Hotels in Pamplona range from basic to time-worn resorts. Cheaper residencias and hospedajes are on the East side of the river, between Calles 7 and 9. Weekends rooms may be a bit more difficult to find due to families making a quick escape to this sphere of culture. Reservations are highly recommended for the temporada alta, or high season, especially Semana Santa (Easter Week) and the 4 July festivities.
The Hotel Ursua has always reminded me of my country grandmother’s house: big, overstuffed beds and mis-matched furniture in the rooms and generations of now-antique sewing machines, irons, phonographs and other items scattered throughout. (Be sure to check out the LP record...
A time-worn resort built in the contemporary 1960s architecture of glass and metal, Hotel Carionga still provides the best service to the journeyer to Pamplona. It caters primarily to businesspeople, excursion groups and families. The era-theme continues into the large rooms, in classic 1960s...
Located a half-block from the obelisk in Plazuela Almeida, the Hotel El Llano is one of Pamplona’s cheapest inns promising an ambiente familiar, or family atmosphere. Most of the small, brick-block rooms have windows facing onto the central patio. The better habitaciones and common bath are on...