The otherwise quiet city of Pamplona explodes into life in July during the Fiesta of Los Sanfermines. The city is world-famous for the running of the bulls, and for being one of Ernest Hemingway’s favourite cities. Hemingway visited Pamplona numerous times and wrote about the city in his first novel, The Sun Also Rises. Travellers today can walk around Pamplona following the writer’s footsteps.It is also one of the major towns along the traditional Way of Saint James pilgrimage. Many journeys commence here for its ease of access, and it saves climbing over the Pyrenees. Our Saint James Way Small Group Walking Tour stops in Pamplona. While here, we explore the Church of St Mary of Eunate, and cross the Puente la Reina, “the crossroads of the ways”. This is a quaint, medieval town where two main pilgrim routes (Orreaga/Roncesvalles from Paris) and Somport (from Toulouse) converge. Read more about pilgrimage walks in our article here, and in our article on European pilgrim walks.