Barasoain
About 16 miles south of Pamplona is the small town of Barasoain. It was a fairly cool day and I set out from the main bus station to visit it. It's not very large, about 630 people and architecturally a bit of a mixture. i wasn't sure what to expect as I left the bus and took stock of what was around me.


Apparently it is like an entrance to a large valley and there is another little town adjacent to it, as I found out and realized that it wasn't Barasoain so headed back to the bus stop and started over.
Evidently this place has been here thousands of years according to some archeologists and stuff they found. There has been growth in the pueblo over the past few years, which explains the various style of houses and buildings. No one was about and the few that were spoke no English except one woman with her children.


I could not get a photo of it due to the narrow street and it's size. It is huge, more like a cathedral than a small town's church building. There are two massive towers with bells and the doors were locked. The towers and some of the town's buildings to back to the middle ages.
While wandering around I met Michael, who is from Norfolk in England. He is thinking about moving to Tafalla, which is a few miles away and a lot larger. I had visited the old town there just before the pandemic.
The bus driver had said the bus would return in 2 hours, it didn't. I stuck out my thumb to hitch into Tafalla for the train and Michael stopped to give me a ride because he was on his way back. After dropping me off I asked where Renfe (the train station) was. People, several of them, pointed in the direction saying to turn left at the rotunda (traffic circle). I walked and walked, covering about a kilometer eventually finding the thing, turned left and went to the station for next train back to Pamplona.


Apparently it is like an entrance to a large valley and there is another little town adjacent to it, as I found out and realized that it wasn't Barasoain so headed back to the bus stop and started over.
Evidently this place has been here thousands of years according to some archeologists and stuff they found. There has been growth in the pueblo over the past few years, which explains the various style of houses and buildings. No one was about and the few that were spoke no English except one woman with her children.

Old and new buildings, notice one of the church towers in the background.

The church is behind the foreground buildings.
I could not get a photo of it due to the narrow street and it's size. It is huge, more like a cathedral than a small town's church building. There are two massive towers with bells and the doors were locked. The towers and some of the town's buildings to back to the middle ages.
While wandering around I met Michael, who is from Norfolk in England. He is thinking about moving to Tafalla, which is a few miles away and a lot larger. I had visited the old town there just before the pandemic.
The bus driver had said the bus would return in 2 hours, it didn't. I stuck out my thumb to hitch into Tafalla for the train and Michael stopped to give me a ride because he was on his way back. After dropping me off I asked where Renfe (the train station) was. People, several of them, pointed in the direction saying to turn left at the rotunda (traffic circle). I walked and walked, covering about a kilometer eventually finding the thing, turned left and went to the station for next train back to Pamplona.
Not sure what to think about it
Aug 17, 2024
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