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Open to the public with great Monday to Thursday 09:00 to 17:00 pleasure Friday 08:00 to 15:00 Technical Office C/ Mayor, 68 • 01300 Laguardia PUBLISHER Tel: 945 600 710 Rioja Alavesa Wine Route Fax: 945 621 094 Mayor, 68 • 01300 Laguardia (Álava) [email protected] www.rutadelvinoderiojaalavesa.com 945 600 710 [email protected] www.rutadelvinoderiojaalavesa.com welcome to rioja alavesa 2 discover the municipalities of rioja alavesa 4 añada conocimiento 13 pleasures in their own right 14 accommodation 16 museums 24 vinotherapy 25 restaurants 26 pintxo bars 33 wineries 36 wine merchants 57 receptive agency 58 specialized tour guides 60 transport 64 sports events 66 wine and food events 67 events, incentives trips and meetings among vineyards 68 rioja alavesa set 68 euskadi gastronomika 69 acevin: wine routes of spain 69 rioja alavesa map 70 10 tips for good travellers 72 2 WelcometoRiojaAlavesa Rioja Alavesa is a 300 km² region situated in the south of Álava between the River Ebro and the imposing Cantabria Mountain Range where vines have been grown since Roman times. With a population of 12.000, Rioja Alavesa consists of 15 municipalities, 4 Administrative Boards and another 4 population centers where around 300 wineries can be found. A region where the culture of wine permeates everything; where the people see coexistence and hospitality as a way of life. The short distances between these municipalities and the ease of access are the perfect excuse to enjoy stunning landscapes of endless vineyards, dotted with olive trees and ancient dolmens, medieval towns with their walled enclosures, stately mansions and churches of quiet beauty… and of course, an infinite number of wineries that combine tradition and modernity. Rioja Alavesa Wine Route, consisting of more than one hundred establishments, invites you to enjoy unique experiences and discover all the hidden corners of this region. In addition to enjoying unique experiences in vineyards and wineries and the attractive landscapes, travellers can also take pleasure in wine festivals and events, cultural visits, vinotherapy, nature activities, wine- related shopping, etc, while spending the nights among barrels and vineyards in avant-garde hotels with spectacular designs, or in country houses and hotels full of charm. The finishing touch to a stay in Rioja Alavesa will be its cuisine, from the most traditional dishes to the delicacies of miniature cuisine, based on a type of cuisine that is faithful to our roots and blessed by a prodigious range of products; traditional products that our chefs still use today. Always toasting with our C.D.O. Rioja wines that will unequivocally make travellers realise they are in a land, Rioja Alavesa, which has made wine and all that surrounds it its raison d’être. 4 DiscovertheMunicipalitiesofRiojaAlavesa from town to town We would like to invite you to visit the beautiful towns that make up Rioja Alavesa; they all share the common feature of being intimately linked to the world of wine. In many of them, you will find medieval fortresses, imposing emblazoned houses, renaissance, baroque and neoclassical palaces. You will be amazed to discover that these villages hide huge underground cellars or “calados”, where wine is still made in a traditional manner. Tradition combines with innovation and you will be amazed at the high quality and variety of the services available in the villages. They are also an irresistible mosaic of heritage resources, historical quarters, cellars with personality, affable people and historic building landscapes that unequivocally make travellers understand they tourist information are in a land that has made the wine and all that surrounds archaeology wine its raison d’être. medieval district nature panoramic view camper parking oil press Tourist Offices Elciego/Zieko Tourist Office • 945 60 66 32 [email protected] • www.elciego.es Labastida/Bastida Tourist Office • 945 33 10 15 [email protected] • www.labastida-bastida.org Laguardia Tourist Office • 945 60 08 45 [email protected] • www.laguardia-alava.com 6 from town to town Cuadrilla de Laguardia Baños de Ebro/ Barriobusto/ Elciego/Zieko Elvillar-Bilar Rioja Alavesa Mañueta Gorrebusto Rioja Alavesa consists of 23 villages; 15 Municipalities, 4 Administrative Boards and 4 rural Since Roman times, this town has been one of Barriobusto is located in the depths of a narrow Elciego/Zieko welcomes us with its two Gothic- Its location on a hillside gives it the appearance towns, represented in a regional institution known as CUADRILLA DE LAGUARDIA-RIOJA ALAVESA, the fords across the River Ebro. The town still valley. It still preserves its ancient oil presses; renaissance towers that add personality to the church of of the fortress it used to be. From the distance, we whose headquarters are located in the town of Laguardia. This entity also