Navarra Summer Program!

The University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain is the perfect place to study Spanish in the summer. Located in Northern Spain, you can easily travel to Bilbao to see the Guggenheim, San Sebastian to spend the afternoon on the beach, or Hendaye and Biarritz to see the beaches of Southern France. There are castles, monasteries, and Roman ruins all within an hour of Pamplona. For a longer weekend trip you can easily take a bus or train to Barcelona to visit La Rambla, the Joan Miro Museum, and the works of Gaudí. Our Spanish language classes are in the central building on campus and there are students from France, Hong Kong, England, and Germany in the program.

The class is small compared to UW, only seven students in our Spanish class. The tennis courts on campus are fabulous as is the cafe. The casco viejo, or old part of Pamplona, has cobblestone streets lined by colorful buildings with balconies. In the main plaza, you can order a cafe con leche and croissant at the same restaurant Ernest Hemingway describes in his novel, The Sun Also Rises. Pamplona is known for its elaborate pinchos, Spanish appetizers. If you arrive in Pamplona in early July, you can experience San Fermines, the yearly celebration in Pamplona with a bull runs every morning, music in the plazas, bull fights in the afternoon, and fireworks at night.

Written by Zea Collentine, UW Foster School Student