Vineyard B&Bs and estate stays in Rioja where you sleep among the vines.
A guide to wine hotels in Rioja.
Frank Gehry's titanium-ribbon hotel over the Marques de Riscal cellars in Elciego, with winery tours, a Caudalie wine spa and Michelin dining.
The list: Winery tours of the historic Catedral del Vino cellar, tastings of Riscal Rioja and Rueda, plus a Vinotherapie Caudalie spa
Cube-stacked design hotel in Villabuena de Alava with a rooftop terrace over the vines and a cellar drawn from the village's 43 wineries.
The list: Own cellar showcasing the 43 wineries of Villabuena at winery prices, with tastings and pairings of local Rioja
Family winery hotel in Paganos built over 2 km of cellar tunnels, with vineyard-view rooms, tastings and harvest stays in Rioja Alavesa.
The list: Sleep above 2 km of cellar tunnels; tastings, winery tours and harvest participation paired with two estate restaurants
First Rioja project to fuse winery, hotel, restaurant and spa in one estate at Entrena, with vineyard-view rooms above the barrel hall.
The list: Integrated winery, restaurant Tierra and spa; rooms overlook fermentation tanks and the barrel hall, with tastings of the estate wines
Hotel in a 1373 former monastery in central Haro, with a cloister restaurant, a deep Rioja wine list and easy reach of the station bodegas.
The list: El Claustro restaurant with a strong Rioja cellar; a base for the Haro Barrio de la Estacion bodegas
Fifth-generation Paniego Relais & Chateaux hotel in Ezcaray, built around the two-star El Portal restaurant and its deep Rioja-led cellar.
The list: Home of two-Michelin-star El Portal de Echaurren with a 1,000-plus-reference cellar plus the traditional Echaurren Tradicion table
Spa hotel just outside walled Laguardia with a 1,000 sqm Wine Oil Spa, an attached winery and a restaurant, a comfortable Rioja Alavesa base.
The list: Wine Oil Spa with vinotherapy treatments across 1,000 sqm, plus an attached winery and restaurant five minutes from walled Laguardia
Visit a unique Rioja winery and discover Altanza, a place where wine tourism goes far beyond a tour with tastings.
Discover Rioja on a full-day wine tour visiting 3 wineries in Rioja Alta and Alavesa. Taste local wines, explore wine country and enjoy a traditional pintxos lunch.
Taste selected wines at 3 different wineries in Rioja. Visit our own 1881 winery, La Bodega del Tesoro. Enjoy a traditional lunch in a wooden wine press.
Peak wine-travel season in Rioja is spring through autumn, with harvest the standout window.
classified-growth and grand-cru estates require booking days to weeks ahead; smaller family domaines often take walk-ins midweek.
most estates open 10:00 to 17:00 by appointment, often closed Sunday and Monday.
tipping is not expected at tastings; buying a bottle from the cellar door is the customary thank-you.
Ask the next local you meet what they would order. Rioja rewards trust.