San Juan

All year round it is an area with a lot of atmosphere, even though it is somewhat away from the center of town where most of the scene takes place. The “pub-style” bars tend to dominate although there are also some places with some home-grown rock. There are a wide variety of bars on offer. This suburb (only a 10-minute-walk from the old part, don't worry) is a busy all through the year. You will find lots of what we call "pubs" (not exactly English or Irish pubs) and two discos (at the beginning of the Travesía Bayona street –it changes the name very frecuently- and at the end –called Marengo-). Most of the people go to the Travesía Bayona, also called “La Trave”.

cinemas. There are also an Irish Pub, There is an area with a multi-cinema complex called Golem where there are some good places to eat and drink in a quieter environment. Just beside the Golem cinemas you can find the Golem, a good bar-restaurant place which is very popular throughout the year. Nearly, there is an English-style pub, called the Gallipot. There is a new park nearby also recently opened called the "Yamaguchi" built by Japanese gardeners, where they are some good bars like the Central and the bar of the GolemThe Paddy's Corner, and a German one: very good places.

These are the typical places that the people in Pamplona are using all year, even though these days of the Fiesta they might be found hanging out more in the old part of town. And to compensate for the lack of atmosphere it has to be said that the quality is usually much better than in the old town.

In San Juan there are three gay bars. El Alakarga, for example, where there is a good atmosphere for couples of all types, men or women. In the M-40 bar the atmosphere is exclusively male. The Mineo is the most recent and a lot of people like it. They play all kind of music and open till early hours in the morning. Some people prefer to go to other cities as Vitoria-Gasteiz or Donostia-San Sebastian.