Location: Province of Valladolid
Top Things to do in Province of Valladolid
The 10 Best Hidden Gems Things to do in Province of Valladolid, Castile and Leon
Valladolid (pronounced [baʎaðoˈlið]) is a province of northwest Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It has a population of 526,223 people in a total of 225 municipalities, an area of 8,110 km and a population density of 64.88 people per km.
Restaurants in Province of Valladolid
1. Centro de Iniciativas Turisticas
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5.0 based on 369 reviews
2. Bodega Muelas
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5.0 based on 217 reviews
Reviewed By FJGonzalezG - Bethesda, United States
A traditional family-owned winery in the downtown area of historic Tordesillas, Muelas offers a unique and fun winery tour. We learned a great deal about the local wines, and tasted a selection of the excellent Muerga wines. All led by a delightful host, one of the co-owners. Though not for the infirm or faint of heart, this was one of the most fun winery tours I've ever done. The tour starts in the bodega, what at first look appears to be a simple wine shop. As the tour progresses, however, you learn that the grapes are brought from nearby vineyards and processed entirely in the premises, in underground caves carved into the rock. Next, you are led through down a hole in the ground and narrow stairs to the level below, where the grapes are pressed. Through a set of sturdier stairs, you are led another level down, where most of the wine is aged in oak casks. But, wait, there is yet another level, that is being improved in order to expand production.
3. Bodegas La Legua
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5.0 based on 83 reviews
Family winery located in the heart of Castilla, called La Legua, and located one league -5,5 km- away from Valladolid, Fuensaldana, Mucientes, Cigales and Cabezon. We elaborate red and rose wines, and we offer a very instructive and enjoyable visit to our premises, including the vineyards, the ancient winery, and a complete tour through the elaboration process, ending with a delightful tasting.
Reviewed By 671sagae - Stockholm, Sweden
This was really the best experience ever! The hosts were so generous and shared their knowledge and passion for the vine and the vineyard. The tour was excellent and you really felt part of the familiar atmosphere that the place has! It is really affordable and the wines are of high class! We had to buy some with us. Thank you so much for an incredible tour and overall experience! Will surely come back as soon as I can.
4. Bodegas Ascension Repiso Bocos
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5.0 based on 105 reviews
Whether you are a novice or a devout lover of wine we can transport you from the vineyard to the glass and open your senses. If you would like to fully enter the world of wine and winemaking, here is your opportunity! Wine is a living entity in constant evolution, so be part of that evolution! Accompanied by the winemaker of a family run winery from the golden mile of Ribera del Duero. » Visits to our winery include the following: A history of Ribera del Duero and the region. The traditional grape varieties explained. The process of production for red wine. How ageing, bottling and packaging are carried out. A free tasting of two wines. » The visit plus a tasting os two wines is free. With the exception of groups larger than 15 people then price will be 7 € per person. Spanish, English and French are spoken.
5. Finca Villacreces
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5.0 based on 232 reviews
Finca VIllacreces is located in the middle of a bicentenary pine wood and surrounded sothwards by the river Duero. A unique place that gathers together charm, tradition and an outstanding landscape. An state with 115 hectares, where the vineyards merge together with nature. A winery located in the hearth of the so called "Golden Mile of Ribera del Duero".
Reviewed By FJGonzalezG - Bethesda, United States
We really wanted to check out Finca Villacreces, the winery that produces Pruno, one of the best red wines under $20. The tour was fun, inexpensive, and added to our appreciation of Pruno and the Ribera del Duero wines. Ideally set in the middle of the Ribera del Duero's golden mile, the winery is surrounded by its picturesque vineyards, and housed in a traditional looking building. Our engaging guide explained the history of the winery, dating back hundreds of years, when it housed a monastery with winemaking monks. She also noted that the vineyards are cultivated organically, but unspecified aspects of the process prevent the winery from marketing the wine as "organic." She discussed the relevant aspects of the villacreces terroir and microclimates in the context of the Ribera del Duero region and explained the winemaking process, as she led us through vineyards and buildings. Villacreces uses steel vats and oak casks (both French and U.S.) for fermentation process, and they have started testing Spanish oak casks and cement vats. The tasting included two wines, Pruno and Finca Villacreces. Very good and better. It was accompanied by bread, jamón Iberico, and Manchego cheese. It was informative and yummy. One of the aspects that made this a very enjoyable tour was the setting, which was idyllic. The 285 acre state includes a small, 200-year old forest, and the facilities include a beautiful courtyard with an olive tree in the middle that is over 100 years old. There is also a charming chapel. The tour was inexpensive (15 Euros per person), and since we visited off season we did not need reservations. Luckily, when we checked around midday, we were told we could join another couple on a 4:00pm tour that day. Recommendation, call or email first. Finally, one of the workers at our local wine shop turned us onto Pruno by noting that its vineyards abut those of the older, more prestigious Vega Sicilia winery, and on the way out we were able to verify that indeed they are only separated by a narrow gravel road.
