July 12th
- Arrive in Pamplona at your leisure and check in.
- Meet the concierge at our Hotel Castillo de Gorraiz desk for a welcome to Pamplona and your apparel kit.
- Get settled for the next morning, or join the fiesta, taking advantage of one of our San Fermin Restaurant Reservations.
July 13th
- At 6:00am, join the timeless tradition of watching the Running of the Bulls from a Pamplona balcony. along the route (the only way to get a view, actually). We’ll board a large bus and escort you to the door of your balcony, where our guide waits with you until the owner opens the door at 7:00am. After the streets are cleared and cleaned, the bulls run at 8:00am and your host will invite you to watch instant replays on the TV. We normally return to the street around 8:15am.
- Breakfast in your hotel
- Mid-afternoon, you’re invited to join a walking tour of the bull run route with an expert runner. Learning from one of the San Fermin bull run’s most prominent experts, this tour will make you a better runner and spectator as you learn what to expect.
- At 7:45pm, join us at the Baluarte Performing Arts Center for our Founder’s Dinner, hosted by our founder, Mark Hellmann Regouby. We enjoy a fantastic meal together including flamenco dancing and music. Then we get an invitation to join the patrons of the arts center for a private rooftop party for a front-row view of Pamplona’s famous nightly fireworks competition. Fireworks are over by 11:30pm so you can stay and dance the night away with the locals, or make your way out and rejoin the party on the street.
July 14th
- This is an ideal morning to add an extra bull run balcony or to run with the bulls. Similar to the previous day, our team will escort you via bus at 6:00am to the bull run route. You should be able to return to the hotel by 9:30am.
- Breakfast in your hotel after the bull run
- Upgrade to join our optional Lunchtime Tapas & Wine Tasting. Hosted by a local food and wine expert, you’ll sample award-winning tapas dishes paired with an excellent selection of regional wines.
- Add on our optional Torero Training & Bull Ranch Tour to get out into the countryside and learn how to manage a cape and sidestep a young bull. (Or sit on the sidelines and enjoy tapas & wine as you watch your friends give it a go.)
- At 6:00pm, arrive at the Plaza de Toros with your Pamplona bullfight tickets to find your seats in the premium Tendido section.
- At 11:00pm, meet our guides at your Closing Ceremonies Balcony on Plaza Consistorial (Town Hall Square). This balcony features a direct view of the festivities, including the mayor’s closing speech. Most other tour operators will place you at the “tailgate party” two blocks away on Plaza Castillo. Enjoy small bites and Navarran wine while watching from the safety of a balcony as celebratory chaos ensues below
July 15th
- Breakfast in your hotel
- Though hotel checkout is at 12:00pm, you can depart at your leisure, leaving time to say goodbye to any fellow guests you’ve befriended along the way.
