Marques de Riscal and Ysios Rioja Wine Tour w/ Lunch from Bilbao
Description
In this amazing tour, we will take a full winery tour at Marques de Riscal, Best Winery in the World 2024, and we will visit Ysios, Third Best Winery in the World 2026, to taste their premium wines. All of that together with local cheese and cold meats. After, you'll enjoy a delicious three course lunch! We are a 5 stars agency, look us up on Instagram @ NorthCoasTours book on our website if you want to save some money! *Pick up or drop off in different cities only available booking on our website (I.e. pick up in Bilbao and drop off in San Sebastian) *Min. for the tour to run, 5 people. Couples check out our website for booking to guarantee your spot * Tours en Español: las visitas a Marques de Riscal son en Inglés, aunque todos los guías hablan español.
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Itinerary
We will drive from Bilbao to the Wine country enjoying the beautiful views. The drive is about an hour and a half
FULL WINERY TOUR AT MARQUES DE RISCAL: Our first stop will be the world famous Marques de Riscal winery, best winery in the world! You will join a small group tour with less than 25 people, get a full winery tour and taste 3 of their best wines together with some local snacks.
WINE TASTING AT YSIOS: Our second stop will be at the amazing Ysios winery. Since their opening in the year 2000 it has become the most iconic building in the whole region. Here we will visit the building and you will have the opportunity to taste 2 of their premium wines together with cheese, serrano ham and cold meats. We will tell you all about the building and the architect that created it: Santiago Calatrava
PICTURE STOP: Next we will visit the medieval town of Laguardia; a Xth century walled town, and one of the most beautiful towns in the Basque Country
LUNCH INCLUDED in Laguardia or some other nearby town depending on availability: in this beautiful town you will enjoy a typical three courses lunch with dessert. We will also provide vegetarian options. This will be the most comfortable and delicious classic lunch that you will enjoy!
The picturesque drive back to Bilbao will take about an hour and a half
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Availability: if you need your tour in a different day, please let us know
- Public tours only run with at least 4 people; couples welcome to book
- Waiver of Liability: North Coast Tours, its owners, employees and associates do not take responsibility for any damage caused by the participation on this tour; that includes injuries, illness, allergies and any other negative reaction, even in the case of negligence. For a full text of the waiver of liability visit our website under booking terms and conditions: northcoastours com
Reviews(27)
Easy experience and visited beautiful wineries. We could ask any questions that pipped up and the lunch was a homestyle basque cuisine l. I wpuld recommend the relaxed environment and great host/driver.
Possibly the highlight of our trip to Bilbao. Small but very friendly group. Knowledgeable, friendly guide who imparted a friendly, relaxed atmosphere throughout. Tour guides from the wineries were also great.
The winery tour at Marquis de Risdal was fantastic. We went all over the winery- in the vineyard, in the aging rooms with oak barrels, and in the bottling rooms. We tasted several really good wines. Ysios was also fun - beautiful and a boutique winery where we tasted wonderful wines. We had 7 people in our group and it was fun to get to know them. Anton was a terrific host and gave us lots of great information. This is the best private tour I’ve ever taken! Thank you.
Incredible experience in Rioja ; we visit the best wineries; spectacular food and an amazing walk; unbeatable attention from our guide Anton! Thank you so much!
Wonderful experience. Great guide. And such beautiful vineyards; Architecturally, scenery - and the wine of course. A nice small group of- felt very intimate, easy and fun. Highly recommend.
Our guide Inaki was terrific, the tour at Marques de Riscal is highly recommended, as well as the wine tasting at Ysios. Very beautiful also is the little scenic village La Guardia, where we had a coffee break. Before heading home there is a nice lunch in a restaurant, that was so nice as well. Go for the tour, it is great, quite expensive but worth the money!
We had an outstanding experience with this wine tour. It exceeded our expectations. My husband and I have had several wine tours in Spain and in Portugal. This was wonderful. Our tour guide and driver, Anton, was professional, personable and very knowledgeable. We very much enjoyed our tour and wine tasting at Marquez de Riscal, our tour of the medieval city of LaGuardia, our wine tasting at Ysios, and our delicious lunch in Elciego. We were with a small group of very friendly, fun people. I also want to say Monica San Pedro was wonderful to work with. She made the process very easy. I would highly recommend the Marquez de Riscal and Ysios Wine Tour with lunch!
We had a great time on our tour- Anton was very gracious and very knowledgeable about the region, the culture, and certainly wine- The two wineries were extremely interesting in their juxtapositions of architecture, approach and tour- in each case the wines were lovely - We would recommend this tour without reservation! Bravo Anton and Monica
I joined Anton with 4 other friends on a wine tour to the Rioja region from Bilbao. The experience was top notch from start to finish. Anton has a spiffy 8 passenger Mercedes van with a speaker system that made it easy for even the third row to hear. He spent the entire hour of the trip from Bilbao to Rioja giving us relevant history and wine information We went to two wineries and tasted 5 wines. One was in a Frank Gehry designed building/hotel rated the best winery in the world in 2024 and the other was a small boutique winery.m with delicious wines that are not sold in the US. The wines were both excellent and there was an opportunity to buy wine if you wished. We visited the village of LaGuardia in between the wineries. It was a charming medieval village with a clock that comes alive each hour. After the wine tastings we went to lunch at a nice lunch spot in the village of La Bastida . The food was quite good including delicious Spanish flan. Then we headed back to Bilbao in the nice van. The tour al together took 9 hours. It was a day well spent. I highly recommend this tour.
Anton was an exceptional guide. He was informative, helpful, engaging. Nothing was too much trouble for him. The day passed so quickly. Both vineyards visited were exceptional. The wines were superb and the three course meal delicious. We saw beautiful Basque countryside, visited stunning walled town and shared the day with 2 interesting passengers from Mexico. This family of two teenagers and mum and dad had a wonderful day and cannot rate the trip and Anton highly enough. Don’t just think about doing. Do it. You won’t regret.
