Although La Rioja is small, it has a lot to offer. Our official tourist guides will take you wherever you wish to go. To help you plan your trip, we can recommend different routes that take approximately half a day, which you can combine as you wish, depending on the time you have.
- Haro, Briones and the Dinastía Vivanco Wine Museum
- Monasteries of Suso and Yuso in San Millán de la Cogolla
- Monastery of Cañas and Santo Domingo de la Calzada
- The Jacobean Route passing through Nájera and Santo Domingo de la Calzada
- La Rioja Alavesa: Laguardia and Elciego
- Santo Domingo de la Calzada and Ezcaray
- San Vicente de la Sonsierra and the surrounding area
- The reservoir of González Lacasa and the crags of Ortigosa
- Enciso and the traces of dinosaurs
- Routes around Logroño
- Reservations
- Additional information
Haro, Briones and the Dinastía Vivanco Wine Museum
The town of Haro, one of the most important wine producing centres in La Rioja and the beautiful medieval village of Briones are places you can’t miss, when you set out on your trip back through the history and its wine.
The Dinastía Vivanco Wine Museum, in Briones, will sweep you back on an unmatched journey through the history and culture of wine, brought alive by thousands of archaeological items, machinery and instruments.
Monasteries of Suso and Yuso in San Millán de la Cogolla
Declared Patrimony of Humanity in 1997 by the UNESCO, it was inside these monasteries where the Emilian Glosses were written: the first written works in Euskara and the romance language of Spanish.
Nestled in the valley of Cárdenas and at the foot of the Sierra de la Demanda, San Millán offers visitors a spectacular landscape of the Riojan mountain range.
Monastery of Cañas and Santo Domingo de la Calzada
The Cistercian Monastery of Cañas is a jewel of Riojan Gothic that radiates light and a feeling of peace. Providing the home of one of the first feminine Cistercian communities on the peninsula.
Only a few kilometres away is the town of Santo Domingo de la Calzada, Diocese with Calahorra, and founded by the saint himself nine centuries ago to improve the Way of St James (Camino de Santiago) and to help the pilgrims.
The Jacobean Route passing through Nájera and Santo Domingo de la Calzada
A thousand years ago, the town of Nájera was the capital of the kingdom of Nájera-Pamplona. Majestically standing out inside the old town is the Monastery of Santa María la Real, founded by King Don García Sánchez III, in the middle of the 16th Century
The quintessential Jacobean town in La Rioja is Santo Domingo de la Calzada, a place where, according to the legend, a rooster stood up and crowed after it had been cooked. The Gothic cathedral with its freestanding Baroque tower are only a few of its numerous attractions.
La Rioja Alavesa: Laguardia and Elciego
These two villages near Logroño are in the province of Álava, included in the wine-producing sub-area called Rioja Alavesa. Laguardia is a fortified medieval village perched on the top of a hill, from where it is possible to see the whole of the Riojan geography. The facade of the Church of Santa María is one of the jewels of Plateresque Gothic style in Europe.
Elciego is a lovely wine producing village not far from Laguardia. The urban skyline would not be the same without the impressive hotel and corporate headquarters that Frank Gehry designed for the Herederos del Marqués de Riscal Winery.
Santo Domingo de la Calzada and Ezcaray
Besides being one of the most important towns on the Way of St James (Camino de Santiago), Santo Domingo de la Calzada is very near to Ezcaray: the gateway to the Sierra de la Demanda.
Ezcaray is a typical mountain village set at the foot of the hill of San Lorenzo (2271m) where the Valdezcaray ski resort is to be found. In Ezcaray we will also find the first restaurant in La Rioja to be awarded a Michelin star: the Echaurren.
San Vicente de la Sonsierra and the surrounding area
North of the River Ebro is a strip of land that belongs to La Rioja called La Sonsierra (under the mountain range). San Vicente is a village set on a hill surrounded by a wall that incorporates a church, a castle and the chapel of Vera Cruz, where the ancestral procession of Los Picaos takes place.
Surrounded by vineyards, the outskirts of this village hide magnificent treasures such as the chapel of Santa María de la Piscina, a jewel of Riojan Romanic style, medieval burial grounds, dolmens, rock sites, stone grape stores (guardaviñas)…
The reservoir of González Lacasa and the crags of Ortigosa
The mountain villages of El Rasillo and Ortigosa de Cameros are set in the beautiful area that surrounds the González Lacasa reservoir. This peaceful area is perfect for bathing, enjoying a meal with your family, as well as giving you the opportunity to do many other water sports.
You can visit the caves of La Viña and La Paz in the village of Ortigosa. The movement of water over millions of years formed these caves in the limestone rock of the Encinedo (Oak Wood).
Enciso and the traces of dinosaurs
On the outskirts of Enciso it is possible to find an unusual collection of fossils and traces of dinosaurs from the cretaceous period, which can easily be seen by taking a short stroll around the area.
Learn all about the lives of the people who settled on this land in the paleontological centre of Enciso, 120 million years ago, and enjoy yourselves with the children in the paleontological park El Barranco Perdido (The Lost Ravine).
Routes around Logroño
If you want to get to know Logroño, please consult our section of guided tours of Logroño.
Reservations
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Additional information
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