Rioja Wine Tour: Explore Vineyards & Architecture
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8 Ratings
Bilbo

Experience the best of La Rioja on this winery tour, featuring family vintages, vineyard picnics, medieval villages, and stunning architecture. Perfect for food and wine lovers!

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Bodegas Marques de Riscal - Experience the renowned Marques de Riscal winery with an unforgettable tour and wine tasting. This visit features a 1 to 1.5-hour tour followed by three tastings of their premium wines. (Time includes transportation).
  • Samaniego - Boutique Winery with Premium Wine Tastings
    Next, the journey continues to a charming…
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What's Included
  • Tour and tastings of 3-4 wines at Marques de Riscal and boutique winery in La Rioja
  • Selection of premium red and white wines
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Lunch
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Embark on an unforgettable adventure through Spain’s most celebrated wine region with this immersive Rioja tour. This experience is crafted to showcase the exceptional quality of Rioja wines while also highlighting the region’s renowned avant-garde architecture and the stunning natural beauty of the Ebro Valley.
During the day, participants will visit…

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Location
Radisson Collection Hotel, Gran Vía Bilbao
Gran Vía de Don Diego López de Haro
Please meet guide who will be waiting by black van/sedan right in front of Radisson Collection Hotel at 8:30am.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Oliviah590
Jan 17, 2026
Wonderful experience! - My girlfriends and I had an amazing time on our tour of the Rioja wineries! Zach was a super knowledgeable guide and gave us plenty of great recommendations for the rest of our trip. The wineries we visited were great and distinctive in their own ways, and we were even able to get out into the vineyard and prune some grapevines. Would highly recommend!
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Johnti8868wm
Jun 23, 2025
Wine tour of the Rioja region - We were would highly recommend this tour. Our tour guide arrived exactly on time. She was wonderfully chatty, friendly and knowledgeable. The drive to the first vineyard was a little over an hour from Bilbao. However, she kept us fully entertained with her knowledge of Basque history, language and culture. We found her pride in the Basque Country to be very endearing. Her standard of English was excellent. We visited the Boutique Vineyard first. Quite simply this was just brilliant. It was a family run operation and as there were only four of us the tour was very intimate. Our guide was, in turn very knowledgeable. We were treated to decent sized samples of 4 lovely wines and a really great lunch. Wines were available to buy at very reasonable prices (at least by Irish standards). The second vineyard was wine making on an industrial scale. Interesting and pleasant but, in our opinion, no where as nice as the Boutique Vineyard. If you want to do a vineyard tour then you won't go wrong allowing Best of Basque to organise it for you.
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Nicetogotravelling
Jun 19, 2025
Vineyard day trip from Bilbao - Our guide Olaia was excellent. She was very friendly, knowledgeable and gave us a real insight into Basque history and culture. The scenery on the way to the Rioja region was impressive. We stopped first at a small family run vineyard in Samaniego where we had an interesting tour and talk about the processes involved in producing the wine. We had a lovely lunch there and the chance to taste some of the wine. Needless to say we bought a few bottles as it was so delicious. On the next part of the journey we stopped at viewpoints to see the Ysios winery building and the village of Laguardia. Finally we had a tour and wine tasting at the Marques de Riscal winery. A totally different experience as much bigger and more commercialised. All in all a very good day out from Bilbao. We were picked up and dropped off at our hotel which we were pleased about especially as it was a very hot day and we were quite tired by the end. Many thanks!
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536harleyw
Sep 9, 2023
Outstanding Day - One of the best days we've had whilst in the Basque Country. The drive through to the Rioja Region was absolutely breathtaking. Jani, our beautiful guide was so informative, teaching us everything we needed to know about the area as well as answering all our questions (we had so many!) about this beautiful country that is Basque. The wineries we went to were outstanding! Coming from Australia, a very big wine culture, we absolutely appreciated the way they produced wines here, from land to table... so interesting. Then there's the lunch. Wow! Eating traditional Basque cuisine and wine tasting with the perfect backdrop of the Sierra de Cantabria. Jani, our guide joined us for lunch and We sat back, took it all in and felt like we were old friends living the best moment. This country and its people are truly wonderful. So, if you're in doubt about doing this tour, don't be. We can assure you will have the best time. It's Worth every penny you'll pay for and the memories, Priceless! A moment in our lives we will never forget.
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Katwhite3
Sep 5, 2023
Amazing Rioja winery tour guide - This tour was a highlight of our trip to northern Spain. Zach is an amazing guide for anyone, but specifically for Americans as he is a native English speaker and can help us understand Spanish and Basque culture from an American perspective. He put together an amazing day for us, everything on schedule, smooth, perfectly organized. We saw two different wineries, one larger and more “corporate” and the other a family owned, smaller winery - both were excellent experiences. Zach is also a great listener and he could answer any question we threw at him. I could not recommend him more highly if you’re visiting the area.
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Annemk4100xw
Apr 11, 2023
10/10! Exceptional day in La Rioja! - We recently experienced a lovely tour with The Best of Basque exploring 2 different wineries. We had a beautiful day, and we really appreciated all the great information our guide Irene provided. We drank some great wines, ate some tasty food and had many laughs. Would absolutely recommend this your to anyone looking for a fun day in La Rioja. Thank you again for a fantastic day Irene!
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214dawne
Mar 29, 2023
Highlight of our trip! - This was our third trip with The Best of Basque, as we love spending time in the Basque Country. They always show us such a nice time. On this trip we went with Irene to 2 very interesting wineries and tasted some excellent red and white wines. In the second winery we also had a great picnic style lunch outside, which was the highlight for us. Thanks so much Irene, as it was another stellar experience with you.
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