La Rioja Hotels Spain

Rioja is a province in northern Spain. Its capital is Logroño. The smallest of seventeen autonomous regions of Spain, La Rioja is renowned world wide for its fine wines. Also on offer for tourists are amazingly therapeutic, healing waters and a chance to go hiking, skiing and white water rafting!Seek out footsteps of the dinosaurs in La Rioja in the Cameros area. Above all though, La Rioja is the centre of a wine producing area and it’s always good to visit during the annual “Battle of the Wines” in the City of Haro.

Hire a car in La Rioja and you can drive to the exciting mountains of Tierra de Cameros, in the south. There you’ll find amazing caves and true adventure. Culture vultures will enjoy the Santo Domingo de la Calzada Cathedral, built in the 12th century and you can get lost in a labyrinth of mediaeval lanes.

Over a hundred and twenty million years ago dinosaurs left their mark on La Rioja. The footprints, fossilized in rock are one of the best areas for Dinosaur prints in Europe. You can explore at Enciso’s Paleontology Centre.

If you can take in the beautiful, hillside town of Arnedillo in La Rioja – your photos will be the envy of all. Into music? You might be interested to know that the Dulzaina, a popular musical instrument from La Rioja. The dulzaina-gaita is made up of a double-reed mouthpiece comprising two cane reeds joined to the tube by a curved metal crook.

It’s often accompanied by a tambourine or an accordion. Hopefully you’ll be able to leave plenty of time for going to Vineyards and tastings of Rioja wine at the centres at Haro, Calahorra, Logroño and Cenicero. By night explore the restaurants that specialise in Baby goat, potato and red “Chorizo sausage” and the beautifully sweet red peppers that abound in La Rioja.

If you fancy getting your head down under the stars, try the quiet, riverside site – Camping de Haro – or there’s the spotlessly clean Camping Navarrete. Upmarket – try The Fandg Logroño Hotel or the Naindo Park Hotel. Tucked away in Casalarreina, you’ll enjoy the unusual Hospederia Señorio.