The Marqués de Riscal Wine City, located in Elciego (Álava), offers the experience of visiting the winery and enjoying wine through all five senses. Here you can book different visits, go wine tasting, eat in one of its spaces and stay in one of the most beautiful hotels. This makes it an essential visit if you want to immerse yourself in the world of wine.
Marqués de Riscal Winery
The original Marqués de Riscal winery was built in 1860 and contains one of the treasures of Marqués de Riscal, the old wine cellar. You will also visit the first extension to the winery, a Bordeaux-style building dating from 1883 known as El Palomar, where today the company’s premium wines are made.
Hotel Marqués de Riscal
On the tour you can see the Hotel Marqués de Riscal, a Luxury Collection Hotel, designed by the architect, Frank O. Gehry. The hotel combines the most deeply-rooted winemaking tradition with the avant-garde, luxury and the most advanced technology of the 21st century.
The hotel has modern facilities for meetings, conferences, social events and banquets. It also has a modern auditorium with capacity for 100 people, with the most advanced audiovisual systems, as well as a total of 10 spaces for holding all kinds of events and meetings.
Marqués de Riscal Restaurant
If you are looking for a winery with a restaurant, the Marqués de Riscal Wine City has a wide gastronomic offer ranging from the most traditional local cuisine to the most avant-garde proposals. With the advice of the Riojan chef, Francis Paniego, the Hotel Marqués de Riscal, A Luxury Collection Hotel, offers the Gastronomic Restaurant, recognised with a Michelin Star, and the 1860 Tradition, as well as the hotel bar, Vinoteca & Bistró. The Asador Torrea completes the proposal with its outdoor grill. A perfect combination to make your visit a complete experience.
Marqués de Riscal Winery Spa
Another of the attractions of this wine tourism complex is that it is one of the wineries with a spa. If you are looking for the hotel-winery-spa combo, let yourself be surprised with the Caudalie Wine Therapy Spa. To complete the spa experience, you can enjoy the indoor heated pool, the whirlpool bath, the barrel bath, the steam room, the jacuzzi, the gym and the traditional foot bath, the pediluvium. They have wine therapists and exceptional treatments. The spa offers full or half-day rituals, or two to six-day cures.