Experience our Basque traditions & identity
Celebrate unique experiences for couples, families & friends
Live a Navarre experience in luxury holiday homes
Discover the hidden dining gems of the Basque country from Golden Salt to Cider Farmhouse
Join us on a countryside excursion into the world of long-wooly Latxa sheep. Learn how to make cheese, and visit historic monuments in the region
Discover the magic of San Fermín
Northern Spain Travel sprang from an outpour of deep admiration and awe for the northern region of Spain - its unsurpassable beauty, its diverse culture, its rich gastronomy and its active travel are an adventure for everyone and on every level. If you’re seeking sustainable, experience - rich travel, then Northern Spain Travel’s collection of vibrant destinations with unique year-round mind-blowing cultural, gastronomic and adventure experiences in Northern Spain is for you.
The common thread in everything we design is based on our four essentials of history, culture, gastronomy and landscapes. We seek authentic immersive experiences that will generate both curiosity and enthusiasm. With Northern Spain Travel you can live experiences like Co-pilot an ultra-light plane over Romanesque Navarra; savour exquisite bite-size morsels of heavenly cuisine while bar-hopping along the cobblestoned streets of the old quarter; be a pilgrim for a day walking the St. James Way or cycle through hectares of picturesque vineyards to finish the day’s ride sipping on regional pride, a Vino de Pago wine. Let this millenary European region and it’s people surprise, engage and inspire you!
July offers San Fermin and the running of the bulls, with local fiestas continuing all the way through until September. There are several city festivals like Flamenco on Fire which run through August; the grape harvest for wine lovers is in October and November; December is full of colour and song with its Christmas season folklore in Lesaka; the lively carnivals of Iturren and Lanz are in January. Did we mention the Pamplona Rosé wine festival in May? Cycling in this region is all year round and is outstanding. Join us on a wine tour in neighbouring Rioja, learn about the Basque folklore on a walking tour through the Basque Lands and our Gastro Tour we call The Moveable Feast, inspired by Hemingway. Come and discover the North of Spain.
I am Stephanie, a Canadian who has been living in this region for over 20 years and hence have a unique perspective on my chosen home. When I first arrived over two decades ago, I found the beauty of northern Spain unsurpassable, its culture rich and diverse, its gastronomy out of this world and its active travel an adventure for everyone and on every level. I’ve teamed up with locals who have as much enthusiasm for their home as I do! Now, we wish to share that passion with the wide world by bringing to visitors personalized and mind-blowing year-round adventure experiences in the north of Spain. Our NST Philosophy of Passion, Character, Adventure and Care are provided in every travel experience and product we offer.
It’s the last day for the running of the bulls during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, which means sleep is on the horizon for Stephanie Mutsaerts, founder of Heart of Pamplona. This new Pamplona-based company will make you feel like a local during the world-famous event, which goes 24/7.
Business Jet Traveller Magazine joins us to the Palomeras de Etxalar to watch wild pigeon catching, a road trip south to the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve for a radical mountain bike adventure, and to bird watch in Pitillas, visit castles and church fortresses, along with a couple of winery visits.
Once again Movistar and Northern Spain Travel work together to make history in San Fermin. For this year’s Fiesta 2017, we center our attention on Heart of Pamplona guests arriving to Pamplona for San Fermin a day early with time to spare to get some BETA on the Running of the Bulls.
Pamplona is famous for the one week of the year that it becomes the hell-raising capital of the world. For the other 51 weeks this ancient city is almost unknown to outsiders. Pamplona veteran Mark Eveleigh returns to the Kingdom of Navarra to discover Spain’s best kept secret.