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Architectural Rioja Small Group Wine Tour with Lunch from Bilbao

By Northern Spain Gastronomy
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Free cancellation available
Price is $285 per adult
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Overview

This full-day tour from Bilbao runs in English and includes transport throughout the region. You’ll enjoy a complete guided winery visit at Marqués de Riscal, a tasting experience at the iconic Ysios winery, and a visit to one of Rioja’s beautiful medieval villages, where a tapas lunch is included.

Visit Marqués de Riscal and Ysios, two of Rioja’s most prestigious wineries — celebrated not only for their excellent wines but also for their world-renowned architecture.

If Ysios were closed for visits (we will let you know in advance) — it occasionally is, as it’s a very unique winery — we will still take you there to enjoy pictures from the outside. After that, we will bring you to a different winery with a similar style of wines to ensure you enjoy an equivalent tasting experience.

Activity location

  • Bodegas Marques de Riscal
    • 01340, Elciego, Spain

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Islares Restaurant
    • 65 bis Mazarredo Zumarkalea
    • 48009, Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain

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Architectural Rioja Small Group Wine Tour with Lunch from Bilbao
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 8:30am
Price details
$284.88 x 1 Adult$284.88
Total
Price is $284.88
Until Wed, Dec 10

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Bottled water
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Wineries Visit
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Professional Guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Lunch (some tapas/traditional food with wine)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Wine Tasting
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Gratuities

Know before you book

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Bilbao (Pass by)
The tour starts from Bilbao and includes a scenic drive along the dramatic ridge of the Sierra de Cantabria mountains on our way to the Rioja wine region — a beautiful journey of approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Bodegas Marques de Riscal
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Marqués de Riscal is one of Rioja’s most historic and influential wineries, founded in 1858 and known for combining tradition with bold innovation. Its wines helped put Rioja on the world map, and today the estate is instantly recognisable thanks to the spectacular titanium-and-steel hotel designed by Frank Gehry. During your complete guided visit, you’ll explore one of the region’s pioneering wineries, learn about its winemaking legacy and enjoy a tasting of some of their emblematic wines.
Bodegas Ysios
  • 1h 15m
  • Admission ticket included
Our next stop is Ysios Winery, one of the most striking architectural landmarks in the world. Designed by the celebrated Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the building sits dramatically at the foot of the Sierra de Cantabria, its long, undulating roof mirroring the mountain range behind it. Calatrava — known for his sculptural, light-filled works across the world — created Ysios as a kind of “temple to wine,” combining engineering precision with graceful, wave-like forms. Here we will enjoy a tasting of 2 to 3 wines while admiring the winery both inside and outside. The exterior plays with rhythm, curves and changing light, while the interior offers a calm, linear space designed to showcase the winemaking process and the ageing rooms.
Laguardia
  • 1h
We will also visit a medieval village in Rioja, with its narrow cobbled streets, stone houses and quietly charming squares. Here you’ll enjoy a tapas lunch, included in the tour price — a relaxed way to taste regional bites while soaking in the atmosphere of this historic setting.

Location

Activity location

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    Bodegas Marques de Riscal
    • 01340, Elciego, Spain

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Islares Restaurant
    • 65 bis Mazarredo Zumarkalea
    • 48009, Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain

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