Saturday, 05 JULY - Pamplona
Check out of hotel for transfer to the train station for the 10:10 AM train to Pamplona via Irun to arrive Pamplona at 6:58 PM.

Met at the train station by your Hemingway’s Pamplona tour leader for private transfer to a hotel in the center of Pamplona.
Welcome Dinner and Fiesta Overview at the hotel. (B, D)

Sunday, 06 JULY – Pamplona – Burguete
12:00 Noon - Fiesta de San Fermin Chupinazo or Opening Celebration
Join the crowd in the plaza or view the ceremony from (balcony seats opposite City Hall available for additional fee).
Group Lunch

Afternoon attendance at the fiesta’s only Bullfight on Horseback (ticket included in price).
Transfer to the town of Burguete, check into the small, rustic inn made famous in the Ernest Hemingway novel, The Sun Also Rises. The inn is known for its excellent food and offers a respite from the noise and non-stop activity of Pamplona.
Dinner and Overnight at Hostal Burguete. (B, L, D)

TRAVEL NOTE: For those wishing to overnight in Pamplona for the Fiesta days of 6, 7 and 8 JULY, we can make your in-town arrangements at additional cost.

Saturday – 07 JULY – Burguete - Pamplona
Our chartered bus will take participants to the Plaza del Castillo, main square of Pamplona, arriving by 7:00 AM (one hour trip).
8:00 AM - First Encierro or Running of the Bulls (Balcony Seats are available as an extra cost option).
12 Noon – View the Apartado, the daily sorting of the bulls into pens at the bullring for the afternoon bullfight (ticket included in price)
Group Lunch
Daily Parades and special events including the formal medieval Procession of San Fermin, where the effigy of San Fermin is carried from the cathedral through the streets of Pamplona accompanied by the famous Gigante figures and Cabezudos. (Tickets to the afternoon Bullfight are available as an additional cost option).
(9:00 PM) Transfer, (Late) Dinner, and Overnight in Burguete (B, L, D)

Sunday - 08 JULY – Burguete - Pamplona – Roncesvalles
Day in Pamplona
Early morning transfer to Pamplona for those going to 2nd encierro - Running of the Bulls (Balcony seats available at additional cost). Opportunity to attend 2nd Apartado and bullfight (additional cost option). Return to Burguete for late dinner.

Hiking the Pyrenees Mountains

Those who choose to hike on this day from St. Jean Pied de Port in France to Roncesvalles (Burguete) in Spain (approx. 27 kilometers over a Pyrenees Mountain pass) will complete the first and most spectacular leg of the ancient and still popular El Camino de Santiago (Way of Saint James Pilgrimage), and can acquire official documentation (pilgrim’s carnet), and attend the pilgrim’s service at the Monastery of Roncesvalles.

Visiting the Irate River and Roncesvalles
Non-hikers not going into Pamplona can enjoy a visit to the Irati River, where Ernest Hemingway fished, and visit the Monastery of Roncesvalles, a key site on the Camino de Santiago and the site of the battle between Charlemagne’s rear guard and the Basques, that inspired the most important epic poem in French literature, “The Song of Roland.”
Dinner and overnight for all in Burguete. (B, D)

Monday – 09 JULY – Burguete - Bilbao – Santillana del Mar
Transfer to the Basque city of Bilbao on the Rió Nervión to visit the famous Guggenheim Museum (modern art) designed by architect Frank Gehry (entrance fee included), (B)

You can choose to return to Madrid by train from Torrelavega (near Santillana del Mar) on July 10 or from Bilbao or Pamplona on 09 July, depending on your preference. Train tickets and overnight in Santillana del Mar 09 July or Madrid 09 July are included.

You can choose to return to Paris on 10 July from Bilbao with overnight n Santillana del Mar or Bilbao on 09 July included.