Private jet to Pamplona

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Capital of the Autonomous Community of Navarre

Pamplona (around 200,000 inhabitants) is the capital of the Autonomous Community of Navarre in northern Spain on the border with France. The city is located on a small plateau, about 450 m above sea level, in an otherwise very hilly area. From a climatic point of view, Pamplona is in a transition region between the maritime and the continental climate – the summers are warm and dry, the winters rather cool and humid.

The name Pamplona

The name Pamplona comes from the city’s founder – in 74 BC the Roman general Pompeius founded the settlement Pompeiopolis to protect the Roman province of Hispania from the Gauls. After a short time the place was only called Pompaelo. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the area was first ruled by the Vascones who called the settlement Iruna (city); then came the Visigoths and in the 6th century the Franks. The latter made Pamplona the bishop see and thus the christianization center of the Basque Country.

In 824 Inigo Aristo was crowned king in Pamplona and in 905 it became the capital of the Kingdom of Navarre. In the centuries that followed, Pamplona was torn between its neighbors: France in the northeast, the Basque Country in the northwest and the Muslim caliphate of Cordoba. Both the French and the Moors would have liked to have owned the area; Pamplona, in turn, aspired to rule over the neighboring Basque Country.

Pilgrimages

In the 11th century pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela became fashionable. An economic and cultural exchange with Christian countries on the other side of the Pyrenees began with the pilgrims. The cities along the Camino de Santiago benefited from this, including Pamplona. King Sancho Mayor recognized the opportunities that foreign settlement could bring to the city. With San Nicolas and San Cernin he created two new city quarters, which were specially intended for craftsmen and merchants from neighboring Franconia (now France) and were therefore called Franconian Quarter. The city’s bishops also gained in importance.

Although southern Navarra (and with it the city of Pamplona) was incorporated into the Kingdom of Castile in 1512, it remained an independent kingdom that was ruled initially by the King of Castile and later by the King of Spain. King Felipe II had a large fortress (citadel) built to protect the area from the Franks who occupied the neighboring northern Navarra.

Pamplona’s landmarks

The star-shaped citadel is now one of Pamplona’s landmarks. Other well-known buildings are the Town Hall (Casa Consistorial) from 1752, and of course the cathedral, whose neoclassical facade dates from 1783. Well-known places are the Plaza de la Libertad and the Plaza del Castillo.

Arrival by private jet

The airport Aeropuerto de Pamplona is around 1.016 km away or two and a half hours by private jet from London Luton. From the terminal there are approx. 7 km to the old town, which corresponds to approx. 15 minutes by taxi or limousine. In a city of this size (Pamplona has around 200,000 inhabitants) there is also a large selection of hotels and accommodation within a wide variety of facilities and price ranges.

Pamplona by private jet

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