Spain
Spain for wine lovers: guided bodega tours with tasting in Rioja, 22 to 35 euros per adult, with times, languages and access notes.
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Food festivals in Spain
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Buñol’s tomato battle, one hour in the streets west of Valencia: official tickets, 22,000 places, the C3 train, paella packs. 2027 date not yet published.BuñolView
Artistosteles, CC BYWineUsually SepLogroño San Mateo festival
Logroño’s San Mateo and Rioja harvest festival: grape treading and the first must on the Espolón. 2026: 19 to 25 September, 69th edition. 2027 dates not yet published.LogroñoViewCulinary experiences in Spain
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Guided tapas tours in Madrid’s old town: three operators compared, 69.99 to 89 euros per adult, 2 to 3.5 hours, with times, ages and meeting points.MadridView
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Guided pintxo tours in San Sebastián’s Old Town and Gros with four operators: 91 to 155 euros per adult, at lunchtime or in the evening.San SebastiánView
Nicolás Pérez Gimilio, CC BY-SAWinery visit90 minutes to 2 hoursRioja winery visits
Guided tours with tasting at four Rioja bodegas, in Haro and Rioja Alavesa: 22 to 35 euros per adult, 90 minutes to two hours at the three that publish it.HaroViewRegions in Spain
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Pintxo tours in San Sebastián
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Food tours in Barcelona
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Madrid FusiónFood tours in Madrid
Nicolás Pérez Gimilio, CC BY-SA2 listingsLa Rioja
Logroño San Mateo festivalRioja winery visits
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La TomatinaMap of Spain
Food festivals in Spain, month by month
Spain’s wine region in this guide, for now, is Rioja, in the north of the country along the Ebro river. Its capital, Logroño, celebrates the grape harvest during its San Mateo festivities in September: from 19 to 25 September in 2026. Its red wines are made mainly from Tempranillo, and the labels Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva tell how long a wine has aged before release.
In Rioja, the usual visit is a guided tour of the bodega, the winery and its cellars, ending with a tasting. The four bodegas compared here charge 22 to 35 euros per adult. The three that publish a duration run 90 minutes to two hours. Bodegas Muga and Bodegas Manzanos, in Haro, both run tours in English as well as Spanish, and Marqués de Riscal, in Elciego, offers six languages: check the language of the time slot when you book. Two tours in one day cost 52 to 65 euros per adult.
In the cities, guided food tours walk the tapas bars: in Madrid’s old town for 69.99 to 89 euros per adult, and in Barcelona’s El Born and Barceloneta for 85 to 89.99 euros (October 2026). Each winter Madrid also hosts Madrid Fusión, the chefs’ congress at IFEMA, open to ticket holders: 1 to 3 February 2027, its 25th anniversary.
On the Mediterranean side, Buñol, west of Valencia, holds La Tomatina, the tomato battle, in late August: on 26 August in 2026, with an official ticket required.
Getting there
Bilbao has the nearest large international airport. Haro, the wine town of La Rioja, has a railway station. The bodegas outside the towns are reached by car.