The bullfight in Pamplona

  ToroMany People live with the illusion of knowing and living experiences that mark our lives, experiences that when we reach an age we can proudly count on and remember those memories with great passion.

As happens with the festivity celebrated in one of the cities of the Spanish kingdom, where we see through our televisions an endless number of huge and burly bulls running through the narrow streets of a city full of people celebrating and running agitated in front of the beasts. … This city: Pamplona!

A good way to get there is by train, cheap, entertaining and safe. When arriving for the festivities, hundreds of people are seen lying on the ground, resting on the benches after a long night of marching that share another similarity, all of them dressed in white suits and red scarves that represent the traditional costume. That you, already settled in this environment, will want to dress to enjoy the festivities as well as its residents and other tourists who have embarked on the journey to get carried away by the adrenaline that is already felt in the streets. As the saying goes: While you're in Roma… Do like the Romans!

These festivities are called Las Fiestas de San Fermín, where the objective is to run ahead of the bulls through narrow streets, reduced by roads that are packed with fantastic locals and tourists who excitedly shout with fervor at the emotion generated by this source of adrenaline until you reach the Plaza de Toros, which is the third largest in the world.

Bullring

Once everyone is ready for the race, it is imperative to know that by tradition women cannot be part of the race, but there are always exceptions with women of great courage. For this, all the runners are formed in front of the herd of bulls, around 6am, all prepared, ready and out to run to escape unscathed and happy with this activity, since accidents have been reported in these runs by people who have been reached by the bulls who do not intend to hurt more if to flee because they are terrified ...

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