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Rioja

Rioja is unique in wine tourism in combining some of the world's best wines and great arcitecture. Bodegas Ysios is one of the best examples of that.

WHAT MAKES RIOJA SPECIAL

Rioja has the most concentrated accumulation of great wineries of any place. Start a visit to Rioja. Depending on the traffic, it may take you an hour to get to Rioja. That's the good news; the bad news is that either road can sometimes be crowded, especially on a weekend in the summer or during harvest in the fall. Nonetheless, you can stop at winery after winery and try their latest vintages and talk with a usually knowledgeable person behind the bar. Nothing fancy or stuffy. It's also all about the wine lifestyle. And it's so convenient to get to. Rioja also has an excellent infrastructure of wineries, hotels, restaurants, and lots of non-wine activities.