Our La Rioja wine & walking tour is a true trip for wine-lovers, nature-lovers & walking enthusiasts! There is not only wine tasting on the Schedule during this week-long program. There will be opportunities to see how wine was made yesterday in comparison with modern techniques of authors or garage styled modern wines. Experience & walk the colourful landscapes of the autumn with all its aromas and flavours. We stay at a modern and cosy family hotel in the beautiful village of San Vicente de la Sonsierra, Labastida & Haro right on the golden mile of la Rioja Alta.

Day 1

Arrival to Bilbao, transfer on your own to downtown hotel, check in free afternoon and evening. Check out the Guggenheim & pintxos hop the Old town maybe?

Day 2

In the morning train to Miranda de Ebro and private taxi to village of Montoria and picnic to bring along on walk.

On todays first walk you will get a marvelous first view of the Rioja valley and stroll along in a typical northern slope beech forest. Enjoy your picnic watching the whole valley and later stroll down and get a glimpse of the first vineyards of the golden wine mile of La Rioja Alta.

Dinner at the hotel

Day 3

Linear walk and return to Briones and visit to one of the finest wine museums in the world the Wine museum Dinastía Vivanco afterwards lunch on your own in village or at the museum. After lunch a visit to a unique winemaker and winery.

Dinner at the Hotel

Day 4

Vineyard walk and art walk to Labastida. Close to Remelluri you have the chance to visit one of the biggest Necropolis there are in La Rioja. Visit one of the first terroire and ecological wineries in the region – Remelluri and afterwards, you will get the chance to spot art in nature on the final part of the itinerary.

Day 5

On todays walk we will climb 400m to the Toloño monastery ruins and see where the monks that started the winemaking around the vineyards in Remelluri lived and made ice in huge natural fridges.

Day 6

Final destination Haro – the wine city of La Rioja alta where the modern history of La Rioja begins.

Dinner at the hotel

Day 7

Enjoy a visit to the station área and the old winery área of Haro – visit to Muga one of the more traditional winerys in La Rioja. Lunch on your own and later bus to Bilbao.

Day 8

Optional Guggenheim visit or bike tour in Bilbao along La Ría del Nervión

Check out and transfer to airport and afternoon flight home.

San Vicente de la Sonsierra Day 2-4. A traidtional family hotel turned into a modern Design Hotel some 5 years ago now. A better base camp is hard to find and the host couple Pedro & Irene will make you feel just like home…

On this tour you will enjoy solid buffet breakfasts with bread, cereals, juice, coffe & tea, ham, eggs, cheese as well as local sweets to get ready for a day of walking. “La Rioja is a fun place to eat. Any place where wine is so fundamental to a location’s identity will result in a culture of food that accompany their wine. And although, I believe that a food culture is prevalent worldwide, ranging from spicy to bland and rich to light; but if I had to sum up Spain‘s food culture, or specifically that of La Rioja, in one word, that would be: ingredients.” (catavinos.net)  Read more…

See the areas we explore on this tour!

Available on request