provides several retains vestiges of its past as part of the Roman despite the face that they are no longer in operation, San Andrés. The Town Hall, the chapel of Nuestra Señora can see the parish church of the Assumption of services for the inhabitants of the area. Empire and is dotted with numerous wine cellars. you can imagine the process of extracting the so- de la Plaza and a number of beautiful emblazoned Our Lady. The streets feature many palatial houses It is noted for the baroque façade of the church called “green gold” from the olives. The church houses await you in the Plaza Mayor (Main Square). and the Main Square is an excellent meeting place Rioja Alavesa can be smelled, seen, felt, touched... Your eyes relax as they fly over the vineyards, of Nuestra Señora de la Antigua. of San Millán is the most modern, built at the There are several chapels on the outskirts as well as on summer evenings. You can walk to the ‘La cereals crops and olive groves, which become a mosaic of colours when autumn spectacularly beginning of the nineteenth century and boasts an avant-garde project designed by the Nobel Prize Chabola de la Hechicera’ (The Sorceress’ Shack), comes to the region. However, taste is the main aspect, because we are in a region with a rich • Nuestra Señora de la Antigua. an altarpiece from the seventeenth century that winner of Architecture, Frank O. Gehry. a megalithic construction that, according to the gastronomic culture linked to the Mediterranean triad: bread, wine and oil. • Chapel and Festivity of San Cristóbal, was brought from the monastery of San Prudencio legend, was the dwelling of a witch belonging to July 10. • Church of San Andrés. on Mount Laturce, in La Rioja. an ancient lineage of mythological characters. • Patron Saint Festivities of San Bartolomé, • Main Square. Carretera Laguardia-Vitoria, 2 August 24. • Church of San Millán. • Emblazoned buildings. • La Hechicera. 01300 Laguardia • Thanksgiving Festivities. September. • The waving of the glag. July. • Church of the Assumption of Our Lady. 945 60 02 52 • Festivities in honour of Santa Barbara. • Festivities of San Roque. August 16. • Indiano Property. www.cuadrillariojaalavesa.com December 4. • Patron Saint Festivities of Virgen de la Plaza. • Feasts of the Assumption and San Roque. September 8. August. 8 from town to town Kripan Labastida/ Labraza Laguardia Lanciego/ Lapuebla de Bastida Lantziego Labarca Kripan is located on an ancient Roman road and A key building is the chapel of Santo Cristo, This peculiar town has won the Best Walled Town Located on a hilltop, it preserved its medieval layout The emblazoned houses and palaces lead to the This village, on the banks of the River Ebro, owes is crossed by age-old medieval pilgrimage routes. which resembles a fortress and overlooks the Award granted by the International Walled Towns almost intact. The Church of St. Mª de los Reyes Church of San Acisclo and Santa Victoria from the late its name to a boat (barca) that once crossed Inside the town, the most noble buildings can entire region. Most of the stately homes built with Friendship Circle. Its walls feature towers and features an exceptional portico whose polychrome sixteenth century, which has one of the oldest baroque the river connecting the part of Sonsierra in the be found in Barbacana Square. The Los Llanos Rioja Alavesa masonry can be found in the old turrets catalogued as historical heritage assets. elements have been preserved in excellent condition. organs in the Basque Country. Near the Palace of the Kingdom of Navarre with the part in the Kingdom and El Encinal dolmens can be found in the quarters. A remarkable natural environment of The interior of the fourteenth century Moor Fountain The streets are filled with splendid medieval buildings, Marchioness of Armendariz, there is a collection of of Castile. Today, exploring the banks of the Ebro surrounding area, as well as Nacedero Park. It spectacular landscapes consisting of vineyards, (Fuente del Moro) hides a secret passageway such as the Palace of the fabulist Samaniego, who sites, such as the neoclassical fountains, the birthplace along the Paseo de Póveda (Poveda Walk), is an excellent starting point to walk up to the wineries, a medieval necropolis, chapels, and that could be used to leave the town whenever was born in the town. One of its peculiarities is the of the composer Sebastian Iradier y Salaberri, known viewing the vineyards, is a unique experience. San Tirso Chapel. an endless list of attractive features. it as under siege. great number of cellars or “calados” that can be worldwide for the Habanera “La Paloma”. A visit to The Uztaberri, a wine festival in which growers found underground throughout the town. the oil press, which is still used to produce oil in the and winemakers celebrate the new production • Remains of a Roman road. • Old quarters and cave and rock winepresses.