La Rioja, Spain

Palacio de los Angeles

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Style

Angeles’ share

Setting

Rioja’s Baroque heart

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At Rioja wine-country hotel Palacio de los Angeles, there’s no need to wait for a vintage year — this Baroque beauty champions the humble grape at every turn, bringing the region’s finest bottles and cuisine to you. Nods to Rioja’s biggest export are everywhere, from the earthy colour palette of the rooms to the grape-infused treatments at the spa, but the biggest draw of all is restaurant Ventilla, where elevated Riojan cuisine is paired with wines plucked from a 2,500-bottle cellar.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

48, including five suites.

Check–Out

Noon, and check-in is at 3pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.

Also

All of the common areas are wheelchair accessible, as is one of the Design Rooms.

Hotel closed

Palacio de los Angeles will be closed from 5 January to 12 February 2027.

At the hotel

Trophy wine cellar, paid laundry service and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: smart TV with Chromecast, climate control, minibar stocked with local wines, tea- and coffee-making kit, free bottled water, bathrobes, slippers and Natura Bissé bath products.

Our favourite rooms

Though dressed in 21st-century garb, the rooms at Palacio de los Angeles tip their hats to the hotel’s Baroque past with clever nods to old-world architecture and winemaking materials. Original stone walls are left exposed, oak furnishings stand in for casks and soft stucco keeps the finish classic. We’d swing for a Superior Room or upwards for their king-size beds; if you’re celebrating a vintage year, plump for the grand Suite Palacio, with its coffered ceilings and freestanding stone bath tub.

Poolside

There’s a compact saltwater pool on the garden terrace, open from May to October. It’s flanked by parasol-shaded sun loungers and is a mere skip from the bar, ensuring a steady supply of tempranillo spritzes.

Spa

If a glass of the good stuff isn’t enough to limber you up, Palacio de los Angeles’ spa will have you unknotted in no time. A softly lit space of stone and pale woods, it’s staffed by skilled therapists who deliver an extensive menu of treatments, including detoxifying massages, citrus facials and body wraps that enlist the potent antioxidants in grape vines. There’s also a hydrotherapy pool that you can book out, and a compact 24/7 gym with free weights and high-end cardio equipment.

Packing tips

Inflatable bottle sleeves are your new best friends. These bubble-like ‘jackets’ are perfect for securing choice vintages in your checked luggage.

Also

Beneath the hotel is a centuries-old calado, a traditional wine cellar carved into solid rock. It’s a cherished reminder of Rioja’s winemaking past and can be booked for private dinners and tastings.

Pet‐friendly

Unfortunately, Palacio de los Angeles doesn’t allow pets. See more pet-friendly hotels in La Rioja.

Children

All ages are welcome, but not especially catered for. The Residences have sofa-beds, making them well-suited to families. With advance notice, babysitting can be arranged for an extra cost.

Sustainability efforts

The hotel uses solar panels to reduce energy consumption and avoids plastic packaging. Experiences with La Rioja's producers help support local artisans and preserve traditional crafts.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

See if you can nab a table next to the restaurant's underlit wine cabinet, filled with coveted vintages.

Dress Code

Take inspiration from a fine Rioja red — elegant, well-structured and rich in colour.

Hotel restaurant

Restaurant Ventilla is helmed by the lauded Echapresto brothers, a chef-restaurateur double act who’ve earned two Michelin stars at their other Rioja restaurant, Venta Moncalvillo. At Palacio de los Angeles, they’ve drawn inspiration from the roadside inns once found on the road between Rioja and the Cantabrian coast, reimagined in Ventilla’s coffered dark-wood ceiling, stone accents and fabrics in slate, clay and botanical tones. The menu looks to the region’s culinary roots as a starting point, drawing on choice seasonal produce and finessed cooking to create them anew. Try the garlic-sautéed piquillo peppers or the Ibérico ham to start; follow with the charcoal-grilled pork presa or veal cheeks braised in red wine.

