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La Rioja Wine Tour: Vineyards & Tastings
4.5
32 Ratings
Bilbo
Experience the best of La Rioja and Vitoria on a wine tour with a visit to a traditional winery. Explore the charming village of Laguardia and enjoy stunning vineyard views.
Experience the best of La Rioja and Vitoria on a wine tour with a visit to a traditional winery. Explore the charming village of Laguardia and enjoy stunning vineyard views.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Laguardia - Explore one of the most picturesque villages in the Rioja wine region. Laguardia is a medieval village featuring charming narrow streets and stunning stone houses. There will also be free time allocated for lunch.
- Laguardia - Delight in a guided tour of a traditional Rioja winery, complete with a wine tasting session at the end….
- Laguardia - Explore one of the most picturesque villages in the Rioja wine region. Laguardia is a medieval village featuring charming narrow streets and stunning stone houses. There will also be free time allocated for lunch.
- Laguardia - Delight in a guided tour of a traditional Rioja winery, complete with a wine tasting session at the end.
- Vitoria-Gasteiz - Enjoy a guided tour of the center of the capital city of the Basque Country. During the visit, savor local traditional quality sweets.
What's Included
- Travel in comfort with air-conditioned minivan or bus
- Explore with an expert local guide
- Savor the experience with wine tasting
- Delight your palate with food tasting
- Travel in comfort with air-conditioned minivan or bus
- Explore with an expert local guide
- Savor the experience with wine tasting
- Delight your palate with food tasting
What's Not Included
- Anything not detailed at inclusions.
- Please note that the indicated timings are a reference only, not exact.
- Anything not detailed at inclusions.
- Please note that the indicated timings are a reference only, not exact.
Additional Information
Join an extraordinary journey as the tour heads south into the renowned wine region of La Rioja. Along the way, numerous wineries of various styles will be encountered, offering an opportunity to delve into the area’s rich wine heritage.
The first stop will be at a traditional winery, nestled beneath the streets, providing a distinctive experience where…
Join an extraordinary journey as the tour heads south into the renowned wine region of La Rioja. Along the way, numerous wineries of various styles will be encountered, offering an opportunity to delve into the area’s rich wine heritage.
The first stop will be at a traditional winery, nestled beneath the streets, providing a distinctive experience where the traditional wine-making process can be observed. Guests will also savor a delightful tasting of the winery’s finest wines.
The journey will then proceed to Laguardia, one of the most enchanting and picturesque villages in La Rioja. In this historic town, a walking tour of its medieval center will be enjoyed, showcasing its unique architecture.
The final destination will be Vitoria/Gasteiz. In this city, a leisurely stroll through its historic center will be taken, celebrated for its blend of tradition and modernity.
Throughout the day, guests are invited to relish a tour filled with history, gastronomy, and, of course, the region’s exquisite wines.
- The total duration of the tour includes the road travelling times. Check the details.
- No accessible for clients with mobility problems or slow walking
- The excursions are in Spanish & English. May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- The tour will take place rain or shine
- If you are not able to stay with the group’s walking pace, we will not be able to wait for you
- The times indicated in the tour are just a reference. They might vary or change
- Please inform the guide at the beginning of the tour if you have any food restrictions
- The seats in the minivan or bus are not assigned
- The order of the places visited might vary at some dates for operative reasons
- Bring your EU ID or a Non-EU passport
- Before boarding in the bus or van, confirm with the guide that your name is on the list.
- The pictures included in the presentation of this tour, are just a reference. Please do not take them as exact locations from where we will see the different visits.
- Maximum size of the group could be up to 50 pax, but usually is small groups.
