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Pamplona-Navarre, the perfect destination for conferences and incentive trips
Planning a corporate event and looking for a ‘five-star’ location?
We know that a few things are essential when choosing a destination for corporate events or conferences:
* It must be easy to reach
* It must have modern, high-capacity accommodation
* It must have suitable venues for different kinds of conferences and meetings
But what else does Navarre have to offer to make your event here an overwhelming success? Here's what people like and what surprises them most about this destination:
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Pamplona is a comfortable city
The capital of Navarre is a medium-sized city so it’s very easy to get around from any of its venues. You can visit the old town, go to have dinner at a restaurant and return to your hotel for a rest all on foot from Baluarte and other venues.
Pamplona also has a good atmosphere, a great cultural life and is strategically located in the middle of the region, meaning it’s easy to head off in any direction on trips to get to know the rest of Navarre.
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The quality of the destination
Navarre is one of the Spanish autonomous communities with the highest GDP per capita. And it’s in equally good health when it comes to MICE tourism.
The quality of its hotels, its modern infrastructure, the quality of the food you can find in its bars and restaurants, and how well-kept its towns and villages are ensure the utmost satisfaction of organisers, conference-goers and those accompanying them alike. -
Outstanding contrasts and experiences
A gala dinner in the Gothic cloister of Pamplona cathedral, a tasting of gourmet pintxos (bar snacks) in one of the city's typical restaurants, a forest bath in the heart of the Pyrenees, wagon rides through vineyards, meeting a shepherd in the mountains, a tour of the Bardenas Reales desert at sunset...
There are lots of exciting experiences you can enjoy in the capital itself or less than one hour away from Pamplona. -
Professional services
Reliability and professionalism are two of the aspects that clients most value in Navarre’s conference organisers and the companies and services that help run events in the community. Versatility, creativity and trust are essential values that you will always find here.
MEET IN PAMPLONA is the official brand through which the companies based in Pamplona and Navarre identify themselves in the MICE world. Find detailed information on the hotel network, venues, services and specialised companies that can provide you with all the support your event needs here.
More reasons to choose Pamplona?
Pamplona is strategically located in the middle of Navarre, allowing you to get anywhere in the region in less than an hour. It’s a green city with a defensive wall which has been declared a National Monument, a very well-kept old town with mediaeval churches, a cathedral with one of the best Gothic cloisters in Europe and streets full of shops and brimming with flavour.
In addition to its internationally renowned universities and hospitals, Pamplona has three major cultural centres (Teatro Gayarre, which is nearly two hundred years old, the Baluarte auditorium and the Navarra Arena venue) which ensure that the city vibrates with culture every week in the form of first-class plays, shows and concerts. And if you want to have a fun time, you can enjoy the city’s nightlife too. Because while Pamplona is best known for its amazing San Fermin festival, it’s just as hospitable and the atmosphere is just as good the rest of the year as well.
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And what does Navarre have to offer me?
Thrilling nature
In less than 100 kilometres, you can enjoy the forests of the Pyrenees and a desert, all in the same region one could call ‘small’. The natural diversity of Navarre is quite astonishing, with 4 different climates which have shaped contrasting landscapes: striking beech, oak and fir forests in the Pyrenees; grainfields and vineyards in Central Navarre; and market gardens and a desert declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the south.
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Culture and history
Navarre is the first region through which the Way of St James passes, starting in the legendary Roncesvalles. Around the route, you can find gems of Romanesque and Gothic architecture, Cistercian monasteries where you can listen to Gregorian chants and historic villages with a lot of flavour. And off the route, you can enjoy beautiful Gothic palaces like the one in Olite, castles like Javier castle, mediaeval villages like Ujué or Gallipienzo and fascinating historic districts like the centre of Tudela. And not only has Navarre managed to preserve its monumental heritage but also its languages, culture and its ancestral traditions and festivals, which dot the calendar all year round.
Renowned gastronomy
We all know special care needs to be paid to this part of any trip, but in Navarre it’s easy, because it’s a region in which ‘eating wonderfully well’ is a tradition. The products come from this very land and many have their own Designation of Origin: the exquisite vegetables of the Ribera; the meat and cheese from the livestock raised in the mountains; the wild mushrooms from the forests of the Pyrenees, and the wines with DO Navarra from the southern half of the region.
In addition to enjoying our cuisine at a table in a restaurant, you can also do it on the street if you decide to go out for pintxos in the city’s bars, a very local tradition which consists of having traditional pintxos, deep-fried delicacies or small bites of haute cuisine, considered among the best in Spain, before either lunch or dinner.
