La Rioja wine tour: winery and traditional lunch from Bilbao
Description
If you’re looking for a comfortable, authentic, and enriching wine tour with local character, this getaway from Bilbao takes you to the heart of La Rioja wine country at an unhurried pace. After a scenic drive, you’ll reach La Rioja, where walled villages and vine-covered hills reveal the terroir. We’ll visit a mid-sized winery to learn how grapes are transformed into great wines, from vineyard to barrel. The experience includes a guided wine tasting featuring D.O.Ca. Rioja selections, helping identify aromatic profiles, styles, and ideal pairings. It continues with a four-course Riojan lunch: blood sausage, piquillo peppers and guindillas, Riojan beans, potatoes with chorizo, wood-fired lamb chops with salad, and Goxua for dessert, served in a traditional restaurant with seasonal dishes and paired wines. Afterwards, enjoy the serene pace and panoramic views of Laguardia. Comfortable transport and an expert guide make this tour a full immersion in Rioja’s wine culture.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Arrival in Rioja. Visit to Laguardia and the region
Guided tour with wine tasting in the winery
Traditional lunch from La Rioja: blood sausage, piquillo peppers and guindillas, Riojan beans, potatoes with chorizo, wood-fired lamb chops with salad, and Goxua for dessert (a traditional Basque cream dessert), served in a classic restaurant where seasonal dishes shine alongside carefully selected wines.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We can pick you up at any hotel/apartment of your convenience in Bilbao. Please provide name and address. After booking we will send you a confirmation email.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- A minimum of 2 adults is required, among all bookings, for the tour to go ahead. If the minimum group for carrying out the activity would not be reached, an alternative date or full refund would be offered. If your booking was below this number we will contact you at least 2 days in advance to inform you in case the minimum group size was not covered by this stage. Please feel free to contact us anytime to confirm the total amount of bookings for your tour date.
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Vegetarian and gluten-free options are available upon request. Please indicate your preference in the comments section at the time of booking so we can make the necessary arrangements.
- Menu items mentioned in the description may vary depending on availability or seasonal changes.
- Kids menu is available upon request. Please specify in the comments section when booking.
- If there are children included in the booking, three days before the tour we will contact you by email to confirm their weight and height and to select the appropriate child seat for the car.
- Unfortunately, this tour is not suitable for people with reduced mobility.
- Not recommended for vegans
- Not recommended for people with reduced mobility.
Reviews(18)
Thoroughly recommend this tour. The wineries are really interesting with excellent guides. Paul was a fantastic host from the tour company, and made a very good tour even more enjoyable. Extremely informative and knowledgeable, plus very helpful and friendly - had a really enjoyable day from start to finish.
The walk was fabulous, comfortable, and super pleasant. Asier is a great guide; he knows what he is talking about and is very familiar with the area. He was very kind and pleasant; we would be delighted to hire him again... thank you.
Nora took us on this wine tour and she was terrific. The perfect guide and we had such a great time all because of her
We did the Rioja wine tour with Nora and it was excellent! She was knowledgeable about the wine, as well as the history and culture of this region. We tasted fantastic wines at 2 family wineries and enjoyed a wonderful lunch and tour of LaGuardia. I highly recommend this tour with Nora.
Fantastic trip In Rioja from Bilbao with visit to the vineyard that with its different still show the traditional Rioja and the new Rioja in an interesting way. Also the good lunch with traditional dishes.
we had a very good guide who give us a lot of information abot region and culture. trip included two wine testing (with sepatate guides), a lunch in a third one and a walk through a small town. nice time and very good experiance for me
Thank you for sharing your experience! We’re so glad you enjoyed the tour, the tastings, and the walk through the village. Sounds like a great day!
We had a wonderful day. Eduardo our guide was excellent, knowledgeable about the region and crafting of wine. More than the wine, we enjoyed the amazing scenery. Being the fall harvest time the colours were spectacular.
Thanks, Ron! We're glad everything went well and that you took home good memories :)
We visited two very different wineries - very interesting! Good wines. Really pleasant lunch. Nice and knowledgeable driver/guide.
Thank you for your review! Hope to see you again on another experience soon.
A very insightful tour to the Rioja region and a very nice lunch at the winery as well as the wine making experience.
Hi Hector, thank you so much for your review! See you soon.
Pillar was our gracious guide. She was knowledgable about the area and made sure that everyone was taken careful.
We’re happy to hear Pilar took such great care of everyone and made the experience enjoyable!
