Running of the Bulls 2016
May 27th, 2015, 06:53 AM
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Running of the Bulls 2016
Hi!
I've never been to Spain, and I'm pretty determined to make it to the Fiesta de San Fermin next July. Since I haven't seen anything in Spain, I'm hoping to work in three days in Madrid, three days in Barcelona, 1 day TBD and three for the festival. Can anyone suggest any cities that can be experienced in a day? Also, can anyone suggest a good itinerary/order for this trip? Is it better to be there for the opening of the festival or the closing?
As the one that travels the most in my group of friends, the planning has been left up to me and I'm a little lost as to where I should even begin!
Thank you in advance!!
I've never been to Spain, and I'm pretty determined to make it to the Fiesta de San Fermin next July. Since I haven't seen anything in Spain, I'm hoping to work in three days in Madrid, three days in Barcelona, 1 day TBD and three for the festival. Can anyone suggest any cities that can be experienced in a day? Also, can anyone suggest a good itinerary/order for this trip? Is it better to be there for the opening of the festival or the closing?
As the one that travels the most in my group of friends, the planning has been left up to me and I'm a little lost as to where I should even begin!
Thank you in advance!!
May 27th, 2015, 08:08 AM
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"Any suggestions for must see's/must do's" Is that during fiesta, before or after?
For Madrid, besides a daytrip to Toledo, Segovia, or Guenca, there is the Golden Art Triangle, the Art Walk or Paseo del Arte, which consists of the three “must see” museums, the Prado, the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and the Thyssen Bornemisza Collection, plus the Caixa Forum Cultural Center.
There is also the Fundación Mapfre, a stroll through the Old Madrid of the Hapsburg Dynasty, a visit to the Royal Palace, the changing of the Royal Guard, a visit to Retiro Park and the Crystal Palace, the Templo de Debod, Monasterio de Las Descalzas Reales, Museum Sorolla, Museo de La Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, San Antonio de la Florida, the Naval Museum and a few dozen others.
For Barcelona you can check out: http://tinyurl.com/pzufttc
For Pamplona, besides finding the right hotel, there is the chupinazo (txupinazo in Basque), the opening ceremony on July 6 at noon. There will be about 15,000 bodies jammed into the townhall square, other filling the streets of the old city, to start the celebration. The rest will be in the Plaza del Castillo and along Paseo Sarasate. The Giants, Kilikis, Cabezudos and Zaldikos will be out in force following the opening ceremony (http://tinyurl.com/pf4laa9).
The fireworks in the old fortress begin each night at 11:00. Music starts early, around 6:00 each morning and concerts around the city run until 3:00 am.
The first encierro is the morning of the 7th, for which you'll need a balcony, unless you plan on running with a few thousand others.
The Procession of San Fermín on the 7th will fill the old quarter.
And then there are the bullfights each afternoon from the 6th through the 14th.
If you want to sit down for lunch or dinner at a restaurant, you'll need reservations. Everyone eats out during fiesta, some do the traditional street lunches, and restaurants do not accept walk-ins, especially duing the opening days of the fiesta.
For Madrid, besides a daytrip to Toledo, Segovia, or Guenca, there is the Golden Art Triangle, the Art Walk or Paseo del Arte, which consists of the three “must see” museums, the Prado, the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and the Thyssen Bornemisza Collection, plus the Caixa Forum Cultural Center.
There is also the Fundación Mapfre, a stroll through the Old Madrid of the Hapsburg Dynasty, a visit to the Royal Palace, the changing of the Royal Guard, a visit to Retiro Park and the Crystal Palace, the Templo de Debod, Monasterio de Las Descalzas Reales, Museum Sorolla, Museo de La Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, San Antonio de la Florida, the Naval Museum and a few dozen others.
For Barcelona you can check out: http://tinyurl.com/pzufttc
For Pamplona, besides finding the right hotel, there is the chupinazo (txupinazo in Basque), the opening ceremony on July 6 at noon. There will be about 15,000 bodies jammed into the townhall square, other filling the streets of the old city, to start the celebration. The rest will be in the Plaza del Castillo and along Paseo Sarasate. The Giants, Kilikis, Cabezudos and Zaldikos will be out in force following the opening ceremony (http://tinyurl.com/pf4laa9).
The fireworks in the old fortress begin each night at 11:00. Music starts early, around 6:00 each morning and concerts around the city run until 3:00 am.
The first encierro is the morning of the 7th, for which you'll need a balcony, unless you plan on running with a few thousand others.
The Procession of San Fermín on the 7th will fill the old quarter.
And then there are the bullfights each afternoon from the 6th through the 14th.
If you want to sit down for lunch or dinner at a restaurant, you'll need reservations. Everyone eats out during fiesta, some do the traditional street lunches, and restaurants do not accept walk-ins, especially duing the opening days of the fiesta.
May 27th, 2015, 10:21 AM
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Of course the start of Los Sanfermines is a blast, but don't run the first days if you plan for that, to many people and too many who haven't got a clue what they are doing, a danger to both themsleves and everyone around them. Very much party a little later on in the festival as well and usually much better running conditions.
May 27th, 2015, 08:58 PM
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It would be nice if more people arrived for the second half of the fiesta, but thanks to those short-sighted groups (ESPN), people don't realize that the fiesta lasts 9 days and nights, giving us "eight days of the encierro", and nine days and nights of one of the best fiestas one can enjoy.
May 28th, 2015, 04:25 AM
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Madrid, three days in Barcelona, 1 day TBD and three for the festival. Can anyone suggest any cities that can be experienced in a day?>
Yeh Zaragoza - smack on the train line or road route Munich to Barcelona.
are you going by train or car?
Yeh Zaragoza - smack on the train line or road route Munich to Barcelona.
are you going by train or car?
May 28th, 2015, 10:58 AM
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Munich to Barcelona? Interesting route, to say the least. Zaragoza can be rather warm in mid-July.
"Aren't there other bull-running festivals in Spain, ones that might be more bull-running and less drunken mobs?"
Do you mean somewhere without a mass of young, drunken foreigners? Yes, several.
Do you mean somewhere without a mass of underaged drunks? No, it's a rite of passage when you're in your teens.
"Aren't there other bull-running festivals in Spain, ones that might be more bull-running and less drunken mobs?"
Do you mean somewhere without a mass of young, drunken foreigners? Yes, several.
Do you mean somewhere without a mass of underaged drunks? No, it's a rite of passage when you're in your teens.
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