Coming by coach

There is a very good coach service between Madrid and Pamplona. The company is called Conda (948 22 10 26) and the price of the ticket is 22,82 €. The timetable from Monday to Saturday is: 8'00, 10'30, 15'00, 17'00, 19'39 and 1'30. On Freeday and Sunday there are three more services at 12'00, 14'00, 16'30, 17'30 and 21'30.

There is also a good coach service from Barcelona with a company called Vibasa (948 22 09 97). At the NORD station coaches leave at 7'30, 15'00, 15'15 and 23'00. SANTS coach station also has a service which leaves at 8'00, 15'30, 15'45 and 23'30 (there is a difference of half an hour between Nord and Sants). The journey takes a somewhat long five and a half hours.

There is usually no problem with seats as the company provides the numer of coaches needed to cover the demand. But better to book just in case - the demand during San Fermin might be high enough to cause a collapse in the structure.

There are also coach services from all the neighbouring cities such as, Bilbo-Bilbao (La Burundesa, www.laburundesa.com and +34 94 427 11 11 / 948 22 17 66), Donostia-San Sebastian (La Roncalesa, +34 948 22 20 79), Gasteiz-Vitoria (La Burundesa, www.laburundesa.com and +34 945 26 46 26 / 948 22 17 66), Zaragoza (La Conda, www.conda.es and +34 948 22 10 26) and Santander (La Burundesa, www.laburundesa.com and +34 948 22 17 66).

The Pamplona Coach Station is right in the center of the city, located in Yanguas y Miranda Street. The Coach Station is completely new and modern and is entirely under street level. It is linked by urban bus with both the train station and the airport. There is a left luggage booth but this is relocated during Sanfermin to San Francisco square in the old part of town. Remember that there is no subway service in Pamplona.