Location
Meliá Bilbao
Leizaola Lehendakariaren Kalea
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(32 Ratings)
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568susanm568
Oct 5, 2025
a tour rich in historical information and good wine and food - Other than the misspelling of Vitoria-Gasteiz in this listing, this one day small group tour (7 visitors) was excellent. The tour guide, Borja, was fantastically informed and interesting. He knows history and linguistics. Both of these are of great interest to me, e.g the Basque language, and the histories of Spain and Basque country and culture. This information enriched the area we were driving through beginning with the Ice Age! When we visited churches in the small medieval city, we learned about who the churches were named after and why and the kinds of architectural details and eras. Borja also gave us suggestions about restaurants when we had a lunch break after the wine tour. I highly recommend this tour. Not too long and not too short: just right.
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Susan_j
Sep 22, 2025
Fun Tour! - Paula was a great tour guide. We really enjoyed Laguardia and the beautiful scenery. We found a reasonable lunch at a nice little restaurant touted as Irish, but not exclusively Irish food. The wine tasting was for two different red wines and did not include any food whatsoever, not even small crackers, which made the wine tasting a bit harder as it can be helpful to pair red wine with a savory item. We paid 2.50 euro for a third tasting. There was no free time at our second stop, Vitoria-Gasreiz, but our tour guide gave us a walking tour. Bring your own bottle of water and comfortable shoes for comfort.
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Barbara_g
Jul 24, 2025
Borja highly recommended - Genial.!!!. Highly recommended the activity, and especially if you go with Borja, the guide, professional, very documented, friendly, very friendly, responsive to talk and clarify doubts for his knowledge. The activity very enjoyable, with touches of humor without losing the seriousness of the story. La Guardia, beautiful....tour with surprises of Borja.
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Caroline_p
Jun 20, 2025
Wine tour - Relaxing way to spend the day, comfortable bus ride - everything was as described, excellent tour guide.
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Travel569146
Apr 16, 2025
Worthwhile trip - A very pleasant and informative adventure inland from Bilbao. Paula was our guide - multilingual and very well informed on geography, history and local tradition. She was friendly, helpful and easy company. There were 8 in our group. We left Bilbao 09.30 and were returned at about 18.00, having driven to the hilltop fortress town of La Guardia where we visited a traditional family bodega and learned about the making of Rioja wine and had time to ourselves to explore, before driving on to Vittoria Gasteiz which was also a picturesque town of historic interest. Worthwhile trip.
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Kathryn_s
Mar 21, 2025
Book it! Wine + Unique History of the Region - This an absolutely wonderful day. Our guides were so knowledgeable about the region, especially about the history and basque culture. It was so great to learn about the wine but Paola shared lots of additional information that gave us a much better understanding of the wine country’s history—absolutely invaluable! The drive was scenic, informative, and well laid out with rest moments too.
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Andrada_p
Nov 2, 2024
Great day trip from Bilbao - Excellent day trip from Bilbao! Josu was an amazing guide, knowledgeable and funny! We visited Laguardia, went to a wine cellar and had a presentation and a tasting afterwards. We also had free time which was good as we could have proper lunch. Headed afterwards to Vitoria, had a quick tour of the city before heading back to Bilbao. I would have liked maybe more time in Vitoria, at least an hour of free time would have been great. But it’s true that it was almost 7pm when we got back to Bilbao, so I don’t know where we could squeeze 1 more hour. All in all, it was a great choice and we felt lucky to have Josu as our guide. :)
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Johan_o
Jul 7, 2025
We had a wonderful day... - We had a wonderful day with tour guide Borja!
We visited Laguardia, a beautiful little town inthe heart of Basque country and the Basque capital Victoria-Gasteix. The tour included a short stop at a Winery.
Borja was very knowledgeable and passionate about Basque/Spanish history and culture
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Marco_b
Feb 20, 2025
very good and the amability of the tour guide (Borjas was his name) - It was very good to know the town of la guardia, and the view of the landscape was excelent. I definitively will recomend this tour
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Susanneburns57
Nov 29, 2024
An interesting trip - Josu was a good knowledgeable guide. I found the mix of Spanish and English hard but understood the need to use both and he did well. The trip seems badly timed though as there was a lot of free time in LaGuardia and then Vitoria was really rushed and there was so much more to see. It would be better to do the trip in reverse. But a good day out and good value .
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