Eating in Vera de Bidasoa – Bera

What to eat in Vera de Bidasoa – Bera

The most popular meats when eating in Vera de Bidasoa are the calf and lamb. The hunting meat also has a place here, specially the dove of the close region of Etxalar, captured with a net through a procedure called as Cultural Interest Property. To finish your meal in Vera de Bidasoa, the region offers cheese, cuajadas and other artisan products made of sheep's milk.

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Lenkonea is one of the most popular places when eating in Vera de Bidasoa. It is located in a building that used to be a forge, and has an attractive decoration that makes it a warm and welcoming place. Its menu has all kinds of dishes that follow the traditional recipes of the north of Navarra, such as some specialties of French influence.

The restaurant Euskalduna, a family place that started to work in the beginning of the 20th Century, is another good option when eating in Vera de Bidasoa. The cuisine is clearly traditional, homemade and of a strong local essence thanks to the use of autochthonous products. It offers a daily menu, menus for special occasions and also has a crystal terrace and a bar where clients can try all types of pinchos.

Eating in Zugarramurdi

What to eat in Zugarramurdi

As the main influence of the French cuisine, the duck meat is very common when eating in Zugarramurdi. When it is the right season, the collection of mushrooms in the forests from the surroundings becomes an activity that is translated into the local cuisine. Finally, the elaboration of cheese and cuajadas of sheep's milk is very common, and both are perfect options to finish your meal in Zugarramurdi.

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Azketa is another restaurant you should consider if you are eating in Zugarramurdi: homemade food, simple and traditional, made with autochthonous products of great quality and local production.

Herriko Jatetxea is a place that prepares a classic cuisine, following the traditional recipes from these lands. It is also possible to taste the influences of the French tradition in here.

Eating in Sangüesa

What to eat in Sangüesa

There is nothing better to drink with a potaje de pochas than the wine selection of the region, with products such as the D.O. Navarra, D.O. Pago de Arínzano, D.O. Pago de Otazu and D.O. Prado de Irache. The gastronomic offer is completed with some other traditional dishes such as the lamb al chilindrón, the trout with ham, the grilled cow meat and the ajoarriero.

The desserts are also famous in the region. The huesos de santo, virutas de San José and the tortas de Txantxigorri are some of the specialties of Sangüesa. The celebration of the Mystery of the Wise Men can be the perfect occasion to enjoy everything there is to eat in Sangüesa.

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The hotel Yamaguchi has a restaurant that has become one of the most popular options when eating in Sangüesa. Its cuisine is based on meat, fish and vegetables from the fertile vegetable garden from Navarra, used to prepare an attractive carte where many seasonal specialties are represented. It has broad dining rooms where it is possible to organize wedding banquets, communions and other similar occasions.

Eating in Tudela

What to eat in Tudela

Between the meats, the most popular ones are the lamb and the calf. The first one if eaten roasted and the second one grilled. The calderetes are very frequent in this region from Navarra, specially in special occasions. As for the desserts, Tudela has many specialties such as the cafareles, the mantecadas and hazelnut cookies, created by the Bakery Salinas, which sadly closed its door in 2008. The Holly Week is one of the biggest celebrations of the area, a perfect occasion to enjoy everything there is to eat in Tudela. This village also brings you the opportunity to discover the natural park of Bardenas Reales, a semidesertic place of an incredible beauty.

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Trinquete is another popular restaurant from Tudela. It has its own vegetable garden where most of the vegetables that are produced are served in seasonal menus. It is also specialized in the classical cuisine from Navarra.

The Restaurant 33 is a place of a long professional career that serves delicious meat, fish and vegetables from Tudela.

Another recommendable place when eating in Tudela is Iruña, a traditional restaurant that has some modern touches. It serves an attractive menu with local recipes.

In the surroundings of the village, the restaurant of the hotel Aires de Bardenas offer a menu that is specialized in vegetables and recipes from the gastronomy of Navarra. A place with a nice decoration and ambiance.

Eating in Pamplona

What to eat in Pamplona

The most popular meats of the region are the lamb al chilindrón and the calf or the roasted ox. Of course, it is also possible to find hunt meat such as wild boar, deer and rabbit, or pork embutidos (sausage) such as the famous chorizo of Pamplona, a classic between those who love to eat in this region. Regarding the fish, the trout with ham and the salmon from the Bidasoa river are the most popular ones.

