An excellent reason to detour in Logroño

[Gareth Griffith]

When I did my Camino in 2016 I overnighted in Logroño at parochial albergue adjoining a church and then carried on the next day. Today I am busy planning my drive back to the UK from our apartment on the Costa Blanca. We are catching an early afternoon ferry from Bilbao which means making an overnight stop near(ish) to the port and though Logroño would fit the bill.
Looking on Tripadvisor for things to do in Logroño this came up, a tour of the Campo Viejo winery.:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attra...ews-Bodegas_Campo_Viejo-Logrono_La_Rioja.html
I know not everyone doing the Camino is an alcoholic or will have the funds to make the detour, but if you've come a long way to make this pilgrimage it would be a shame to miss this place just through ignorance.
Investigating a bit further I came across this too:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attra...ews-Marques_de_Murrieta-Logrono_La_Rioja.html
This second winery is a bit pricier that the Campo Viejo one. There is a further attraction which is exceedingly well recommended but at a very high price well beyond that of the average pilgrim:
https://riojawinetrips.com/unusual-suspects/
The long winded point I am making is that just off the Camino there are many wondrous things and do your research before you leave home. There's way, way more to the Camino than blister research and geting your backpack below 10kg.
Buen Camino a Todos.

 

[williamlittig]

When I did my Camino in 2016 I overnighted in Logroño at parochial albergue adjoining a church and then carried on the next day. Today I am busy planning my drive back to the UK from our apartment on the Costa Blanca. We are catching an early afternoon ferry from Bilbao which means making an overnight stop near(ish) to the port and though Logroño would fit the bill.
Looking on Tripadvisor for things to do in Logroño this came up, a tour of the Campo Viejo winery.:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attra...ews-Bodegas_Campo_Viejo-Logrono_La_Rioja.html
I know not everyone doing the Camino is an alcoholic or will have the funds to make the detour, but if you've come a long way to make this pilgrimage it would be a shame to miss this place just through ignorance.
Investigating a bit further I came across this too:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attra...ews-Marques_de_Murrieta-Logrono_La_Rioja.html
This second winery is a bit pricier that the Campo Viejo one. There is a further attraction which is exceedingly well recommended but at a very high price well beyond that of the average pilgrim:
https://riojawinetrips.com/unusual-suspects/
The long winded point I am making is that just off the Camino there are many wondrous things and do your research before you leave home. There's way, way more to the Camino than blister research and geting your backpack below 10kg.
Buen Camino a Todos.

Here is another place to see near Logrono close to LaGuardia

 

[notion900]

Atapuerca near Burgos springs to mind. Or Las Médulas near Ponferrada. Both UNESCO world heritage sites worth a detour.

 

[HalfDomeOrBust]

Atapuerca near Burgos springs to mind. Or Las Médulas near Ponferrada. Both UNESCO world heritage sites worth a detour.

Atapuerca was a HOOT for the women I was walking with. They seemed to enjoy it more then me......

 

[HalfDomeOrBust]

When I did my Camino in 2016 I overnighted in Logroño at parochial albergue adjoining a church and then carried on the next day. Today I am busy planning my drive back to the UK from our apartment on the Costa Blanca. We are catching an early afternoon ferry from Bilbao which means making an overnight stop near(ish) to the port and though Logroño would fit the bill.
Looking on Tripadvisor for things to do in Logroño this came up, a tour of the Campo Viejo winery.:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attra...ews-Bodegas_Campo_Viejo-Logrono_La_Rioja.html
I know not everyone doing the Camino is an alcoholic or will have the funds to make the detour, but if you've come a long way to make this pilgrimage it would be a shame to miss this place just through ignorance.
Investigating a bit further I came across this too:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attra...ews-Marques_de_Murrieta-Logrono_La_Rioja.html
This second winery is a bit pricier that the Campo Viejo one. There is a further attraction which is exceedingly well recommended but at a very high price well beyond that of the average pilgrim:
https://riojawinetrips.com/unusual-suspects/
The long winded point I am making is that just off the Camino there are many wondrous things and do your research before you leave home. There's way, way more to the Camino than blister research and geting your backpack below 10kg.
Buen Camino a Todos.

Thanks for the info on the Winery tours. Some of them are very, very pricey as you suggested!! Perhaps next time I will try to do one of the less expensive ones. Thanks again for the post, very informative....

 

[rick1977]

When I do the CF I definitely want to take some time off walking and get myself to Haro from Logroño to tour López de Heredia and Cvne, two of the most traditional, and imo best, producers in Rioja. The López whites are to die for.

 

[JillGat]

Here is another place to see near Logrono close to LaGuardia View attachment 47281View attachment 47281

Tell me more about what this is.

 

[JillGat]

When I did my Camino in 2016 I overnighted in Logroño at parochial albergue adjoining a church and then carried on the next day. Today I am busy planning my drive back to the UK from our apartment on the Costa Blanca. We are catching an early afternoon ferry from Bilbao which means making an overnight stop near(ish) to the port and though Logroño would fit the bill.
Looking on Tripadvisor for things to do in Logroño this came up, a tour of the Campo Viejo winery.:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attra...ews-Bodegas_Campo_Viejo-Logrono_La_Rioja.html
I know not everyone doing the Camino is an alcoholic or will have the funds to make the detour, but if you've come a long way to make this pilgrimage it would be a shame to miss this place just through ignorance.
Investigating a bit further I came across this too:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attra...ews-Marques_de_Murrieta-Logrono_La_Rioja.html
This second winery is a bit pricier that the Campo Viejo one. There is a further attraction which is exceedingly well recommended but at a very high price well beyond that of the average pilgrim:
https://riojawinetrips.com/unusual-suspects/
The long winded point I am making is that just off the Camino there are many wondrous things and do your research before you leave home. There's way, way more to the Camino than blister research and geting your backpack below 10kg.
Buen Camino a Todos.

Ah, Campo Viejo; my vino de la casa here in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I had hoped to visit their bodega and also Marques de Riscal and Marques de Murrieta when I passed through Logroño last fall. Unfortunately I happened upon the annual wine festival in Logroño and the streets were so full of borrachos (drinking Coca Cola with wine, ugh!), I had to hole up in the municipal albergue and high tail it out of there as fast as possible in the morning.

Next time!

 

[owms2323]

Here is another place to see near Logrono close to LaGuardia View attachment 47281View attachment 47281

WHat is this called?

 

[KinkyOne]

Atapuerca near Burgos springs to mind. Or Las Médulas near Ponferrada. Both UNESCO world heritage sites worth a detour.

Atapuerca and Las Medulas as a detour from Logrono??? I have a huge problem calling a "detour" trips of 100km and 430km (Camino distances not roads!!!)

As for wineries I would suggest Haro which isn't a detour but on the way from Logrono to Bilbao which is OP's final destination.

 

[notion900]

The OP's point was that there are many wondrous things worth a detour from the camino.

 

[KinkyOne]

The OP's point was that there are many wondrous things worth a detour from the camino.

Anyway all three places mentioned in our last posts are on Caminos: Atapuerca - Frances, Las Medulas - Invierno, Haro - Vasco del Interior, so technically they even can't count as detours

 

[JillGat]

Anyway all three places mentioned in our last posts are on Caminos: Atapuerca - Frances, Las Medulas - Invierno, Haro - Vasco del Interior, so technically they even can't count as detours

This is because the devout pilgrims in Medieval times only quaffed the best.