I returned in October 2018, prompting this belated second review. Although we are already in 2020 I…read morewanted to document that my second visit lived up to the great memories I had. The food, the tour and the museum continue to be excellent. This time we focused on the museum floors that we did not get to visit the last time we were here we also spent more time in their shop and sampled new wines. We were touring Logroño with a couple of friends and found an excuse to bring them, since they've never visited before. However, we enjoy this museum so much that next time we are in town even if we don't have anyone new to bring, we will still visit!

You must start any visit to La Rioja here. Museum is beautiful, interesting, and the pics from here…read moreare unsurpassed. Go early in the morning for the best experience. Have pintxos on the terrace after.

This family has an impressive museum dedicated to wine. It takes you from the historical…read morebeginnings of wine in the world, over 8,000 years ago. It has dramatic videos of the production of wines. It has a huge collection of the ancient and modern equipment used in the production of wine. The museum is over 40,00 square feet. Here you can see the corkscrew collection of the Vivanco Museum of the Culture of Wine, consisting of close to 3500 pieces that show the evolution and diversity of this apparently simple instrument. We downloaded the tour narrative to our phones and we walked for 90 minutes amazed at the information and we only heard 1/2 of the story. This is a place where anyone who respects and likes wine could spend 3-4 hours seeing all the fascinating items in the collection. Totally recommend, but spend more time. There are guided tours by the staff, but they blow through in less than 90 minutes.

The views are absolutely gorgeous and stunning, and the museum is great for learning about wine,…read moreit's history, and how relevant grapes are to this area. Food in the restaurant was very nice, we were served a traditional Basque lunch of bacalao, lamb, chorizo and potato stew...

I visited this museum in August of 2014 and enjoyed my visit of about 1.5 hours, visiting almost…read moreall of the sections and finding a number of the exhibits very interesting. It is surely worth a look and the reasonable entry fee, but I was slightly disappointed as a museum-lover/nerd who had heard a lot of great things about this specific locale. The entrance is on the side with the fountains.

In Santo Domingo de la Calzada, Saint James Way can be done in two ways. One is the traditional…read moremulti-day journey that passes through many towns and personal reflection points. The other is shortened to about an hour through an interesting (albeit pricey) interpretive Center right on the Camino de Santiago. This place is worth a look. The building is handsome, the exhibits are well considered, and there's a good selection of gifty stuff in the Lobby.

The Royal Palace in Olite is beautiful! It's open from 10-6 every day and if you're in Navarra, you…read morehave to visit! Olite is a beautiful medieval village with cobbled streets, churches, even Roman walls. It's full of history, built by Charles III over Roman ruins and a fortress. You can even find Mudejar art. Really pretty place!