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Wine, gastronomy and endless activities houses the Ribera del Duero wine tourism offer.
There are many leisure and travel options, in which we are offered multiple activities to carry out, which adapt to all types of people but the fusion of Wine, Leisure and culture is one of the most popular today.
In recent years, tourism is no longer just sun and beach, gastronomic tourism and the one that surrounds the wine environment, wine tourism, have become very fashionable.
Spain has known how to take great advantage of gastronomy and especially one of its best companions, good wine production and the products obtained.
In addition, it has been able to combine it with the cultural richness present in the geography of the entire country. This is the case in the surrounding area La Ribera del Duero, an intense route along the river that houses wineries, vineyards, towns and cities that in unison make your life unforgettable.
A much more complete travel experience.
If you are interested in this type of trip, the best time to do it is autumn, since it is the time when the harvest takes place. but the rest of the times of the year are also interesting, since the color of spring with the vine in all its splendor gives the landscape a majestic color, without neglecting the cozy gastronomic offer that winter replaces the not so colorful landscape, more stony and gray with pruned vineyards and generally overcast skies …
Next, we will highlight some of the destinations that we highlight in an exciting trip through the Route of the Ribera del Duero, in which you can find multiple activities and a great gastronomic variety inside and outside the wineries to visit.
- We start the stop to the east of the Denomination of Origin, in the province of Burgos, more specifically in the cradle of lamb, Aranda del Duero, nothing better than eating the typical lamb roasted in a wood oven and going to visits to the underground wineries that still operate in the town, in addition to ending the visit by walking through the parks that border the Duero River or being impressed by the architectural wealth of its old town. Outside the town we can visit the Prado Rey wineries or the imposing Hotel Bodega de Torremilanos.
- Traveling to the west of the province, Anguix and Roa They are the next stop, two nuclei that for many keep the best terroir and therefore the best raw material of the denomination of origin, their wines and their populations play in unison in balance of product and popular Castilian gastronomy that pairs perfectly. Tarsus and Haza County They are two perfect references respectively for each of the places.
- Further south in Gumiel de Izán, there are those who for those who did not choose Anguix, have in this the other area with the largest number of vineyards, we can also find good references such as the recent proposal that the Faustino de La Rioja group offers us in the town within its flagship within the competing appellation of origin, Portia wineries.
- We leave the Burgos province behind and enter Valladolid and we find multiple towns that offer the best of this type of tourism. Here we will find Curiel, with great importance thanks to its historical buildings and outstanding wineries such as Comenge or Legaris, very close to the town of Fishery, in which they are located 17 wineries to visit, some of them of great prestige, like those of Alejandro Fernandez or Emilio Moro.
- Another of the obligatory stops is the population of Quintanilla de Onesimo, the perfect place to walk on its bridge, built in 1583 and host of the essence made into wine by the hand of the Bodegas Arzuaga Navarro, with its perfect wine tourism proposal, wine, winery, restaurant, hotel and Spa.
- If what we are looking for is to see fields full of vides, we already have to get to Peñafiel or the surrounding towns, where the extension comes to life and the Wine Museum, installed in the castle of the town, it cannot be missed, from the top it contemplates us, in the vicinity of the city there are many of the emblematic wineries that gave and continue to give prestige to the offer of gastronomy and wine in the area, such like the Bodegas Protos, Pago de Carrovejas or Alión, belonging to the group of the world-renowned best wine in the world “el Vega Sicila”
This is just a small brushstroke of the places to go for gastronomic tourism or wine tourism in the Ribera del Duero, where the drink is important but the offer of places with great ihistorical, cultural and architectural importance, They provide it with a privileged position to receive the visitor and return a gastronomic experience unmatched.
Another advantage of this type of trip is the amount of activities that can be carried out, which together with the accommodation in the area, represent a really attractive offer due to its value for money.
An inexpensive destination if consumed in moderation, to make a getaway with friends and live a new experience, even as a couple, a getaway that combines tranquility and quality.