Vitoria Airport to Haro Transfer

Land at Foronda and taste wine in Haro the same day

The big advantage of this combination is time. While getting to Haro from Madrid or Barcelona takes half a day, from Vitoria Airport the journey is shorter than many winery visits. That changes the way you plan your trip: there is no need to set aside your first day just for travelling.

The route leaves the Álava plain (the Llanada Alavesa), carries on towards Miranda de Ebro and enters La Rioja through the Conchas de Haro gorge, where the Ebro cuts its way through the hills. A few minutes later the Barrio de la Estación appears, with its winery buildings lined up beside the railway.

Sample plan for a morning arrival

Why Vitoria is the ideal airport for Haro

• Shortest distance: about 47 km, compared with roughly 100 km from Bilbao or more than 300 from Madrid.
• Small terminal: you are out quickly, with no long corridors or taxi queues.
• Rioja Alavesa next door: Labastida and San Vicente de la Sonsierra are a stone's throw from Haro, across the Ebro, if you want to extend your route with our Rioja Alavesa winery visits with a driver.
• Charter and group flights: incentive trips, wine clubs or distributors visiting wineries sometimes arrive on special flights into Foronda.

Haro with a chauffeur: more than a transfer

The arrival transfer is just the beginning. Many clients also book a day of winery visits with a driver so nobody has to get behind the wheel after tasting. We explain how it works in our Haro winery visit with a driver. If you want to explore the towns and vineyards of the area over several days, you can book a private driver in Haro or our Rioja Alta wine route with a driver.

For groups of friends, companies or wine clubs of up to seven people, the van lets everyone travel together from the airport to the first winery. Find out more about our private group wine tour.

If you are going elsewhere in La Rioja from Vitoria

From Foronda we also drive to Logroño, Laguardia, Santo Domingo, Nájera, Calahorra and Arnedo. You will find the full table of journey times on our Vitoria airport to La Rioja transfer page, and a comparison of all seven airports on our La Rioja airport transfers page.

The return: from Haro to Foronda

For the return journey we usually pick up in Haro a little over two hours before a domestic or European flight: 45 minutes on the road plus time for security. If you have one last visit in the morning, we can collect you straight from the winery and take you on to the airport with your luggage already loaded.

Business trips to the wineries of Haro

Not everyone landing at Foronda bound for Haro is on holiday. Importers, sommeliers, wine journalists and sales teams visit the area's wineries for professional tastings, audits or vintage presentations. For them punctuality is everything: a technical visit usually has a fixed time and the winery cannot wait. With flight tracking and such a short journey, there is a comfortable margin even if the plane is running a little late.

If your company needs an invoice with its tax details or several transfers during the week (hotel–winery–restaurant–airport), take a look at our corporate service. And if you are travelling with clients who value image, the high-end electric cars of Rioja Executive offer water and Wi-Fi on board.

Dates when it pays to book early

Haro has a calendar that fills hotels and roads. At the end of June it hosts the Haro Wine Battle (Batalla del Vino), with thousands of people climbing up to the Riscos de Bilibio; September and October bring the grape harvest, when the wineries are working flat out and many visits sell out. During those weeks we recommend booking your transfer from Vitoria several days in advance. If you are coming specifically for the harvest, see also our chauffeur for the grape harvest in La Rioja.

What the Foronda – Haro transfer includes

• A dedicated chauffeur with your name on a sign at the terminal exit.
• Real-time flight tracking, with no surcharge for delays.
• Drop-off at any address: a hotel in the centre, a rural guesthouse in the area or a winery in the Barrio de la Estación.
• Help with your luggage and room for the cases of wine you buy.
• Service in Spanish and English, 24 hours a day, bank holidays included.

Make the most of the hours you save by flying into Vitoria: explore the town and its surroundings with a private driver in Haro.

Vitoria, Bilbao or Madrid: which gets you to Haro first?

If you are still choosing a flight, here is the order by driving time to Haro: Foronda, around 45 minutes; Loiu (Bilbao), just over an hour; Pamplona, close to an hour and a half; Zaragoza, more than two hours; and Barajas (Madrid), about three and a half hours. The difference between Vitoria and Bilbao is small, so the choice of flights usually decides it: Bilbao has many more departures, while Vitoria is quieter and quicker to get out of.

If you end up landing in Bilbao, see our Bilbao airport to Haro transfer; if you are arriving on a long-haul flight into Madrid, our Madrid airport to Haro transfer. In all three cases the price is fixed, your driver waits in arrivals with your name and we track your flight in real time to adapt to any delay at no extra cost.