Navarre
Navarre is attractive for its beautiful scenery, castles, cathedrals, fortified towns and its rich and turbulent history,The capital of the region is Pamplona, probably most famous around the world for its bull running festival, Los Sanfermines, which was memorably featured by Hemingway in ´The Sun Also Rises´. The festival takes place each year in July when thousands of visitors flock to the city to watch people from all over the world take part in the run where they sprint down Pamplona´s beautiful cobbled streets with stampeding bulls in hot pursuit!
The right kind of property in the city of Pamplona itself can be easily rented...either for tourism during the hot summers or for corporate let or over the long term for the many students who inhabit the city throughout the academic year. Outside the city the region is slowly gaining popularity with both summer and winter sport fans. In the winter there are excellent skiing opportunities nearby, in the summer there´s walking, water sports, climbing and fishing. Property prices are on the rise as the entire region grows in popularity, and investing in real estate in Navarre is seen by many local Spaniards as a good long term investment. In Pamplona itself prices have shot up in recent years with a decent detached property in a good area of the city setting you back about Ģ300,000 at the moment.
Navarre leads Europe in its use of renewable energy technology, and is planning to reach 100% renewable energy generation by 2010. By 2004 61% of the regionīs energy was generated by renewable sources, consisting of 43.6% from 28 wind farms, 12% from over 100 small-scale water turbines and 5.3% from 2 biomass and 2 biogas plants. In addition, the region had what was then Spainīs largest photovoltaic power plant at Montes de Cierzo de Tudela (1.2 MWp capacity), plus several hundred smaller photovoltaic installations
