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Itinerary
Highlights:
Day
1 - Laguardia &
Elciego (Rioja
Alavesa)
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9:00
am - Meet with
your guide in
the lobby of
the
hotel.
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10:00
am - This
morning you
will start the
tour with a
visit the
winery of
Bodegas
Carlos San
Pedro
Pérez de
Viñaspre,
a small family
winery in the
old center of
Laguardia whose
cellars date
from the 15th
century, where
you will be
able to taste
the wine from
the
tanks.
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11:30
am - You will
then visit
La
Bodega El
Fabuslista,
one of the
oldest wineries
in Spain that
still uses the
traditional
method of
producing their
wines, and
where the
careful
hand-selection
of the grapes
is one of the
hallmarks of
their complex
wines.
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1:00
pm - We will be
visiting the
Bodegas
Ysios
as our final
stop on this
tour. Ysios is
a modern winery
designed by the
famous
architect,
artist and
engineer
Santiago
Calatrava who
designed the
City of Arts
and Sciences in
Valencia and is
currently
working on the
80th Street
Station in New
York and the
Atlanta
Symphony
Center.
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2:30
pm - Lunch
today will be
at
Marixa
restaurant in
Laguardia for a
taste of
traditional
Riojan
cuisine.
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4:30
pm - Visit the
winery
Viña
Real.
The bodega,
located just
outside of the
village of
Laserna , was
designed by the
French
architect
Philippe
Mazieresi, and
is an enormous
building in the
shape of an oak
wine
vat.
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6:30
pm - Drive back
to the
hotel.
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Day
2 -
Briones
(Rioja Alta)
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9:00
am - Meet with
your guide in
the lobby of
the
hotel.
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10:00
am - We start
the second day
with a visit to
the
Bodegas
Remelluri
in Labastida
for the first
wine tasting of
the day. This
is an old
winery in the
French chateau
style, set
against the
Cantabria
Mountains. The
winery produces
an excellent
Reserve and
Gran Reserve
wines,
recognized
around the
world for their
character.
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11:30
am - We next
visit the
winery of
Fernández
Gómez,
Bodega
Agricola
Labastida,
to taste
several wines
along with a
typical Riojan
appetizer. This
is a old family
winery dating
from the 13th
Century. They
produce superb
artisan wines
in the
traditional
method and have
received many
awards in
Bordeaux.
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2:00
pm - Lunch
today will be
at
Hector
Oribe
in the hamlet
of Paganos, one
of the premire
young chefs in
the
Rioja.
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4:30
pm - Following
lunch you will
visit one of
the most
prestigious
wineries in the
Rioja, the
Bodega
de Marques de
Riscal
and the "City
of Wine", the
spa hotel
designed by
Frank Gehry in
the village of
Elciego.
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6:30
pm - Drive back
to the
hotel.
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Day 3
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Check
out of the
hotel and
continue your
adventure in
Spain
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Please note: Selected
restaurants and winey
visits will vary,
depening on the dates of
your
visit.
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