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Haro is the wine capital of La Rioja and a must visit for all wine lovers! The bodegas are all unique and provide excellent service, wine, and tapas. The town is lovely and was very quiet when we visited in April.

Haro is the historical heart of La Rioja; it is the capital of the region though it is substantially smaller than Logrono, another popular stop in Rioja. If you love wine and/or the outdoors, there are ample opportunities for both. There is a concentration of excellent wineries where you can show up to taste or reserve a tour to see the bodega (what wineries are called in Rioja). There are beautiful mountains near town and trails start in town for either hiking or mountain biking. The old part of Haro is small and packed with some very good restaurants for pintxos (tapas) or a full dinner. The town is very walkable. There is frequent bus service from Bilbao or Logrono. Roots, a wine and tapas bar, has a small but lovely selection of tapas and an excellent wine list. The staff is very knowledgeable about not only Rioja wines but wines from around the world. Though the list is predominately Spanish, they have wines from other regions, both in and outside of Spain. Haro is small charming wine heavyweight that presents the best that Rioja has to offer: beautiful wine, great food, and scenery.

Haro is in the center of Rioja wine country. Very beautiful area. We had a car so did some wine tours on our own which were fantastic. Did a tour through a 16th century wine cave and had a great tasting afterward.

Whilst a number of the wine producers of the Rioja region have their bodegas in one area of Haro, the actual town is quite run down. It was ok as a stop off on the way to the ferry in Bilbao an hour away. The house wine offered in the bars was also very good!

We only stayed for one night so we could not see very much but going for a walk around the centre of town there was so much to see it’s such ahistorical town it’s also the wine capital of Rioja and is surrounded with bodegas we are planning a longer stay in the summer

The centre of Haro is full of character and is generally buzzing with people at the cafes and bars in the evening. We were in Haro to visit vineyards and to have wine tastings, which are placed on the outskirts of the town. We visited a restaurant, "Beethoven", for the reknowned lamb, which was delicious. Haro is small enough to be able to see the whole town on foot and makes for an interesting trip.