6. Bodegas y Vinedos La Mejorada
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5.0 based on 23 reviews
Las bodegas de La Mejorada y sus vinedos estan instaladas en Valladolid en lo que fue un antiguo monasterio jeronimo, fundado en el siglo XV por Fernando I de Aragon. Gracias al arquitecto Rafael Moneo y su familia, el complejo monastico de La Mejorada se encuentra hoy practicamente restaurado y adaptado a las actividades propias de una bodega. Hoy en dia es posible visitar la bodega y apreciar su maravilloso patrimonio mientras se disfruta de una cata de inclusive. Desde 2004, en Bodegas y Vinedos La Mejorada se producen unos excelentes vinos tintos bajo la IGP Vinos de Castilla y Leon —Las Cercas, Las Norias, Villalar y Tiento—, elaborados con un extremo cuidado por parte del equipo de enologos y tecnicos. Nuestra viticultura se basa en la no intervencion con productos quimicos en la gestion del vinedo, con el convencimiento de que el equilibrio del ecosistema viticola es la garantia de que plagas y enfermedades no se presenten en el vinedo.
7. Bodega Campo Eliseo
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5.0 based on 123 reviews
Campo Eliseo is a unique proyect in which Francois Lurton and Dany & Michel Rolland have come true the dream of any oenologist: to product of great white wine combining tradition and innovation in a place full of history. The ancestral home that rise Campo Eliseo houses indoor the imprint of centuries of family winemaking tradition. In its modern part is a warehouse of new construction, whit the most innovation technology on the market, but if anything makes it really special are its three underground galleries of eighteenth century, converting it the only winery in the DO Rueda in that wines are vinified in caves dug more than 10 meters deep. So in Campo Eliseo not visit a winery, you know a history and a unique wine philospy with renowned oenologisth Francois Lurton and Dani&Michel Rolland forward.
Reviewed By MartinC5748
A really authentic visit to a beautiful bodega in the village of La Seca, Rueda. The house and underground tunnels, where the wine is produced, are quite amazing and well worth a visit, especially on a warm day as the underground tunnels are nice and cool. Paco, our passionate and slightly eccentric host, gave us a very honest, entertaining and non pretentious tour. We could have stayed trying the wines as long as we wanted. In the current climate food is unavailable, but he arranged food for us in a local restaurant in Tordesillas, ten minutes away. Highly recommended.
8. Museo Oriental
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4.5 based on 156 reviews
9. Bodegas Grupo Yllera
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4.5 based on 236 reviews
In the town of Rueda, located in the province of Valladolid, origin of the Castilian white wine, Verdejo, the singular labyrinth underground wine cellar of Grupo Yllera can be found. This winery unites wine, art, mythology, history and culture, opening up a world sensations and senses. Inside an impressive cave of 20 metres underground and for more than one kilometre, wines are guarded in different premises that constitute a labyrinth connection. Grupo Yllera pursuing to recover underground cellars of this area, has started to renovate these wine cellars creating a space where visitors and find out all about the history and origin of winemaking. In order to offer new experiences to the visitors, a link between the Minotaur Myth and the family wines has been created. By unwinding “the thread of Ariadne”, we will learn more about the characteristics and excellence of the wines of Grupo Yllera; sparkling wines, whites of Rueda, red young and barrel aged wines, ageing on the bottle and the highlight of the winery: Yllera Dominus.
Reviewed By Wander814254 - Monte Faro, Spain
So this was a really great tour around the wine production site. We booked the tour in advance, which judging by some other reviews, would be highly recommended as I doubt you could just turn up and expect it to happen. We were initially told via email that no one would be available on the day we wanted to visit, to give us the tour in English but we were still welcome to come for a look around. We were so looking forward to visiting Rueda, tasting the wine and visiting the underground labyrinth that we agreed. However on our arrival we were chuffed to be told an English speaking guide was there and would do the tour for just the two of us (normally they would cater for much larger parties!) We were informed the tour would take 2 hours, but with our questions and the leisurely pace of our tasting session it actually took us more like 2.5 hours which was fine with us! We were actually accompanied by 2 guides, the second was trying to improve his English so to be able to cope with doing the tour in English by himself, but both our guides were friendly and put our Spanish skills to shame! The tour itself was extremely informative and we learned a lot more than on other wine tours, without it being boring. The tasting session was very nice, it would have been nice to sample even more!!!! Our car was already rather full so unfortunately we couldn't purchase as much as we would have liked. After the tasting there was a short car trip across to Hilo de Ariadni (about 3 minutes away) This extensive cave cellar labyrinth has a real wow factor and was the highlight of the tour. We felt honoured to have been shown around everywhere by 2 such polite and knowledgable guides when there were only the 2 of us. Thank you! Would highly recommend a visit here. Next trip we would love to eat in the underground restaurant!
10. Finca Montepedroso
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4.5 based on 35 reviews
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