Hotel bar

Oenophiles, prepare to meet your match. Head sommelier Carlos Echapresto has built up a wine cellar that runs to 2,500 labels, reputedly the largest collection of Rioja wines in the world. At Ventilla’s wine bar, you can delve into the fruits of his labour (either Carlos himself or one of the other sommeliers will be on hand to guide you through this quaffable cornucopia). The bar staff also make a mean cocktail and serve snacks like tinned mussels in escabeche, dry-aged steak tartare and salt-cured anchovy fillets in olive oil.

Last orders

Breakfast is from 8am–11am; lunch from noon to 3pm; dinner from 7pm–10pm. Drinks flow in the bar from 11.30am–11pm.

Room service

A reduced menu is available from 8am to 11pm.

Location

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Address
Palacio de los Angeles
Plaza de la Cruz 4
Haro
26200
Spain

Palacio de los Angeles is in the town of Haro, the historic wine capital of Spain’s La Rioja Alta region.

Planes

The nearest airport is Bilbao, an hour’s drive from Palacio de los Angeles. The hotel can arrange private transfers on request for an extra charge.

Trains

Served by trains from Bilbao, Madrid and Barcelona Sants, Haro’s railway station is an oenophiles dream — it’s on the town’s ‘Golden Mile’, home to six historic wineries. From the station, it’s a 15-minute walk or six-minute cab ride to the hotel.

Automobiles

You won’t need your own set of wheels in town, but a car will come in handy if you want to explore Rioja’s vine-stitched countryside. The hotel offers valet parking for €25 a night; the car park itself is a five-minute walk from the hotel.

Other

Bring new meaning to the phrase ‘wine flight’ by swooping into town on a helicopter; the hotel can arrange landings at a nearby pad.

Worth getting out of bed for

Palacio de los Angeles can arrange private walking tours around Haro’s century-old vineyards, ending with a traditional Riojan picnic and wine to match. If that sounds like a winning spot to crack open a bottle, you should try it from a thousand feet up — request the dawn hot air balloon ride to soar above a sea of vines at first light. Just when you think you’ve hit the zenith, a bottle of bubbly is produced for a toast like no other. Gone a little heavy on the liquid lunches? Haro has the remedy: the town is rich in tapas and pintxo restaurants, concentrated on c. Santo Tomás and c. San Martín. You can join a culinary tour or explore at your own pace; try going between Thursday and Saturday, when the majority are in full swing.

Local restaurants

Prized for its traditional Riojan and Basque fare, La Vasca has been in business since 1926, passing through multiple generations of the same family. Stick with local classics like the suckling lamb leg, seasonal game and wild mushrooms. Attached to an independent winery just outside Haro, Lumbre is more avant garde, with tasting menus built around Rioja’s gastronomic bounty. For all its polish, it’s still an old soul, with a familial atmosphere and sommeliers that will do their utmost to find the perfect pairings. For a blowout final dinner, book ahead at chef Miguel Caño’s Nublo, the jewel in Haro’s culinary crown. The tasting menus change daily but are big on smoky, wood-fired dishes, cooked over fragrant oak, beech and grapevine timber.

Local bars

Wine is the lifeblood of Haro, so your options are many. Vinum Vita is excellent for sampling as they keep a rotation of 24 bottles on a dispensing machine, giving you the chance to try a slew of local styles without going all-in on a bottle. Interested in wine beyond Rioja? Head to Roots, stocked with 500 wines from small producers around the world.

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By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this wine hotel in La Rioja and unpacked their bottles from nearby winery Bodegas Muga, a full account of their grape escape will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Palacio de los Angeles in La Rioja…

The qualities of a good Rioja wine are unmistakable: bold flavours, smooth character and solid structure. All three are found in abundance at Palacio de los Angeles, a hotel in the heart of Haro that has made itself a temple to the region’s legendary tipple. Those bold flavours? They come thick and fast thanks to the Echapresto brothers, the chef-restaurateur master act behind the restaurant who’ve netted Michelin stars and dug deep into Rioja’s culinary roots.

There’s that smooth character, conveyed with tactile materials like butter-soft leather, carved oak and atmospheric lighting that makes you want to kick back in a corner with a special bottle. And then there’s the structure: a carefully curated list of experiences designed to bring you closer to the land — tastings with the head sommelier, guided tours of local wineries and visits to the brothers’ farm and vegetable garden, where you can soak up the produce that makes Rioja tick.

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