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Deep cave of San Gregorio

Burgos A-12 A-68 This is an underground LA A-1 cellar from the 17th century,

Madrid one of the largest in the city, to VITORIA PORTUGAL BILBAO which retains its ashlar stone

Haro to PAMPLONA masonry in perfect condition. FRANCIA Santo Domingo It is used for temporary de la Calzada to LOGROÑO exhibits and events related Nájera

Ezcaray to the world of .

San Millán Torrecilla de la Cogolla en Cameros Alfaro to ZARAGOZA BARCELONA Wine Route through to MADRID Cervera del C/ Rúa Vieja, 29 - Logroño. Unidad de Comercio y Turismo del Río Alhama Ayto. de Logroño. Tel: 941 27 70 00 extensions 1652 and 1653 www.lariojaturismo.com Wineskin in Logroño (Sagasta Street, 8. http://botasrioja.artesaniadelarioja.org) La Rioja Alta La Rioja Tourist Information +34 941 29 12 60 We finish the route in Logroño, where you can La Rioja Tourism Office: visit traditional or modern wineries and enjoy their C/ Portales 50 (Escuelas Trevijano). 26071. Logroño. underground ageing cellars, architecture, art Espacio Lagares Fax: +34 941 29 16 40 [email protected] collections.... Espacio Lagares Between Follow us at: @lariojaturismo the 16th and 19th centuries, these wine presses were used http://www.facebook.com/turismodelarioja Learn about the handicrafts of the last wineskin to produce the wine for master. Botas Rioja is a traditional family shop that OFICINAS DE TURISMO LOCALES residents of Logroño. As part works with wineskin made from different types of of its restoration, a multi-use Alfaro +34 941 18 01 33 +34 941 35 46 79 skins (goat, bull, gazelle...). hall was added, with capacity [email protected] [email protected] for 120 people. Haro +34 941 39 42 26 +34 941 30 35 80 [email protected] [email protected]

Arnedo Nájera +34 941 38 39 88 +34 941 36 00 41 C/ Ruavieja, 18-20 - Logroño. Unidad de Comercio y Turismo del [email protected] [email protected] Ayto. de Logroño. Tel: 941 27 70 00 extensions 1652 and 1653 Briones Navarrete +34 608 036 856 +34 941 44 00 05 [email protected] [email protected]

Calahorra San Millán de la Cogolla +34 941 10 50 61 +34 941 37 32 59 [email protected] [email protected]

Cameros Santo Domingo de la Calzada +34 941 46 21 51 +34 941 34 12 38 [email protected] [email protected]

Laurel street. Nightlife in Logroño

Don’t miss out on the lively par excellence dining spots of the Riojan capital, Laurel, San Agustín and

San Juan Street, right in the historic quarter. Walking May 2015 through the “trail of the elephants” and trying the specialities of each bar, along with the house Rioja, is the best way to conclude this visit to La Rioja and Educación, Cultura Vineyards in . The castle of Davalillo is seen between the river and Sierra de y Turismo its wine culture. www.lariojaapetece.com Rock Wine Presses en La Rioja with state of the art works such as the boutique of On these small presses, the Zaha Hadid in López Heredia. La Herradura. Haro Haro San Vicente grapes were crushed and de La Sonsierra pressed, or only crushed, and the wine could be made next You can conclude the visit to the city of Haro at its Briones to the vineyards. In this way, historic quarter, and enjoy the bar-hopping and the producers that did not have San Asensio in the busiest bar district, La Herradura, which their own wineries only needed Church and castle. San Vicente includes the streets of Santo Tomás, the church to transport the must to their LOGROÑO square, San Martín and Bilibio. There you will find homes to obtain claret , because in order to produce restaurants, as well as bars serving tapas and drinks. red wine, the must needs to be fermented and poured into Vineyards in Briones Castle of Davalillo Winery in Logroño pails with the stalks. A team of Riojan archaeologists Tasting course in a winery has classified the wine presses discovered in the field, close to A good way to begin this route is by visiting the You can tour the monumental complex of Briones some necropolises of Sonsierra, Vivanco Museum of Wine Culture, located in and visit the Church of the Asunción from the 16th with the municipal names of Briones. Here you will learn about the production century, the Palace of Marqués de San Nicolás or Ábalos and San Vicente de la methods, the manufacturing of barrels, bottles, the Chapel of Santo Cristo de los Remedios. In Sonsierra, on the left bank of the Ebro River. transportation, the wines of the world, the history of June, the “Medieval Days” are celebrated, where wine, and above all, the broad wine culture in the life in the 14th century is recreated. world, from the Egyptians to the modern Picassos. Our next stop is Haro, the wine capital of La Rioja. All visitors, including the most abstemious, should After this visit, we suggest that you take a wine- not forget to visit the wineries, many of which are tasting course at their museum or at other places now over a hundred years old. In the winery quarter, where they are offered, such as the Cofradía also known as the “Station,” you will see wine Traditional architecture of wine: CVNE del Vino de Rioja, the Regulatory Board of the architecture, with ashlar naves and underground Designation of Origin, as well as wineries and cellars, many of which were built at the end of the Rioja Wine Culture center associations. 19th century or beginning of the 20th century, along Centro de la Cultura del Rioja (C.C..) This is a unique space dedicated to wine culture (scenery, climate, architecture, history and production). Built upon the remains of the Yangüas palace A hut between the vineyards of La Sonsierra from the 16th century, it combines Nearby is the Sonsierra region, between the Ebro avant-garde and Renaissance architecture. and the Toloño Mountain. In the vineyards that surround Ábalos, Briñas and San Vicente de La Sonsierra, you can see the vineyard guard C/ Mercaderes, 9 - posts or huts, which are constructions with a circular Logroño. Unidad de design and a false dome as a finishing and closure. Comercio y Turismo del Ayto. Logroño. The vineyard guard posts were used to watch over Tel: 941 27 70 00 the vineyards and as the growers’ shelter from extensions 1652 and 1653 inclement weather. Vivanco Museum of Wine Culture Modern architecture of wine: Boutique of Zaha Hadid