# Sunday in San Millán de la Cogolla: the Yuso monastery, a Najerilla winery and Cañas Tastings at a family winery in Badarán, a visit to the Yuso monastery, lunch inside it and a finish at the monastery of Cañas. Three quarters of an hour from Logroño. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/la-rioja/san-millan-de-la-cogolla/itineraries/yuso-monastery-winery-and-canas · Revisado: 2026-11-12 ## El día - 09:15 · Salida: 45 min by car (via the A-12 to Nájera and the Badarán road; about 45 min from Logroño) - 10:00 · Berceo, the village of the first poet in Castilian (a one-hour walk through Gonzalo de Berceo's village, 2 km from Yuso) - 5 min by car - 11:00 · Visit and tasting at Bodegas Martínez Alesanco, in Badarán (in Badarán, Sunday 11:00 slot; 90 min, €20, children €6 with grape juice; with booking) · Bodegas Martínez Alesanco, From €20 per adult - 5 min by car - 12:45 · Yuso Monastery and the AutorIA exhibition (AutorIA exhibition until 10 January: €10 self-guided, €12 with a guide; last Sunday slot at 14:00) - Carry on on foot - 14:00 · In Vino Veritas Restaurant (Hostería San Millán) (In Vino Veritas · inside Yuso · €€€ · Sunday 13:30 to 15:00, menu of the day; booking) · In Vino Veritas Restaurant (Hostería San Millán), €€€ - 15 min by car, 10 km - 16:00 · Monastery of Santa María de San Salvador de Cañas (€5; phone ahead to confirm the hours) - 17:00 · Vuelta (via Santo Domingo de la Calzada and the A-12; in Logroño around 17:45) San Millán de la Cogolla is a small valley at the foot of the Sierra de la Demanda with two monasteries that are World Heritage Sites: Suso, up above, beside the saint's cave, and Yuso, below, the great monastery. At San Millán the Glosas Emilianenses were written, the marginal notes on a Latin codex that are the first written testimony of Castilian, and at Suso Gonzalo de Berceo learned, the first known poet in that language. This Sunday combines Yuso, a family winery in the valley, a lunch inside the monastery and the nuns' monastery of Cañas. ## The day, hour by hour 9:15 · Set off. From Logroño, take the A-12 to Nájera and then the Najerilla and Cárdenas valleys: about three quarters of an hour. From Burgos or Vitoria, around an hour and a quarter. 10:00 · Berceo. The village of Gonzalo de Berceo is 2 km from Yuso, among vegetable gardens and at the foot of Monte San Lorenzo. An hour's stroll through its streets before the tasting. 11:00 · Bodegas Martínez Alesanco. In Badarán, five minutes away. A family winery of the Alto Najerilla that shows how the wine is made and ends with a tasting of four wines and a zero-kilometre aperitif. On Sundays and public holidays there is a session at 11:00. It lasts an hour and a half and costs €20 for adults and €6 for ages 5 to 17, who have grape juice. Book on their website. 12:45 · Yuso monastery. Until 10 January 2027 the ordinary visit is replaced by AutorIA, an immersive exhibition on the history of Spanish inside the monastery: €10 for self-guided entry and €12 with a guide, €6 and €8 for ages 8 to 17, free for under-8s, and a family ticket for two adults and two minors. On Sundays it opens from 10:00 to 15:30 with the last session at 14:00; closed on Mondays. There is parking next to the monastery. 14:00 · Lunch at In Vino Veritas. The restaurant of the Hostería de San Millán is inside the monastery itself. Lunches are only on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, from 13:30 to 15:00, with a set menu of four options. Always book by phone, by email or on TheFork. 16:00 · Cañas monastery. About 10 km away, on the way to Santo Domingo de la Calzada. It is a 12th-century Cistercian nunnery with a Gothic apse with large windows and the tomb of the abbess Urraca Díaz de Haro. Admission costs €5, or €7 with a guide. The hours have changed several times: call beforehand. 17:00 · Head home. Via Santo Domingo de la Calzada and the A-12: in Logroño around a quarter to six. ## Suso, this winter Suso is closed to ordinary visits for works until summer 2027. From 14 November 2026 to 17 January 2027 it opens on Saturdays and Sundays at 10:00 and 11:30 with the "Abierto por restauración" programme: groups of 20 people at most, free entry and compulsory prior booking by email at the address the monastery publishes, from age 16. If you get a place, start the day at Suso and swap the stroll round Berceo. Santa María la Real de Nájera, with the royal pantheon and the Gothic cloister, is on the way if you leave earlier: on winter Sundays it opens from 10:00 to 13:30. ## With children and without a car Yuso and the winery have children's prices, and AutorIA, with its immersive format, entertains more than a classic visit. Without a car, the VLR-108 bus leaves Logroño for Estollo on Sundays at 8:30 and returns at 19:15, in about 55 minutes: it allows Yuso, lunch and Berceo, but not the winery or Cañas. ## Cómo llegar ### By car By the A-12 to Nájera and the Cárdenas valley, about 45 minutes from Logroño. From Burgos, by the A-12 and Santo Domingo de la Calzada. ### Without a car VLR-108 bus from Logroño to Estollo, about 55 minutes, with one departure on Sunday morning and the return in the afternoon. Check the current timetable before going. ## Consejos ### Book the monastery lunch In Vino Veritas only serves lunches at weekends and always by booking. ### Arrive at Yuso before two It is the last Sunday session. ### Call Cañas Its hours have changed several times since 2023. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### Can you visit Suso? It is under works until summer 2027. Between 14 November and 17 January there are free visits at weekends at 10:00 and 11:30, with booking by email and from age 16. ### How much does it cost to enter Yuso? While AutorIA lasts, until 10 January 2027, €10 for self-guided entry and €12 with a guide, with reduced prices for children. ### Is Yuso open on Sunday? Yes, from 10:00 to 15:30, with the last session at 14:00. Closed on Mondays. ### Where can I eat on Sunday? At In Vino Veritas, inside the monastery, with a booking. In Ezcaray, about 25 minutes away, Echaurren is open every day. ### Can you go by bus from Logroño? Yes, with the VLR-108 to Estollo, with an outward trip in the morning and a return in the afternoon, on Sundays too.