RIBERA DEL DUERO WINE TOURS

Although Lerma is not in Ribera del Duero, (it is part of the Denomination of Origin Ribera Del Arlanza), we include this village in our Ribera del Duero Wine Tours From Lerma, since many of our clients stay in one of Spain’s most famous hostels, the Ducal Palace of Lerma, which is an amazing experience.

Lerma is also called “Villa Ducal de Lerma” and it is considered of cultural interest, in addition to being named as one of the most beautiful villages in Spain, you can not miss it with our Ribera del Duero Wine Tours from Lerma.

It is also very well connected by road, or even with public transport, with daily connections to cities in northern Spain such as Burgos, Madrid, Santander, San Sebastián, Bilbao or Vitoria to take our Ribera del Duero Wine Tours from Lerma.

Transportation from Madrid to Lerma:

Lerma is 2 hours and 15 minutes from Madrid so we can do a Ribera del Duero Wine Tours from Lerma in just one day. You have three different options to arrive:

1) By bus:

From Madrid you can take the bus that takes 2 hours and 15 minutes to reach Lerma and costs 16.35 Euros / ticket.

We will pick you up at the Parador de Lerma or at the hotel where you are staying to start the tour together, and after having enjoyed the day together we will leave you again in Lerma.

Check the bus schedule here and you will be able to take our Ribera del Duero Wine Tours from Lerma

2) With your own car:

Lerma is located 2 hours and 10 minutes by car from Madrid, about 210 km. The easiest way to get there is by the Autovía del Norte or A-1 that goes directly to Lerma, it can’t get lost! There we will pick you up at a predetermined site.

You can see the route here to enjoy our Ribera del Duero Wine Tours from Lerma

3) Private transport:

We will pick you up and leave you at your hotel in Madrid or another nearby city, to take our Ribera del Duero Wine Tours from Lerma

Contact us to get a free quote. 

Transportation from Burgos to Lerma:

Lerma is 30 minutes from Burgos so we can do a Ribera del Duero Wine Tours from Lerma in just one day. You have three different options to arrive:

1) By bus:

From Burgos you can take the bus that takes 30 minutes to reach Lerma and costs 3.80 Euros / ticket.

We will wait for you at the Lerma bus station to start the tour together, and after having enjoyed the tour we will leave you again at the station in time to return to Burgos.

Check the bus schedule here and you will be able to take our Ribera del Duero Wine Tours from Lerma.

2) With your own car:

Lerma is located 30 minutes by car from Burgos, about 40 km. The easiest way to get there is by the Autovía del Norte or A-1 that goes directly to Lerma, you can’t get lost! There we will pick you up at a predetermined site.

You can see the route here  to enjoy our Ribera del Duero Wine Tours from Lerma.

3) Private transportation:

We will pick you up at your hotel in Burgos or another nearby city, to take our Ribera del Duero Wine Tours from Lerma.

Contact us to get a free quote.

General information of Lerma (Burgos), Spain

* Autonomous Community: Castilla y Leon

* Province: Burgos

Lerma is located 849 meters above sea level and has a population of 2,560.

In our Ribera del Duero Wine Tours from Lerma we enter the wall of the Old Town through the Arco de la Carcel and we walk beautiful streets with the typical medieval arches, until we reach the Grand Plaza or Plaza Mayor de Lerma, a place where many courtesan parties were celebrated in the first two decades of the 17th century, being this plaza one of the largest in Spain.

On one side of the square is the Palace of the Duke of Lerma, which began to be built in the year 1601 commissioned by Francisco de Sandoval y Rojas. It was used as a prison during the Spanish civil war and is now a National Tourism Parador, one of the must stops of our Ribera del Duero Wine Tours from Lerma

You also can’t miss the Plaza de Santa Clara, the Tomb of “El Cura Merino”, the City Hall and the Mirador de los Arcos.

Lerma has a beautiful religious architecture, and has 3 convents of cloistered nuns with more than 100 nuns, the Carmelites, the Dominicans in the Convent of San Blas, and Iesu Communio. The Convent of San Blas, the Monastery of Santa Teresa, the Monastery of the Ascension of Our Lord – Convent of Santa Clara, the Collegiate Church of San Pedro, and the Monastery of Santo Domingo are some of the architectural gems.

Many travelers from all over the world visit this amazing villa and take one of our Ribera del Duero Wine Tours from Lerma.