Destinations
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Rioja Oriental
The hot, flat east of La Rioja: vegetables, shoes, storks, and wine in volume.
Alfaro
The largest colony of white storks in Europe, on the roof of a collegiate church above the Ebro.
Vivanco Museum of Wine Culture
A world-class cultural center celebrating 8,000 years of winemaking history in the heart of Rioja
Calahorra
The vegetable town of La Rioja, with a Roman past and a cathedral most visitors skip.
Laguardia
An atmospheric medieval hilltown in Rioja defined by ancient bodegas carved directly into the surrounding rock
Haro
The capital of Rioja wine culture, with a station quarter packed with century-old bodegas.
Logroño
The best base for Rioja wine country, known for Calle del Laurel and its pintxos.
Briones & Vivanco Wine Museum
A world-class museum of wine history, in the village at the center of Rioja culture.
Monasterios de San Millán (Yuso y Suso)
A pair of monasteries in La Rioja, Suso and Yuso, linked to the earliest written texts in the Spanish language.
Arnedo
A shoe town under red rock cliffs, with the region's best-known factory outlets.
Santo Domingo de la Calzada
A town defined by a cathedral that houses live chickens in honor of a local miracle.
Monasterio de Valvanera
A Benedictine monastery in a gorge in the Sierra de la Demanda, home of La Rioja's patroness.
San Vicente de la Sonsierra
A hilltop village above the Ebro with a castle, a 12th-century bridge and a Holy Week of self-flagellation.
Sajazarra
A walled village of one street and a castle on La Rioja's western edge, recently voted among the prettiest in Spain.
Monasterio de Cañas
A Cistercian abbey with royal tombs and a still-working community, off the Rioja wine road and almost empty of visitors.
Rioja Alta
The western half of Rioja, between Haro and Logroño, where the oldest bodegas and the best-known vineyards sit.
Sierra de Cebollera
A glaciated range of beech, pine and high pasture on La Rioja's southern border, in the Cameros.
Valdezcaray
La Rioja's only ski area, on the slopes above Ezcaray in the Sierra de la Demanda.
Nájera
An ancient capital of the Kingdom of Navarre, set against red sandstone cliffs.
Navarrete
A pottery town on the Camino Francés, with a church whose apse is a baroque altarpiece in wood.
Briones
A preserved medieval village of stone lanes above the Ebro, with the Vivanco wine museum on its edge.
Ezcaray
A stone village at the head of the Oja valley, with a reputation for eating far larger than its size.
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