The San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, best-known for the daily Running of the Bulls or encierro (in Spanish), attracts over 1 million visitors.  As you probably know by now, housing is very difficult to come by. 

This year, I’ve gone back to graduate school, so I won’t have time to help with every request.  I'm offering concierge/consulting services to a limited number of  groups for a fee. 

If you’re interested, I can help you identify the best options and introduce you to the people who offer them. Since you wouldn't be buying from me, I can offer you an independent perspective on each option.  If I can help you, please e-mail me at info@pamplonahousing.com.

- Check out a sample of last year’s Apartment Rental Options

- Rent a Balcony to get a great view of the encierro

- Arriving by plane?  Learn about Airport Transfer services.

- Watch our new San Fermín Video Guide episodes:

        Running of the Bulls

        San Fermín Festival

        Txupinazo (opening ceremonies)

        Fountain Jumping

My updates from Pamplona:

May 29th - The clock is ticking! (read blog)

April 14th - Playtime is over - The countdown begins (read blog)

April 2nd - Summertime, and the livin’ is easy (read blog)

What is PamplonaHousing.com?

When I came to Pamplona to run with the bulls, I didn’t even know there was a larger fiesta called “San Fermín.”  I drove my rental car over the Pyerenees, picked up a guide book at a roadside tourist office, and stood in a lonely phone booth in the middle of Navarra calling hotel after hotel for accommodations in Pamplona.  The shock of finding that there were no hotel rooms in Pamplona led me to start PamplonaHousing.com.

Along with a few more experienced San Fermín enthusiasts, I have put together a network of friends in Pamplona who cater to every need someone would have during San Fermín:  Transportation from Pamplona area airports (Vitoria, Bilbao, San Sebastian, Zaragoza, and Biarritz); Apartment Rentals in Pamplona (especially in the casco viejo or old city); diner reservations in Pamplona restaurants and gourmet tapas from a personal chef; and most importantly, Balconies in Pamplona for watching the running of the bulls.

I know expert bull runners who can take you over the entire bull run route and explain how best to avoid mortal wounds.  Running with the bulls in Pamplona is a dangerous activity, but well worth the risk if you pay attention to the change it brings inside you.  Facing up to death on the streets of Pamplona makes every other challenge in life seem trivial when compared to the running of the bulls.

So, if you’re looking for a hotel room in Pamplona, I wish you buena suerte (good luck).  Most of the Pamplona hotels were sold out by mid-March for the running of the bulls.  If you have a few friends with you and you need lodging in Pamplona, please send me an email.  We can provide Pamplona apartment rentals to meet most group’s budgets.  If you just have one or two people, this gets more difficult... hotel rooms in Pamplona are best suited for groups that size, as Pamplona apartments typically can accommodate 6 to 12 people.

Coming to Pamplona to run with the bulls was one of the highlights of my life.  I hope you have an equally fantastic experience during San Fermín.