Bespoke Journeys in Northern Spain
Where Wine Becomes Memory
A Journey Through Rioja’s Creative Soul and the Basque Country’s Living Landscapes
This is where wine becomes more than taste, it becomes place, memory, and identity.
In Rioja, vines grow from ancient soils shaped by centuries of care, while nearby, creative cities and quiet mountains reveal the broader cultural landscape that gives wine its meaning.
This journey moves beyond the cellar door. You’ll walk through historic vineyards, meet artists and winemakers, cook with the land’s most expressive ingredient, and discover how wine connects creativity, culture and daily life. From Rioja’s timeless estates to the Basque Country’s coast and forests, each experience reveals a deeper layer of Northern Spain’s enduring spirit.
When
April, May, August, September
Price
From €7,200pp excl. flights (based on 2 ppl sharing)
How long
6 nights
La Rioja
Where Wine Reveals Its Origins
Your first encounter with Rioja begins beneath the earth itself, in a winery whose cellars feel more like a hidden fortress than a place of production. Here, surrounded by stone and silence, wine becomes something tangible, shaped by patience, craft and time.
Later, at one of the world’s great wine museums, you discover how wine has influenced art, culture and civilization for centuries. Tastings unfold slowly, accompanied by local flavours that reflect the landscape beyond the glass.
As afternoon softens, you enter the creative world of Rioja through an intimate meeting with a local artist or artisan. Conversation flows easily, guided by shared curiosity and a glass of wine revealing how deeply creativity and landscape remain intertwined.
Where Wine Becomes Creation
Today, you move from observer to participant. In a private kitchen, guided by a local chef, you explore Rioja’s culinary traditions through hands-on creation. Here, wine is not simply paired with food, it becomes an ingredient, shaping flavour, balance and expression.
The experience concludes with a shared meal, where each dish reflects both the land and your own involvement in its transformation.
Later, the journey turns inward. Surrounded by vineyards, a private vinotherapy spa experience offers restoration and stillness, drawing on the natural properties of the vine itself. Body and landscape reconnect, quietly and completely.
Where Time Still Shapes the Cellar
Walking through historic wine streets, you discover a district where Rioja’s identity was first shaped for the modern world. Stone facades, old railway lines and silent cellars tell the story of visionaries who brought Rioja beyond its borders.
Each tasting reveals a different interpretation of place, subtle variations shaped by soil, tradition and philosophy.
The afternoon leads into a medieval hill town, where fortified streets and ancient churches overlook the vineyards below. Here, wine is not an industry, but part of daily life inseparable from the rhythm of the land.
La Rioja
Bizkaia
Asturias
Where River Meets Ocean
The landscape shifts as vineyards give way to water and open sky. Following quiet coastal paths through protected natural reserves, you walk between marsh, sea and forest, where nature and tradition remain in balance.
Lunch arrives at the harbour, where the sea determines the menu and simplicity defines excellence.
Later, in the historic streets of a vibrant old quarter, culinary culture takes centre stage. Moving between carefully chosen spaces, each bite becomes a reflection of innovation grounded in tradition, the Basque Country’s creative spirit expressed through flavour.
Where Industry Became Art
Today reveals one of Europe’s great cultural transformations. Walking alongside the river, architecture and design tell the story of a city reborn, where titanium, glass and imagination reshaped identity itself.
Inside world-renowned museums, art and space engage in quiet dialogue, revealing how creativity continues to define the city’s present.
The experience concludes with a private culinary encounter and a creative exploration of pintxos guided by a local chef. Here, gastronomy becomes an art form, expression and shared ritual.
Where Nature Restores Balance
Your final full day unfolds in mountain silence. Walking beneath ancient forests, the air cool and still, the experience becomes less about destination and more about presence.
In a traditional farmhouse, you discover another form of craftsmanship cheesemaking rooted in generations of knowledge. Tasting these products alongside local wines reveals once again how landscape becomes flavour.
It is a quiet, grounding conclusion to a journey shaped by creativity, culture and connection.
Farewell
Departure arrives without urgency.
The vineyards remain, the stories linger, and the connection to place endures, carried forward, long after the journey ends.
La Rioja
Bizkaia
Make It Yours
Each Northern Spain Travel journey is individually designed.
We can deepen winery access, introduce private tastings with renowned winemakers, expand culinary experiences, or create additional time for rest and reflection.
This is Rioja, experienced not only through wine, but through the life that surrounds it.
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