Founded in 1898 by the Catalan Eugenio Roch Duquet and still going more than 125 years later, Café Roch is one of Pamplona's oldest surviving cafés — a small, bohemian café-bar in the old quarter where the atmosphere of another century still clings to the walls. It trades on classic pintxos and the quiet authority of a place that has simply outlasted almost everything around it.
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Casco Viejo, Pamplona
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A coffee or a vermouth with a couple of the classic pintxos on the counter. This is old-Pamplona café culture, unpolished and genuine.
Late morning or the pre-lunch aperitivo hour, when the old quarter is quiet and the café's age shows best.
One of the oldest cafés in the city, tucked on Calle Comedias just off the main old-town axis. No website — it runs on 125-plus years of reputation. A stop for atmosphere and history as much as for the coffee.