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Bodegas Palacio (%945
60 01 51; www.bodegas-
palacio.com; Carretera de DETOUR:
Elciego; tour €5; htours BODEGAS YSIOS
11am & 1pm Mon & Sat,
4.30pm Tue-Fri, 1.30pm Start: 8 Laguardia (p433)
Sun, closed afternoons Jul Just a couple of kilometres to the north of Laguardia
& Aug) is only 1km from is the Bodegas Ysios (%941 27 99 00; www.ysios.com;
Laguardia on the Elciego Camino de la Hoya, Laguardia; per person €10; htours
road; reservations are 10.30am, 1pm & 3pm Mon-Fri, 10.30am & 1pm Sat & Sun,
not essential but are a advance booking required). Architecturally it’s one of the
good idea (especially most gob-smacking bodegas in Spain. Designed by
out of season). Also just Santiago Calatrava as a ‘temple dedicated to wine’,
outside Laguardia is the it’s wavelike roof made of aluminium and cedar
Centro Temático del wood matches the flow of the rocky mountains
Vino Villa Lucia (%945 behind it. Daily tours of the bodega are an excellent
60 00 32; www.villa-lucia. introduction to wine production.
com; Carretera de Logroño;
museum €11; h11am-6.30pm
Tue-Fri, 10.15am-6.30pm guided tour only and The Drive » From Laguardia
Sat, 11am-12.30pm Sun), a finish with a 4D film and it’s a short 18km (20 minutes)
wine museum and shop. wine tasting. down the A124 back to Logroño
Museum visits are by and the start of this tour.
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