My weekend travels don’t always have to involve a flight to a different country. In fact last weekend, I escaped to the cutest hostel in Haro. Instead of having to find my way through the airport and catch a flight, I simply met my friend Alex at the Logroño bus station and we caught the next bus to Haro.
Unless you’re from Spain, live in Spain, have traveled throughout Spain or simply know a lot about wine, you’ve probably never heard of Haro. That’s what I love about this blog. Just as much as I love writing about my travels to places like London and Madrid, I also love tell you all about the lesser-known towns of Spain with just as much charm as the places that draw in more tourism.
So where is Haro? Haro is a town in the La Rioja region of Northern Spain. Spain is divided up into 17 different autonomous regions (like states) and La Rioja is the smallest in size. Haro is not far from cities such as Burgos, Bilbao, San Sebastian and Zaragoza.
How do you get to Haro?
Since Alex (from East Coast Contessa) and I live in Logroño, we took a Jimenez bus there. If you’re coming from the Basque Country, I would look into taking an Alava bus. You can also take a train as there’s a train station in Haro. Once you arrive in Haro, you can walk everywhere since Haro is small.
The hostel
If you’re looking for affordable and comfortable accommodation in Haro, look no further than Tinto Dreams Hostel. This cute little hostel sits in the center of the city just a 5-minute walk from La Herradura, the spot for all the pinchos.
The hostel is owned by Deborah, a young tourism professional from the area. Just looking around it’s obvious she has stayed in some great hostels and knows what people are looking for in a hostel.
A comfortable common space.
One deal breaker for me in regards to a hostel is the common space. I like hostels that have comfortable spaces to eat and relax. I’ve stayed at hostels with common spaces that were kind of lacking, but Tinto Dreams is not one of those hostels. They have a fully-equipped kitchen, four tables to eat at and a living room space with a couch, tv and some comfortable chairs.
Breakfast every morning
A stay at at this hostel in Haro involves an amazing breakfast every morning included in the price. I loved the assortment of fruit, toast, jam and other yummy things. It was a great way to start our day.
The room
We stayed in the 6-bed mixed dorm room. Tinto Dreams is a small hostel. There are two dorm rooms: one with six beds and one with four. In addition to the dorms, there is one private room with a double bed. Each room has a private bathroom.
Each dorm bed has a curtain, an outlet and a reading light. Little things like that really make all the difference when staying at a hostel.
If you’re planning a visit to Haro, you definitely need to check out the wineries! We toured Muga and had a wonderful experience, which you can read about here: Visiting a Classic La Rioja Winery
We were guests at Tinto Dreams Hostel. All opinions are my own.
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