Close to Pamplona many wine quality products are produced, such as the wine D.O. Navarra, D.O Pago de Arízano, D.O. Pago de Otazu, the D.O. Prado de Irache and the D.O Ca. Rioja. This is also a pinchos city. The most common place to enjoy this type of dish is the Casco Antiguo, where most of the tapas bars of Pamplona are located in. In this city the famous Pacharán of Navarra with I.G.P is produced, a great liquor to finish your meal with in Pamplona. The celebrations of San Fermín are the perfect occasion to enjoy the Pamplonica cuisine.

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Another great place to go to is Rodero, a place that also has a Michelin star. The cooking here is attractive and innovative. They also have many different special menus.

The restaurant Alhambra offers a menu where the classic local recipes are present. Those dishes are cooked following contemporary techniques, always using products of great quality that are locally produced.

Enekorri is a well known place to eat in Pamplona thanks to its creative and original cooking that always looks up to the tradition of the gastronomy from Navarra.

At the second floor of the building Palacio Baluarte you will find the restaurant Baluarte, a place that cooks classic recipes using quality products. They offer their clinets different menus and, due to its size, the possibility of organizing weddings, communions and other celebrations.

Eating in Roncesvalles

What to eat in Roncesvalles

The hunting is very popular here, and the meat of dove, quail, rabbit, wild boar and deer is very popular when eating in Roncesvalles. This meat offer is completed with dishes such as the grilled calf and the roasted lamb or chilindrón lamb, without forgetting about the trout with ham. With the lamb's milk - that comes from the local ranching - cheese and many desserts are made, such as the cuajada, which is famous in Roncesvalles.

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The restaurant of the hotel Roncesvalles is another great place to go to in Roncesvalles. The cuisine, which follows the rules of the "slow food", is simple but has a great quality. Find local recipes with fresh and seasonal products that are produced locally.

La Posada de Roncesvalles is a busy place that also offers an attractive menu, very varied and with recipes from Navarra. The food is made with quality ingredients and clients can also find some seasonal dishes here.

Eating in Ochagavía

What to eat in Ochagavía

The Zatoia river is a source of products, such as the trout, which is usually stuffed with ham. When it is the mushroom season, the menus of the restaurants start to offer these products which grow in the close forests. The migas de pastor are connected to the traditional lifestyle of the valley and are other gastronomic speacialty to eat in Ochagavía, where you will also be able to find cheese that is locally produced. A visit to Ochagavía will not be complete until you explore the territory of the Jungle of Irati.

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Kikixia is a cider bar that has the large steak as its specialty, apart from other grilled meats. The offer is completed with a broad menu os specialties from Navarra and a good selection of wines from different denominations.

The hotel Auñamendi has a good restaurant and is one of the trending places to eat while in Ochagavía. Its cuisine has a strong autochthonous essence. The restaurant also has many different menus, for the weekdays and the weekends, apart from one for special occasions and other options for big groups.

Eating in Lumbier

What to eat in Lumbier

From the traditional embutidos (sausage) made with pork's meat, the chistorra is the one that represents the community the most, and it is also usual to have it in the kitchens and tables of Lumbier. Some other traditional recipes from Navarra are the cod al ajoarriero, the trout with ham and the legumes stews with hunting meat. The wine with D.O. Navarra is also produced in Lumbier, a drink that is perfect to enjoy along any meal. You will also be able to find other great wines of the region, such as the D.O. Pago de Arízano, the D.O. Pago de Otazu and the D.O. Prado de Irache, all of them of an excellent quality.

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Another winery that also has a great restaurant is Forka, a classic when eating in Lumbier. Their specialty if the barbecues cooked in wood ovens, but they never forget about other traditional recipes from these lands.

Iru Bide is a restaurant located in the hotel with the same name, a place to enjoy a good cuisine where traditional and contemporary techniques are mixed.

Eating in Olite

What to eat in Olite

The ajoarriero from Navarra, the lamb al chilindrón, the calf meat, the trout a la navarra, the chistorra and other pork embutidos (sausage) complete the offer of the local restaurants. The rancho, known here as calderete, is a popular dish from the region of Olite, being common during the celebration of contests that take place in the Saints festivities of the surroundings of the village. Olite is also a wine land. The street with the biggest concentration of wineries that produce wines with D.O. Navarra is located here. The Pacharán from Navarra with I.G.P. is one of the specialties that are made in the area and that are perfect to enjoy along with any food in Olite.

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Gambarte is another place you should consider. They prepare a seasonal cuisine according to the gastronomic tradition from Navarra, focusing on meat and vegetables of autochthonous production.

Erri Berri is a grill house-cider bar where you will find an attractive menu specialized in all types of grilled meats and other specialties such as the cod tortilla. They have different menus.

