Map of Rioja from above, Rioja Alavesa by Hot Air Balloon marked with a wine glass

Winery · Rioja

Rioja Alavesa by Hot Air Balloon

Soar 1,000 feet above Rioja vineyards at sunrise with Globos Arcoiris or Rioja Like A Native—pilots with 10+ years experience, cava toast mid-flight.

What to do there

TourRioja Alavesa by Hot Air BalloonFloat over the Sierra Cantabria at dawn. See Tempranillo vineyards from above, land for cava breakfast among the vines.

Wineries nearby

Winery · Rioja Alavesa Bodega El Fabulista Seven meters underground beneath a 17th-century palace in Laguardia — Félix María de Samaniego's wines, still made by carbonic maceration.
Winery · Rioja Alavesa Bodegas Ysios Santiago Calatrava's architectural masterpiece (2001) — 196-meter sinuous concrete/aluminum form echoing wine barrels, 120 acres Rioja Alavesa terroir.
Winery · Elciego Marqués de Riscal Marqués de Riscal 1858: first non-French wine to win the diploma of honour at the Bordeaux exhibition, and today a Rioja estate with a Frank Gehry-designed hotel.