Pamplona - Running of the bulls festival July 2007

smarten31

Hi All

Just wondering if anyone has attended this festival before and what was it like. A group of us are looking to go this July for a week..

Do you know of any tour company's that organise these trips
Hotels to stay etc

Any info you can give would be great..

Now better get on that running machine hehe

jonny68

A mate of mine went and said it was good but a bit scary, im personally not into stuff like that myself, those poor bulls always end up being killed,being someone who likes animals i find this type of thing in bad taste.

kraggy

Agreed.

Barbaric event.

Can't believe anyone would dream of attending nevermind partake in such a thing.

madhitchhiker

kraggy wrote:

Agreed.

Barbaric event.

Can't believe anyone would dream of attending nevermind partake in such a thing.

People vary. Perhaps you're not in to that stuff.:D smarten31 better get reservations on that trip while you're still set to it.:D

DublinEvents

Deriving pleasure from watching animals die? Sure they might be aggressive animals but that doesn't mean you have to kill them. Humans disgust me. Truly they do

smarten31

Thks for the replies!!! Think I'll look up on some other sites/ forums for the info.. thought this was a travel forum and not a lecture theatre?? Pity nobody mentioned the festival/party each night from 11.00pm to 8.00am which I have been told is great crack.. think I'll go back and sit in my corner now :rolleyes:

Rabies

Ah, I can just see a group of Irish guys drinking at the party all night. Then waking up the next day to run from the bulls with a killer hangover and a dose of the trots

If it wasn't for the killing of the bulls it could be fun. Who am I to talk, I used to go fox hunting.

martykle

Hi all,

Anyone got any info regarding best place to fly in from. We leave on a Thursday and there seems to be no flights to Victoria on that day??

ScumLord

Then waking up the next day to run from the bulls with a killer hangover and a dose of the trots

It's a cunning ploy like the oil slick that comes out the back of a car in wacky races.

From what I've heard people book their beds up to a year in advance so be prepared to sleep on the street.

dcarroll

it is near enough to biarittz in france so flying to there could be an option, i think ryanair go there. Is the bull run not at 8 in the morning though? Imagine that after a night out

daiixi

I was there a few years back but didn't run. We stayed in San Sebastian and caught the last bus down to Pamps the night before, dined, drank, chatting until the wee hours of the morning and staked a place on the wall near the entrance to the ring before catching the first bus that morning back to San Sebastian.
Tbh most of the people who ran were in the ring before we even saw a cow let alone a bull. The animals are, of course, slightly confused as they make their way along the "course" but the only bulls we saw attacking anyone were those who were being pushed and/or slapped by people running. I use "running" in the looses sense of the word. "Slow jogging" might better describe it.
Please note: if you whack a bull on the nose with a rolled up newspaper chances are that it will go for you.
I have no desire to see a bull fight because they are unfair fights and they kill the bull afterwards whether it has won the fight or not.

deletebert

Yup, it's possible to fly into Biarritz; that's what we did a couple of years ago. We hired a large car/van and drove it across San Sebastian and down to Pamplona. You will probably not be able to find accommodation in Pamplona during the festival days. We slept in the car/near it. Apart from our unlucky weather of persistent rain, it's possible and acceptable to sleep in the park. http://www.jasonruane.com/pics/displayimage.php?album=50&pos=64 . The festival does go throughout the night until the main event in the morning; but the most active part of town at 5am was the Irish pub. Great festival atmosphere in the evenings though. Usual rules apply RE: being careful: I had my wallet taken. You would want to plan your timings around when and where you intend to view the actual event. Be there very early; eg. 90 minutes before the run, in order to get any good spot. The actual running event isn't all that couragous I reckon, I can be almost killed by a bull back in county Mayo/Sligo in any random field on a tuesday afternoon if I want. It's more about throwing yourself in with a load of testosteroned-up folk. Its all about the festival though, not the actual running; what they do to the bulls the night before is ridiculous, they are mere shadows of themselves come event-time. my pics: http://www.jasonruane.com/pics/thumbnails.php?album=50

CrazyirishBoy

Hey, old enuf thread but anway. I wanna go to the running of the bulls this year to start off our interrailing trip and i hear i would have to be 18 to take part. Im seventeen and i was just wondering how strict they are on this and is there any chance of taking part.