Rioja Wine Day Trip — Haro, Laguardia & the Wine Cellars of La Rioja

The Rioja wine region (the 'La Rioja' — the most famous wine region in Spain, the wine region that produces the Tempranillo-based red wines that are the most internationally recognized Spanish wines) is only 90 km south of Bilbao, making the Rioja wine country the most accessible day trip from Bilbao: Haro (the 'capital of Rioja wine', 90 km south of Bilbao, the town with the highest concentration of historic wine bodegas ('bodegas históricas') in Spain) and Laguardia (the medieval walled town of the Rioja Alavesa, 100 km south of Bilbao, the wine town perched on the hilltop above the Ebro River valley with the panoramic views of the Sierra de Cantabria).