Cycling Tour in La Rioja Wine Country | Trek And Ride

Today’s route will lead you from Logroño to the village of Laguardia, in the area known as La Rioja Alavesa. The departure from Logroño is by the Way of Saint James, where you will probably meet many pilgrims. After a few kilometres you leave the fields behind to enter the characteristic landscape of La Rioja, the vineyards. Once settled in your hotel, we recommend you to go explore the stunning old town of Laguardia (10th Century) and to any of its wineries with the typical “calados”, as El Fabulista or Casa Primicia wineries, and taste the famous Spanish “tapas”.

Today you will leave Laguardia towards the Ysios Winery, designed by the architect Calatrava and one of the insignias of La Rioja. Our route goes over La Rioja Alavesa and Euskadi, through rural paths and secondary roads, between old and new vineyards. A very beautiful landscape that looks, at some points, like a huge sea of vineyards that change colour depending on the season of the year. You will go across rural villages with stone houses and small churches, until reaching Haro, back in La Rioja. Two of the most famous wineries of La Rioja, Viña Tondonia and Muga, are located in Haro. You can visit them on weekdays.

Along the first part of this route, until Briones, the countryside is very flat and still full of vineyards. At the village of Briones you will find the Wine Culture Museum, of the Vivancos Dynasty. This amazing museum is unique in the world and we strongly recommend a visit. From Briones you cycle into a more rural part of La Rioja, and as you get closer to today´s destination, the vineyards make way for cornfields. At the End of today´s route lies Santo Domingo de la Calzada, an 11th century village on the path of the Pilgrims Route. You will be staying in what used to be the hospital for pilgrims back in the Middle Ages.

Departure from Santo Domingo de la Calzada by the Way of Saint James, where you will probably meet some pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela. This first stretch goes up and down following the undulating land of La Rioja, with the mosaic landscapes of wheat fields and the Ezcaray Mountains at the horizon, until you reach San Millán, cradle of the Spanish language. From this point you will go to the East by a beautiful rural road between old vineyards and with stunning views of La Rioja. Descent to Nájera.