# Sunday in Olite: the Royal Palace, a grill house on the Rúa Mayor and sunset at Ujué You climb the Royal Palace towers, walk the medieval rúas, eat chargrilled food on the Rúa Mayor and finish at Ujué, on top of its hill. 40 minutes from Pamplona. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/navarre/olite/itineraries/royal-palace-grill-house-and-ujue · Revisado: 2026-11-12 ## El día - 09:30 · Salida: 45 min by car (via the AP-15 or the N-121 to Olite; park outside the old town) - 10:15 · Royal Palace of Olite (€4.40; climb the towers first, without queues) - Carry on on foot - 12:00 · Medieval streets and the church of Santa María la Real (the Chapitel tower, Plaza de Carlos III and Santa María, open on Sunday 11:00 to 14:00) - Carry on on foot - 12:45 · Enozentrum, the wine culture centre (the local wine, free, on Sunday 10:00 to 14:00) - Carry on on foot - 13:30 · Asador Erri Berri (Asador Erri Berri · Navarre charcoal grill · €€€ · Sunday 13:00 to 15:30, booking) · Asador Erri Berri, €€€ - 30 min by car, 20 km - 16:00 · Ujué and its fortress church (via San Martín de Unx; church and wall walk, €2) - 18:00 · Vuelta (in Pamplona around 19:00) Olite is the town of the Royal Palace that Charles III the Noble had built in the 15th century: a castle of towers, courtyards and hanging gardens that you see from top to bottom. It is 40 km from Pamplona, in the Zona Media of Navarre, among vineyards. This Sunday starts at the towers, continues through the medieval rúas and a space devoted to the local wine, stops at a grill house on the Rúa Mayor and ends at Ujué, a village hanging from a hill with a fortress-church from which you can see half of Navarre. ## The day, hour by hour 9:30 · Set off. From Pamplona, about 40 minutes on the AP-15 or the N-121. Park outside the old town and walk in. 10:15 · Royal Palace. In autumn 2026 it opens every day from 10:00 to 18:00, and from 1 December from 9:30 to 17:30. Admission costs €4.40, €2.50 reduced. There are royal chambers, the orange tree courtyard, the ice well, the gardens with a hundred-year-old mulberry and three towers you can climb: the Homage Tower, the Three Crowns Tower and the Four Winds Tower. Climb first, before the groups arrive. There are guided visits every day for €7.50. 12:00 · The rúas and Santa María. The Chapitel tower, which was a gate of the town, Plaza de Carlos III and the Gothic church of Santa María, attached to the palace, with its sculpted doorway. On Sundays it opens from 11:00 to 14:00, for €2. The medieval galleries are seen from the grille. 12:45 · Enozentrum. Next to the tourist office, the Government of Navarre's space on the local wine. It is free and on Sundays opens from 10:00 to 14:00. 13:30 · Lunch at Asador Erri Berri. On the corner of the Rúa del Fondo and the Rúa Mayor: chargrilled beef chuletón, artichokes with beltza mushrooms, Tudela lettuce hearts with anchovy, smoked cristal pepper. On Sundays it serves lunch from 13:00 to 15:30 and is closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Book online or by WhatsApp. 16:00 · Ujué. About 20 km on a mountain road, via San Martín de Unx: half an hour. Park at the entrance and walk up the steep streets to Santa María la Real. The church and the sentry walk open Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 to 18:00, approximate hours, for €2. 18:00 · Head home. In Pamplona around seven. ## With a guide, on a Saturday or in winter Rutas Vivamus runs a guided visit of Olite and its palace with an official Navarre guide, an hour and a half, for €12 adults and €7 for ages 6 to 13, with admission included: check their calendar and book online. If the plan is on a Saturday, Bodegas Ochoa, a family winery from 1843 a short walk from the centre, shows the winery and vineyard with a tasting of four wines from €25; it does not do visits on Sundays. In winter, the Pitillas lagoon, to the south, has a bird observatory open at weekends from 10:00 to 14:00. ## With children The palace works very well with children: spiral staircases, towers, passageways and gardens. Ujué, with its slopes, is better with a baby carrier than a pushchair. ## Cómo llegar ### By car By the AP-15 or the N-121 from Pamplona, about 40 minutes. From Logroño, around an hour and a quarter; from Zaragoza, by the AP-68 and the AP-15, an hour and a half. ### Without a car Grupo Interbus links Pamplona, Tafalla and Olite with its trunk line. Olite is covered on foot; Ujué needs a car. ## Consejos ### Climb the towers first thing At ten the palace is almost empty. ### Book the grill house On Sunday at midday it fills up with people from Pamplona. ### Wear shoes for the stairs Those in the towers are narrow and spiral. ## Cuándo no ir The weekend of the August medieval festival, if you are after calm: the town fills up and parking is hard. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How much does it cost to enter the Royal Palace of Olite? €4.40 general admission and €2.50 reduced. The guided palace visit, €7.50. ### Is the palace open on Sundays? Yes. In autumn 2026, every day from 10:00 to 18:00; from 1 December, from 9:30 to 17:30. ### Can you go by bus from Pamplona? Yes, on Grupo Interbus's trunk line to Tafalla and Olite. Check the current timetable on their website. ### Is Asador Erri Berri open on Sunday? Yes, at midday, from 13:00 to 15:30. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday. ### What is near Olite? Ujué, 20 km away; the Pitillas lagoon, to the south; and the monastery of La Oliva, in Carcastillo.