How to get to Pamplona. By car

Pamplona is communicated with a network of roads in the direction of Huesca, Zaragoza, Logroño, San Sebastián and Irún. More specifically, both long-haul and provincial and local traffic is mainly channelled via the following roads:

• The A-15 is the motorway which begins in the south of Navarre and San Sebastián, forming part of the Pamplona ring road.
• The N-121 Pamplona-Zaragoza road, which also links up with the A-15. This motorway reaches Irurtzun in the north, where the main road to San Sebastián begins, and links up with the Ebro Motorway (A-68) in the south, which takes you to Zaragoza in the east and Logroño in the west. This road also connects with the N-113 Madrid road.
• The N-111 Pamplona-Logroño road
• The N-240 Pamplona-Jaca road
• The N-240-A Sakana main road which joins Pamplona, Vitoria and San Sebastián, which also links up with the A-15 motorway in Irurtzun.
• The N-121-A Pamplona-Behovia road via the Velate pass.
• The NA-135 Pamplona-France road via Valcarlos

From San Sebastián and Vitoria to Pamplona

So, the best way to reach Pamplona from San Sebastián is the Main Road of the North, the A-15, which becomes a motorway 30 km from Pamplona (Irurtzun). The Sakana main road (N-240-A) also reaches Irurtzun and is the best option when coming from Vitoria.

From the Castilian Plateau and Galicia to Pamplona

Navarre can be reached from the Castilian Plateau on the N-1 Madrid-Irún road to Vitoria and then the N-240 A to Pamplona. From Galicia on the N-634 to Bilbao, turning off onto the Vitoria motorway and then the N-240 A to Pamplona.

Arriving from and leaving towards France

• The N-121 A Behovia-Pamplona road via the Velate pass
• The N-121 B France-Pamplona road via Baztán
• The N-135 France-Pamplona road via Valcarlos
• The N-138 France-Pamplona road via Alduides
• The A-8 motorway from Behovia to San Sebastián, where it links up with the A15 to Pamplona.

Ring roads

The ring road network, comprising the NA-30 (North Ring Road), the NA-32 (East Ring Road) and the A-15 (West Ring Road) connects municipalities in the Pamplona district and different parts of the city itself, distributing traffic between specific areas of Pamplona. If you reach Pamplona via the:

• North Ring Road: you access the districts of San Jorge, Rochapea, San Pedro, Chantrea and Magdalena.
• West Ring Road: you access the districts of Mendebaldea, Echavacoiz, Iturrama, Abejeras and Azpilagaña, as well as the campuses of both the University of Navarre and the Public University of Navarre.
• East Ring Road: you access the districts of Milagrosa and Ensanche.

The Historical Centre and the district of San Juan can be reached from any of the districts listed above, depending where you reach Pamplona from.