Another great place to eat in Olite is the restaurant Casa del Preboste, located in a building from the 15th Century. It prepares a cuisine that connects the tradition from Navarra with more contemporary propositions. This place also has a wooden oven where many grilled meats and varied pizzas are prepared.

Eating in Funes

What to eat in Funes

The calf and lamb meats are the most common ones in Funes. They can be grilled or roasted, and are usually an ingredient of the ranchos that are prepared in the surroundings of the town. Regarding the pork byproducts, Funes produces excellent artisan embutidos. The experience of eating in Funes can be completed with the delicious wine products of the region, such as the wine D.O. Navarra, D.O. Pago de Arínzano, D.O. Pago de Otazu and D.O. Prado de Irache.

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Another place you should consider if you are having a meal in Funes is Avenida, a place where the recipes follow the pure traditions of the medium lands from Navarra.

In Halconeras de Sancho IV you will find an attractive restaurant that prepares grilled food: meat, fish, vegetables and even rice. They have a carte and a menu. Delicious!

Eating in Isaba

What to eat in Isaba

During the season, the surrounding valleys are filled of mushrooms, such as the perrechico, the boletus and the robellón. They can be prepared by themselves or with a meat stew. The valley is also famous for its cheese with D.O.P., made with pure milk from the breed latxa and rasa of sheep. The gastronomy from this region can be fully enjoyed during the celebrations of the valley, such as the Tribute de las Tres Vacas. Also, the occasion is perfect for a glass of basaka, an apple moonshine that is distillated in many municipalities from the area and that is a great ending for a meal in Isaba.

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Casa Tapia is a restaurant that serves homemade food, where traditional dishes from the mountains of Navarra are offered.

Also specialized in traditional food, the restaurant from the hostel Lola is one of the most recommendable places in Isaba. Homemade food made with autochthonous, fresh and seasonal ingredients.

Eating in Javier

What to eat in Javier

The migas de pastor and the ajoarriero are other common dishes from the villages located in the frontier with Aragón, a community where these specialties are also present. The calf and the lamb, greatly appreciated in Navarra, compose the base of a meat offer that is completemented with embutidos (sausage) and other pork byproducts. Regarding the desserts, the rosquillas are famous in Javier, specially when the fires of Christmas Eve are lighted after the Midnight Mass. Everything there is to eat in Javier can be completed with some of the wine products of these lands, such as the wine D.O. Navarra, the D.O. Pago de Arízano, D.O. Pago de Otazu and D.O. Prado de Irache.

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The hotel Xabier is another recommendable place when eating in Javier. The cuisine is homemade, with a strong local essence and made with fresh products. They have a daily menu and a carte, apart from special offers for big groups and special celebrations, of family and business character, thanks to the big capacity of its dining rooms.

Eating in Estella – Lizarra

What to eat in Estella – Lizarra

There are many dessert specialties in Estella, such as the rocas de Puy (bonbons made of chocolate and hazelnuts) and the alpargatas, a sweet made of puff pastry and almond cream that was prepared for the first time to celebrate a visit from the king Alfonso the 12th to the village. Estella and its surroundings also produce excellent wine products, such as the wine D.O. Navarra, Pago de Arínzano, Pago de Otazu and Prado de Irache. If you have the chance, don't miss the opportunity of going to the fantastic Natural Park of Urbasa and Andía.

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La Cepa is another good place to eat in Estella. It has a daily menu and a carte where a traditional cuisine is prepared with quality ingredients.

The restaurant Richard is a place located in the center of the village that focuses on classic dishes from Estella, using seasonal ingredients and meat from the local ranching.

Another place to eat in Estella is the restaurant Navarra, which occupies a house of an attractive architecture with a garden. This place serves food of a strong local essence, based on the recipes from Navarra and using fresh and quality products. It also has big dining rooms, reason why it is easy to find a free table here and to organize celebrations such as wedding banquets, communions and other similar events.

Eating in Fitero

What to eat in Fitero

There are many local specialties such as the potatoes a la navarra, served in squares after being roasted with garlic, parsley and pork. The rancho of potatoes and meat is a popular dish from the village, and it is celebrated during the Saint Festivities, when it is cooked in front of the public. The empanada de Fitero is usually prepared when the Ascencion is coming. It is a circle piece, stuffed with egg, chorizo and rabbit meat.

If you want to finish your experience in Fitero, try the delicious desserts from the town. The tejas de Fitero, the glorias del Císter and the mirlos fiteranos are amazing. The wine is always present in many wineries that produce excellent stews, such as the wine D.O. Navarra, D.O. Pago de Arínzano, D.O. Pago de Otazu and D.O. Prado de Irache.

