Marques de Riscal and Ysios Rioja Wine Tour w/ Lunch from Bilbao
Overview
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8 hours 30 minutes
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In this amazing tour, we will take a full winery tour at Marques de Riscal, Best Winery in the World 2024, and we will visit Ysios, Third Best Winery in the World 2026, to taste their premium wines. All of that together with local cheese and cold meats. After, you'll enjoy a delicious three course lunch!
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*Pick up or drop off in different cities only available booking on our website (I.e. pick up in Bilbao and drop off in San Sebastian)
*Min. for the tour to run, 5 people. Couples check out our website for booking to guarantee your spot
* Tours en Español: las visitas a Marques de Riscal son en Inglés, aunque todos los guías hablan español.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Availability: if you need your tour in a different day, please let us know
Public tours only run with at least 4 people; couples welcome to book
Waiver of Liability: North Coast Tours, its owners, employees and associates do not take responsibility for any damage caused by the participation on this tour; that includes injuries, illness, allergies and any other negative reaction, even in the case of negligence. For a full text of the waiver of liability visit our website under booking terms and conditions: northcoastours com
What To Expect
We will drive from Bilbao to the Wine country enjoying the beautiful views. The drive is about an hour and a half
Bodegas Marques de Riscal
FULL WINERY TOUR AT MARQUES DE RISCAL: Our first stop will be the world famous Marques de Riscal winery, best winery in the world! You will join a small group tour with less than 25 people, get a full winery tour and taste 3 of their best wines together with some local snacks.
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Marques de Riscal and Ysios Rioja Wine Tour w/ Lunch from Bilbao
What‘s Included
Full tour at Marques de Riscal winery, and tasting of 3 of their excellent wines (group tour)
Three course lunch with wine and dessert: Please NOTE that this is not a food tour. Lunch is a complement to the wine tour. IT IS NOT A FANCY LUNCH, it is a "menú del día" style lunch
Visit the Medieval town of Laguardia
Enjoy local appetizers such as cheese, serrano ham, and cold meats
Min. for the tour to run, 5 people. Couples check out our website for booking to guarantee your spot
Narration of the Basque history, geography, and fun facts
Visit of Ysios winery for wine tasting of 2 of their premium wines
Gratuities, optional and appreciated
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
27 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Don't think, Do
STEPHEN V,May 19, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Easy experience and visited beautiful wineries. We could ask any questions that pipped up and the lunch was a homestyle basque cuisine l. I wpuld recommend the relaxed environment and great host/driver.
Best tour ever
748margaritaw,May 10, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Possibly the highlight of our trip to Bilbao. Small but very friendly group. Knowledgeable, friendly guide who imparted a friendly, relaxed atmosphere throughout. Tour guides from the wineries were also great.
This was the highlight of our trip to Spain! Anton was a terrific host and very knowledgeable.
Lisa V,May 7, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The winery tour at Marquis de Risdal was fantastic. We went all over the winery- in the vineyard, in the aging rooms with oak barrels, and in the bottling rooms. We tasted several really good wines. Ysios was also fun - beautiful and a boutique winery where we tasted wonderful wines. We had 7 people in our group and it was fun to get to know them. Anton was a terrific host and gave us lots of great information. This is the best private tour I’ve ever taken! Thank you.
Amazing experience in Rioja; the best wineries amazing food and a very professional guide; thank you Anton!
Krrillo7,Nov 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Incredible experience in Rioja ; we visit the best wineries; spectacular food and an amazing walk; unbeatable attention from our guide Anton! Thank you so much!
Wonderful wineries
danielsQ3254UA,Sep 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Wonderful experience. Great guide. And such beautiful vineyards; Architecturally, scenery - and the wine of course. A nice small group of- felt very intimate, easy and fun. Highly recommend.
great tour with a great guide
dunno66,Sep 19, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our guide Inaki was terrific, the tour at Marques de Riscal is highly recommended, as well as the wine tasting at Ysios. Very beautiful also is the little scenic village La Guardia, where we had a coffee break. Before heading home there is a nice lunch in a restaurant, that was so nice as well. Go for the tour, it is great, quite expensive but worth the money!
Exceeded Our Expectation!
Leselen,Sep 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had an outstanding experience with this wine tour. It exceeded our expectations. My husband and I have had several wine tours in Spain and in Portugal. This was wonderful. Our tour guide and driver, Anton, was professional, personable and very knowledgeable. We very much enjoyed our tour and wine tasting at Marquez de Riscal, our tour of the medieval city of LaGuardia, our wine tasting at Ysios, and our delicious lunch in Elciego. We were with a small group of very friendly, fun people. I also want to say Monica San Pedro was wonderful to work with. She made the process very easy. I would highly recommend the Marquez de Riscal and Ysios Wine Tour with lunch!
A wonderful time in rioja
peterbG1509VB,Sep 10, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had a great time on our tour- Anton was very gracious and very knowledgeable about the region, the culture, and certainly wine- The two wineries were extremely interesting in their juxtapositions of architecture, approach and tour- in each case the wines were lovely - We would recommend this tour without reservation! Bravo Anton and Monica
Five Star Rioja Wine Tour
Margot G,Sep 3, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I joined Anton with 4 other friends on a wine tour to the Rioja region from Bilbao. The experience was top notch from start to finish. Anton has a spiffy 8 passenger Mercedes van with a speaker system that made it easy for even the third row to hear. He spent the entire hour of the trip from Bilbao to Rioja giving us relevant history and wine information We went to two wineries and tasted 5 wines. One was in a Frank Gehry designed building/hotel rated the best winery in the world in 2024 and the other was a small boutique winery.m with delicious wines that are not sold in the US. The wines were both excellent and there was an opportunity to buy wine if you wished. We visited the village of LaGuardia in between the wineries. It was a charming medieval village with a clock that comes alive each hour. After the wine tastings we went to lunch at a nice lunch spot in the village of La Bastida . The food was quite good including delicious Spanish flan. Then we headed back to Bilbao in the nice van. The tour al together took 9 hours. It was a day well spent. I highly recommend this tour.
The best day trip from Bilbao
janepryde,Jul 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Anton was an exceptional guide. He was informative, helpful, engaging. Nothing was too much trouble for him. The day passed so quickly. Both vineyards visited were exceptional. The wines were superb and the three course meal delicious. We saw beautiful Basque countryside, visited stunning walled town and shared the day with 2 interesting passengers from Mexico. This family of two teenagers and mum and dad had a wonderful day and cannot rate the trip and Anton highly enough. Don’t just think about doing. Do it. You won’t regret.
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