Castizo Spain

Heritage towns in La Rioja

8 towns in this province.

Casalarreina heritage town, La Rioja
La Rioja
Casalarreina

A La Rioja town whose very name traces back to a queen's residence, with a Dominican convent consecrated by a pope and a history stretching from Roman roads to the Wars of Castile.

Santo Domingo de la Calzada heritage town, La Rioja
La Rioja
Santo Domingo de la Calzada

A cathedral city on the Camino de Santiago in La Rioja, built around the legacy of a medieval saint whose 69-metre freestanding baroque tower is the tallest in the region and visible for miles.

Briones heritage town, La Rioja
La Rioja
Briones

A hilltop town in La Rioja whose name traces back to an ancient pre-Roman tribe, its streets shaped by centuries of conflict between the kingdoms of Castile and Navarre.

Nájera heritage town, La Rioja
La Rioja
Nájera

A former royal capital of medieval Navarre, Nájera rises above the Río Najerilla in La Rioja with a cave-born monastery that became the burial place of kings and a key stop on the Camino de Santiago.

San Vicente de la Sonsierra heritage town, La Rioja
La Rioja
San Vicente de la Sonsierra

A Navarrese border stronghold above the Ebro, its walled hilltop enclosure, ruined castle, and La Rioja's finest Romanesque hermitage marking seven centuries of contested frontier history.

Ezcaray heritage town, La Rioja
La Rioja
Ezcaray

A La Rioja mountain town shaped by Basque roots, medieval wool-making, and an 18th-century royal textile factory that tripled its population and left behind monuments still standing in its centre today.

Haro heritage town, La Rioja
La Rioja
Haro

The wine capital of La Rioja sits above the Ebro river with a fortified old town, medieval gateways, and a cluster of Renaissance palaces that trace seven centuries of Castilian lordship.

Navarrete heritage town, La Rioja
La Rioja
Navarrete

A La Rioja hilltop town with medieval walls, a baroque church, and the ruins of a pilgrim hospital still visible from the Camino de Santiago as it passes through.