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The bar San Antonio is another option you should consider if you want to eat in Fitero. Due to is traditional cuisine, made with fresh ingredients that are produced locally, this place is a success. Perfect to order some tapas.

Eating in Artajona

What to eat in Artajona

The most eaten meat is the calf and the lamb, but it is also very common to consume meat from other species from the world of hunting. In the menus from the local restaurants we can find many typical dishes from de gastronomy of Navarra such as the ajoarriero, the vegetables ratatouille and the trout with ham, all of them very popular when eating in Artajona. Many good wine products are produced in here, such as the wines with D.O. Navarra, Pago de Arínzano, Pago de Otazu and Prado de Irache. The Encuentros con la Historia, one of the most famous celebrations in the town, is the perfect occasion to enjoy the variety of food there is to eat in the beautiful village of Artajona.

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Another good place to eat in Artajona is the restaurant Asador El Cerco, where a traditional cuisine is prepared with fresh and quality products; the installations also have a bar where it is possible to eat tapas.

Eating in Elizondo

What to eat in Elizondo

There are many typical dishes from the Bastán valley that are also prepared in this village. One of them is the baztanesa soup, a thick mix of lamb broth with big bread parts. The zuri eta beltz (white and black) is a filling dish: a white embutido that is typical from the valley, covered in a black sauce made of blood and onion. Between the most representative desserts we find the cuajada of sheep's milk and the urrakin egina, a chocolate stuffed with whole hazelnuts. If you have the chance, don't miss the opportunity of going to the natural park of the Señorío de Bertiz, an amazing place.

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In a beautiful ambiance, the restaurant Itzalargikoborda serves traditional food with original ideas and exquisite results, even though their menu is not very broad. This place is away from the rest of the city, so you will have to drive to get here.

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Kortarixar is a grill restaurant-cider bar that offers its clients a classic menu composed of grilled meats, cod tortilla and other specialties from this type of restaurants.

The restaurant from the hostel Antxitonea is another recommendable option of a place to eat in Elizondo. It has a classic cuisine, basic on the use of earth products made according to the traditional recipes from the valley of Baztán.

On the outsides of town, Itzalargikoborda offer an attractive menu composed of dishes from these lands of Navarra, all in a privileged place.

Eating in Tafalla

What to eat in Tafalla

Between the famous traditional recipes from the village, the most popular ones are the ajoarriero from Navarra, the pochas with quail, the lamb al chilindrón, the grilled ribs, the trout from Navarra, the potato calderete with meat and many other dishes that have been transmiyted between generations. You will also find a huge variety of pork embutidos (sausage), which are always present in the gastronomic offer of the restaurants of the village.

Complete your experience with a good local wine, such as the D.O. Navarra, D.O. Pago de Arízano, D.O. Pago de Otazu and D.O. Prado de Irache. Regarding the desserts, don't leave without trying the delicious ensaimadas, the leche frita, the puff pastry pies and the peach with wine.

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Located in one of the most typical places from the ancient center of Tafalla, the bar-restaurant La Peña is specialized in grilled meats and traditional stews from Navarra, as well as homemade desserts.

Another famous place from Olite is Gambarte, a place where a seasonal cuisine that follows the culinary tradition from Navarra is prepared, focusing on meats and vegetables locally produced.

The grill house Coto Valdorna is known for being specialized in hunting meat and for its regional gastronomy, apart from the amazing panoramic views it has.

Eating in Monreal

What to eat in Monreal

Regarding the meats, the calf, lamb and the chicken, along with many different varieties of traditional embutidos made with pork meat, share the main place with the traditional recipes of the region made with hunting meat. Due to the fact that Monreal is an interior area, some of the common fish species here are the trout and the cod, which can be found as an ingredient in dishes such as the ajoarriero. To complete the experience of eating in Monreal, we recommend you to try some of the wines with D.O. of the region.

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Clos to the restaurant you will find La Txikita, another place where you can eat in Monreal. It offers complete menus, combination dishes, bocadillos and pinchos.

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Eating in Los Arcos

What to eat in Los Arcos

Regarding the meat, the lamb menudicos served with tripes and the lamb's blood, are delicious. A variation of this dish is the pantorrillo, which consists on adding lamb's pays and intestines to the mix and making a braid with it.

Other common dishes are the vegetable menestra, asparagus, peppers, roasted lamb, lamb al chilindrón, roasted gorrín, hake a la cosquera... There is also a huge variety of desserts such as the leche frita, roscos de los Arcos - a variation of the Rosquillas de San Blas - and the sopa cana, traditionally eaten on Christmas.

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The rest of the options are located in the many hostels of the town, such as the restaurant Ezequiel. They prepare homemade and traditional food.