Rioja tour from Bilbao

[heatescapee]

Our Sept. cruise will include 1 1/2 days in Bilbao. No ship's excursion is being offered to Rioja. There is a tour from a bus station to the Riojo/Haro area offered through winetourismspain.com. Is anyone familiar with this group tour? And what might the taxi fee be from port to the bus station? Thank you so much for any info you might provide! :)

[mbeginner]

Our Sept. cruise will include 1 1/2 days in Bilbao. No ship's excursion is being offered to Rioja. There is a tour from a bus station to the Riojo/Haro area offered through winetourismspain.com. Is anyone familiar with this group tour? And what might the taxi fee be from port to the bus station? Thank you so much for any info you might provide! :)

 

Taxis in Spain are safe and allow you to reach bus station Bilbao faster. Taxis will be waiting outside of the pier. One-way fare from the terminal to Bilbao is €25-35 (4 persons). The ride will take about 25-30 minutes.

 

The most cost-effective way to go to Bilbao centre from the Bilbao cruise port is by metro. Neguri metro station https://maps.google.hr/maps?saddr=Algorta+Kaia&daddr=Calle+Zarrenebarri+Kakea%2FZarrenebarri+Kalea&hl=hr&ll=43.339131,-3.010983&spn=0.015981,0.037165&sll=43.344656,-3.00961&sspn=0.015979,0.037165&geocode=Fb1VlQIdAuPR_w%3BFTZSlQIdlCPS_w&gl=hr&dirflg=w&mra=ltm&t=m&z=15 is about 20 minutes walking (1,5 kilometer) away from your cruise ship. It’s a pleasant walk on a nice promenade along the pier and some monumental houses.

Once you disembarked, leave the cruise terminal (small building) area. In front of you is a small Marina. Go to the left. At the roundabout turn right and follow the pier into the center of Getxo. You pass the Getxo Aquarium on your right. On your left you see some monumental houses and a small obelisk. At the roundabout go up to the left. Again you reach a small roundabout. Go straight (in the street of the gas station) After a few minutes you reach Neguri metro station on your right. http://www.metrobilbao.net/en

 

I hope that will help

Edited March 4, 2014 by mbeginner

[heatescapee]

Thank you, Mbeginning, for the taxi/metro directions, very helpful. Hopefully someone will have a thought on this tour to Rioja, it's not mentioned on the Boards so might be a questionable risk....