charges*.
Standard
balcony reservations for the
encierro on one morning.
Additional
balcony reservations can be added
based on
avaiilability.
Souvenir
pañuelico.
*breakfast
at the hotel is not included
*
Standard
Packages - 2 to 10
nights:
Single
Occupancy - 2-night package
- 000.00 euros per night
Double Occupancy - 2-night
package
- 000.00 euros/person per
night
There is a two-night minimum stay
required for all hotel packages
during the opening days of the
fiesta. (Prices subject to
change)
Please
contact us regarding triple
occupancy accommodations for a
family with a small child, or for
three adults (limited
availability).
*
VIP
Hotel Packages:
Accommodations at our specially
selected hotel in Pamplona. The
hotel is only a short walk from
the Old City.
Hotel
taxes and service
charges*.
VIP
balcony reservation for the
encierro, the running of the
bulls, one morning, followed by
our special breakfast.
Additional
balcony reservations can be added
based on
avaiilability.
Private
transfer each morning to the old
city for your balcony
reservation.
Souvenir
pañuelico.
Pass
to the Nuevo Casino, a private
club located above the Cafe
Iruña in the Plaza del
Castillo.
(*breakfast
at the hotel is not included)
*
VIP
Packages - 2 to 10
nights:
Single
Occupancy - 2-night package
- 000.00 euros per night
Double Occupancy - 2-night
package
- 000.00 euros/person per
night There
is a two-night minimum stay
required for all hotel packages
during the opening days of the
fiesta. (Prices subject to
change)
Please
contact us regarding triple
occupancy accommodations for a
family traveling with a small
child (limited availability).
*
Package
Supplements:
There
is a supplemental charge of 90 euros/room
on all packages for the nights of 6 &
7 July.
The supplement applies to both single and
double room accommodations at all of our
hotels.
*
Deluxe
Packages:
Standard
packages can be upgraded to Deluxe
accommodations (Junior Suites) at one of
the 4-star hotel in Pamplona.
Please contact us regarding pricing and
availability of the delxe upgrade.
*
Family
Packages:
Our
Family Packages are available at selected
Casas Rural (country homes) located in
small villages and communities in the
surrounding countryside. The majority of
these homes are located within 20 miles of
the city center.
We
also offer Apartment accommodations for
families wishing to be in the city.
Accommodations,
full house rentals (from 4 to 10 people),
are in the finest Casas Rurales in
Navarra.
There
is a four-night minimum stay required for
all Casas Rurales during the
fiesta.
Family
Packages includes:
One
morning on a reserved balcony
overlooking the route of the
encierro.
Our
special San Fermin breakfast following
the "running of the
bulls".
Souvenir
"pañuelico"
(bandana).
Taxes
and service charges.
Please
contactus
regarding pricing and availability of our
selected country homes.
Private transportation is required to stay
in one of our country homes.
Arrive in Pamplona-Iruña and
check into the hotel. Standard check-in
time is 2:00 pm. Early check-in is
available if you are arriving on the
5th of July. Be sure to contact us, or
the hotel, regarding a late
arrival.
The
opening ceremony begins at
noon on the 6th of July with
the firing of the rockets,
"el
chupinazo",
from the top of the Town Hall.
The crowd, filling the town
hall square by 11:00, flows
into the Plaza Consistorial de
Pamplona, Paseo de Sarasate
and the Plaza del Castillo as
the tens of thousands of
celebrants await the countdown
to the beginning of the
fiesta.
You can join the revelers as the fiesta
begins amid a sea white, an array of
bright red pañuelicos and a rain
of champagne to mark the start of this
unique 9-day event, or watch from the
special
balcony
we have arranged for our clients for
the opening ceremony.
It's "Bulls before Breakfast"
beginning on the 7th, a tradition
unique to Pamplona as breakfast is
generally not served until after the
bulls have run.
The
encierros, the
"Running
of the
Bulls",
commence on the 7th of July at 8:00 and
continue each morning through the 14th,
giving us "eight days of the
encierro".
The
7th is also the religious procession of
Pamplona's famed patron saint, San
Fermin. The procession begins at the
Capilla de San Fermin after the 10:00
am mass and slowly winds its way
through the narrow streets of the old
city accompanied by the official city
band, city dignitaries, hundreds of
Pamplonicas and the Gigantes and
Cabequdos (giants and big
heads).
The
regular daily procession of the
Gigantes y Cabezudos begins at 9:30
each morning starting on the 8th of
July and finishes up the afternoon of
the 14th at 2:30 when the children come
to say good-bye for another year.
el
chupinazo
Childern's
Day - 9 July
Come
and enjoy the music. The
festival offers everything
from traditional Basque folk
music to rock and jazz. All of
the concerts are provided free
of charge by the city of
Pamplona.
