
In the capital of the La Rioja region in Álava, 15 km from Logroño, there is a four story building in the style of local water towers that honors the best wines in the region in its wine cellars and in its collection of wines and its specialized library. Gastronomical excellence is kept at the restaurant, leaving room for enjoying the swimming pool located in the romantic gardens. And what about t...



The great inflow of visitors to the city of Laguardia and their bodegas has lead the owners of this winery to construct an inn, making use of the old barrel storage rooms. These installations also enclose a museum, while the present-day bodegas are sited just a few kilometers from the city. Laguardia enjoys a handsome historic and pedestrian citadel and downtown.The bedchambers are all of compar...


Located in the fortified city of Laguardia, this hotel occupies a noble house to the likings of a castle out of a fairy tale, and owes its name to the road that circles the city. From the tower, all of the Rioja countryside in Álava can be seen. The bedchambers, each with a different in decor, are fully equipped down to the last detail and are adorned as if it were a palace. The walls reveal expos...


Vitoria is in constant expansion and names such as Gran Hotel Lakua assure good company. Sited in a budding neighborhood at the city’s entrance heading towards Bilbao, this white cubic building encloses modernity and luxury in surprising proportions. The aloof entrance conduces to an exercise in airy and liberated interior spaces that are inundated with light and touched off with a repertoire of h...

Located just a kilometer or so from Vitoria, this renovated ancestral home dating from the 16th and 17th centuries upholds local traditions by employing stone, brick, exposed wood and red Spanish roof tiles. The interiors boast a rural style of exquisite taste. Awaiting guests outside, there is a well groomed garden with a fountain, small reflecting pool and bridge built from train tracks. Hotel s...

A stately 18th-century palace with a stone façade that boasts an original coat of arms. It was the residency to the church rector for years and now serves as a hotel. Ceramic floors and aged furniture make up the decoration of the bedchambers, which are spacious, luminous and comfortable. At the hotel restaurant, recipes by Chef Jon Ugalde, disciple of Martín Berasategui, accompany the best wines ...

A farmhouse built in the 17th century by the Enciso-Viana family in a noble baroque style. Meri G. Huergo and Jaime Gutiérrez found it in a very bad condition and committed themselves to renovate the building and restoring almost all the period furniture in the posada. Its majestic door is crowned with the coat of arms of Sánchez Hilara. The bedrooms are all different and have been fondly decorate...