Hotel Marqués de Riscal, a Luxury Collection Hotel,Elciego
Frank Gehry’s titanium ribbons over a working winery founded in 1858, in the medieval village of Elciego, an hour south of Bilbao in the Rioja Alavesa.
Hotel Marqués de Riscal, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Elciego is a hotel destination wedding venue in Elciego, Spain, hosting 40 to 400 guests in the $$$$ price range, reached from Bilbao (BIO), ~60 minutes by car. Best months: April, June, July, August.
Hotel Marqués de Riscal, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Elciego in Elciego, open April, June – August.
Frank Gehry’s titanium ribbons over a working winery founded in 1858, in the medieval village of Elciego, an hour south of Bilbao in the Rioja Alavesa.
It was Gehry’s second building in Spain after the Guggenheim and it does the same trick: a shape you have seen in photographs a hundred times, standing in vineyards, with the village church behind it.
There are 61 rooms and suites split between the Gehry building and the spa wing.
Weddings use the banquet rooms that look over the vineyards, the winery’s own cellars, and the terraces under the ribbons; the hotel puts events at up to 400 guests, and its spaces are described as adapting to 650 for a reception.
4 notes of our own.
Frank Gehry building over a working winery founded in 1858
61 rooms and suites across the Gehry building and the spa wing
Events to 400 guests, with spaces described as adapting to 650
Civil and religious ceremonies both held on site
Best held in April, June, July.
The months the weather, and the local rhythm, is kindest to a stay at Hotel Marqués de Riscal, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Elciego.
Ask about a date.
Choose a day from the calendar.
Nothing is reserved until the venue confirms. A first note comes back within two business days.
How the weekend usually runs.
Yours will be different, nothing below is required. Every planning begins with the three meals you most want to eat, and builds outward.
- 19:00Cellar tour and tasting, then dinner in the vinoteca
- 11:00Morning in Laguardia, ten minutes north
- 18:00Ceremony on the terrace under the Gehry ribbons
- 20:30Dinner in the banquet room over the vineyards
- 12:00Spa morning, then farewell lunch at the restaurant
Things worth knowing.
BIO · ~60 minutes by car
Guests fly into Bilbao. Our team arranges every transfer.
€70,000
The capacity figures and the fact that civil and religious ceremonies are both offered come from the hotel’s and the winery’s own events pages. Every money figure here is our estimate; the hotel quotes by enquiry and publishes no tariff.
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€70,000 to €150,000 for 140 guests over two nights (estimated)
By proposal; the hotel quotes ceremony and venue with the menu
A one-time licence and setup fee, paid to the venue.
€150 / head
A seated dinner with wine and service, by headcount.
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€150 to €250 per person for dinner and estate wines (estimated)
€400 / night
A standard room in the wedding window. Group rates on request.
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Rooms from roughly €400 per night in season (estimated)
April, June – August
The 4 months the weather is kindest. Shoulder dates soften the light and the rates.
Figures are estimates, modeled from regional rates and public sources, not a quote from the venue. Once the venue claims this page, their own rates take precedence.
Asked along the way.
How many guests can the hotel host?+
The hotel describes hosting up to 400 guests across its spaces, and a second published figure puts the rooms as adaptable to 650 for a reception or conference. Individual wedding packages are quoted for smaller groups, typically 60 to 140.
Can we get married at the winery itself?+
Ceremonies, civil and religious, are held at the hotel, and the winery’s cellars and terraces are used for drinks, tours and dinner. The estate is a working bodega, so vineyard and cellar access is arranged around production.
Where do guests stay?+
The hotel has 61 rooms and suites, which covers a medium-sized wedding. Larger guest lists spill into Laguardia, ten minutes away, and Logroño, about twenty minutes, both of which have hotels and their own reasons to spend an evening in.
What is there to do besides the wedding?+
Cellar tours reaching bottles laid down in the 1860s, a Michelin-starred restaurant in the hotel, a Caudalie vinothérapie spa, and the walled town of Laguardia ten minutes north. Rioja Alavesa is dense with bodegas, several of them architecturally notable.
When should we come?+
May, June and September. Harvest runs from late September into October and the estate gets busy with it, which is atmospheric but crowds the calendar. Winters in the Ebro valley are cold and the vineyards are bare.
Others to weigh.
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A note to us with a rough season and guest count. Nothing is reserved until the venue confirms. A reply comes within two business days, from a person by name.