The Real Rioja Explore Tour - Private experience

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Earliest Date Available: October 2, 2026This experience is in high demand. Book now to lock in the next available date.

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Location

Guipuzcoa

Duration

9 hours 30 minutes

Group size

Max 7 guests

Accessibility

Stroller Accessible

Language

English, French, Spanish

Location

Guipuzcoa

Duration

9 hours 30 minutes

Group size

Max 7 guests

Accessibility

Stroller Accessible

Language

English, French, Spanish

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•12 reviews

US$1,109.71 per guest

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Adult x1

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Earliest Date Available: October 2, 2026This experience is in high demand. Book now to lock in the next available date.

Free CancellationCancel for free up to 1 day before your experience

Food for HappinessFor every guest in your booking, we donate 10 meals to children around the world

Why book with byFood?

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Trusted by 50,000+ travelers worldwideCurated by food lovers, for food loversFeatured in CNN, Forbes & NYT

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Yes your great wine adventure is here. Step behind the scenes for this fantastic tour of this famous wine region full to the brim of tastes and unforgettable times. Greeted by the sunny hills of La Rioja, first stop is a very special family run vineyard where they’ll show you the whole wine making process from vines to wines. Then hit the relax button, it’s the tasting session in a dream spot overlooking the valley followed by traditional tapas. Next off to a famed vineyard and prepare to be wowed. Now it's time for the 11th century town of Laguardia to amble through the cobbled streets visiting the secret cellar caves full to the brim of the regions finest. We'll top this off with a casual tapas lunch.

Private transportation

Guided cellar cave tour including taster.

Bottled water

Lunch

Casual tapas lunch & drinks

Wine or coffee in Marques de Riscal

In-vehicle air conditioning

Air-conditioned vehicle

Visit to 3 different wineries

Guided winery tour including tasting & tapas session

2 hours · Admission Ticket Free

Villabuena de Alava

Delve behind the scenes and visit a special 4 generation family run winery for a full guided to tour. You'll learn about the whole wine making process from start to finish topped off with tasting and tapas session on the veranda overlooking the vines.

Delve behind the scenes and visit a special 4 generation family run winery for a full guided to tour…

3 hours · Admission Ticket Free

Laguardia

We'll explore the streets of this beautiful 1100yr old walled town. Set on a hill and surrounded by vineyards this picture perfect place has plenty of secrets to uncover from the Santa Maria de los Reyes church to the labyrinth of tunnels and cellar caves hidden below foot. We'll give you a chance to go below ground and explore our favourite cellar for a unique tasting. Then it's time to settle down for a 3 course traditional lunch with incredible view out over the valley.

We'll explore the streets of this beautiful 1100yr old walled town. Set on a hill and surrounded by…

1 hour · Admission Ticket Free

Elciego

A La Rioja tour wouldn't be the same without a visit to the famed Marques de Riscal winery, take a step into the world of Frank Gehry and take a glimpse of this incredible building and try the vino tinto which originally put them on the map.

A La Rioja tour wouldn't be the same without a visit to the famed Marques de Riscal winery, take a s…

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Pickup Details

We can also pick up from hotels not mentioned and apartment & vacation rentals or designated spots in Rioja, San Sebastian city & close by.

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No refund within 1 day of the experience or no-shows.

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KaraSeptember 2023 • Viator

Excellent Tour!

My husband and I had a wonderful day touring the Rioja region with Borja! Experience San Sebastian Tours really does it right. We booked this tour only one day prior which of course didn't give them much notice and they still knocked it out of the park. It was a clean, comfortable and spacious van that took us around. We walked around the city of Laguardia, which was stunning and then went to two different tastings. Both of the wine tastings had excellent wine with the second stop being my favor...read more

W4183RMchristinavAugust 2023 • TripAdvisor

A great experience!

Strongly recommend both the Rioja Explore Tour and the Train Track Trail Mountain Bike tour. Penny and Borja were very professional and made sure we got the best out or these experiences. We had lots of fun and learned so much.

Response from ViatorAugust 08, 2023

Thank you so much for your review. We're so glad your enjoyed your tours, they are both total favourites and it was an complete pleasure to help organise everything. Please come back and see us again soon. Have a super Summer. All the best Pen & Borja

krotterOctober 2022 • TripAdvisor

Highly recommend this Rioja Road-trip

The Real Rioja Explore Tour exceeded all our expectations! Our driver B was amazing - prompt, gregarious, and knowledgeable – and he was the perfect MC for our day in Rioja. At our first stop, we learned so much about viticulture and winemaking. We picked and tasted grapes from the field and witnessed first-hand the harvest and wine-making process. At our next stop, we explored a medieval city and sampled wines in ancient caves. At our final destination, we had an amazing Spanish lunch and took ...read more

Response from ViatorOctober 22, 2022

Thanks so much for your kind review, B had such a super time with you both, it was definitely a special one and an absolute pleasure to show you our version of La Rioja wine scene. Hopefully we'll see you in these parts again soon for some more adventures. Best & thanks Penny

Readingboy1June 2022 • TripAdvisor

just brilliant

just brilliant. we toured on bikes, very little on road, and got to know so much about san sebastian. Borja was great. informative, and fun

Response from ViatorJuly 04, 2022

Thank so much for your review. It was great fun to show you the San Sebastián scene. Come back soon Saludos B

jmlo1103November 2021 • TripAdvisor

Our trip from San Sebastian to Rioja Wine Tour

Our trip to San Sebastian, took a higher level thanks to the La Rioja Wine Tour ….absolutely amazing…Our tour guide, Borjas was great, excellent service and attentions, 3 amazing wineries with historical context, nice wines and food. We highly recommend Experience San Sebastian.