Concerts begin at noon daily
in Plazas Consistorial, Santa
Cruz, San Francisco, San Jose,
Los Fueros and in the Paseo de
Sarasate, continuing until the
early morning hours.
Special
concerts are held nightly in the Plaza
del Castillo, Parque Media Luna, Park
de Antoniutti and the Plaza de
Compañia. Performers in the past
have included Kepa Junkera (2002 &
2006) and Celia Cruz (2002), Rosario,
Carlinhos Brown (2004) and Chuck Berry
(2008).
There is dancing nightly in the Plaza
del Castillo, as well as special
performances by traditional Basque
dance groups and singers throughout the
week. Children and families are central
to the fiesta and you will find a
number of special events daily during
the fiesta.
Traditional Basque Rural Sports
competitions (Force Basque) are held
daily at noon in the Plaza de los
Fueros.
Bullfights begin promptly at 6:30 in
the afternoon. You will need to be at
the Plaza de Toros by 6:00 to purchase
a seat cusion (1 Euro) and find your
seat. You will not be allowed into the
seating area once a fight has begun, so
don't be late and don't forget to bring
your wine and a little something to
share with your friends and those
seated around you. It's another
Pamplona tradition.
The "Toro del Fuego" (bull of fire)
appears at the Plaza de Santiago,
adjacent to the Plaza Consistorial,
every evening at 10:00.
There is a nightly fireworks
compitition at 11:00 in the Parque de
la Ciudadela which begins on the 6th of
July. Each night a different
internationally known group, invited by
the city to compete for the grand
prize, puts on a display of their best
work in front of the crowd of ten of
thousands the cities largest public
park.
Restaurants serve lunch from 1:00 to
4:00 and dinner from 9:00 to 11:00.
Meals are also available at the food
tents operated by local clubs and
communities which can be found at the
Park Taconera. Ask us about restaurant
recommendations. Reservations are
required at during the fiesta,
especially during the opening and
closing weekends when the crowds are
the largest.
Our special excursion lunches will be
at 1:30 at a selected restaurants.
The fiesta's closing event, the "pobre
de mi", a candlelight ceremony, takes
place at midnight on the 14th in the
Plaza Consistorial.
*Festival
Programs:
Join us on a private balcony for
drinks, hors d'oeuvres and the best
view of the "chupinazo",
the opening
ceremony,
at noon on the 6th of July, followed by
a special celebration lunch. Please
contact us regarding pricing and
reservations.
We
have arranged a special excursion of
the old city during the procession on
the 7th of July and a Bodega (winery)
tour during the fiesta. These special
excursions will be followed by lunch at
selected restaurants outside of the
city. Please note that the
excursions
and
lunches
will be limited to a maxumum of 35
participants each.
Additional
balcony
reservations
are available for those choosing the
Basic or Family Packages. Please
contact us regarding pricing and
availability.
Balcony
reservations are available for
the
"Pobre de
mi",
the closing ceremony at midnight on the
14th. Please contact us regarding
pricing and reservations.
Tendido
Sombra bullfight
tickets
are available on a limited basis.
Please note that if f you require more
than two seats together, then there
will be an additional cost associated
with such a request due to the
difficulty of making these special
arrangements.
*Booking
Information:
Packages
do not include airfare to,
from, or within Europe.
All
of our packages require a
30%
non-refundable
deposit at the
time of the reservation.
Reservations
made on or after 1 April 2009
require
payment-in-fullat the time of the
confirmation.
Reservations
for hotels, balconies or
bullfight tickets will not be
accepted after 30 June
2009.
Prices
include hotel taxes.
Price
does not include breakfast or
other meals except as noted in
the VIP Balcony Program and
special excursions.
Cancellations
less than 60 days prior to the
start of the fiesta, 6
July, are subject to a
cancellation fee of
50% of
the package price.
Cancellations
less than 21 days prior to the
start of the fiesta, 6
July, or a no show, are
subject to a cancellation fee
of 100% of the total
package price.
Early
check outs will not be
considered for a refund except
under special conditions and
are subject to a 150.00 Euro
processing fee.
Adding
additional day(s) to your
festival package is subject to
room availability . All
additional charges are to be
paid-in-full to Iberian
Traveler at that time.
The
cost of balcony reservations,
bullfight tickets, excurstions
and lunches, and special
events, are
non-refundable.
E-mail Iberian
Traveler
for additional information and
reservations, or you can call us at
206.364.6723 between 10:00 am and 5:00
pm Pacific Time, Monday through
Friday.
