Bus Logroño to San Millán (VLR-108)

San Millán de la Cogolla lies in the Cárdenas valley, south-west of Logroño, and you can reach it without a car on the VLR-108 intercity bus line, Logroño – Estollo, part of La Rioja's public transport. It leaves Logroño and reaches San Millán, the village of the Yuso monastery, in a journey of about 55 minutes. The organisers of the AutorIA exhibition publish the timetables for those who want to visit the monasteries by public transport; confirm them before you go, because they may change.

Timetable

From Logroño to San Millán

• Monday to Friday: 13:00 and 18:40.
• Saturdays: 8:00.
• Sundays and public holidays: 8:30.

From San Millán to Logroño

• Monday to Friday: 8:50, 15:05 and 19:45.
• Saturdays: 9:05 and 20:10.
• Sundays and public holidays: 19:15.

How to plan the day

There are few departures, so it pays to fit the visit in well. The best day is Sunday: you leave Logroño at 8:30, arrive before 9:30 and return at 19:15, with the whole day in the valley. Saturday also works: out at 8:00 and back at 20:10. From Monday to Friday it gets harder: the first bus reaches San Millán around 14:00 and the last one back leaves at 19:45, so it allows for an afternoon visit; if you want more time, sleep there, for example at the Hostería San Millán, inside the Yuso monastery itself, and go back the next morning on the 8:50.

In winter 2026 there are two things to fit around the bus. The AutorIA exhibition, which replaces the ordinary visit to Yuso from 30 September 2026 to 10 January 2027, opens Tuesday to Saturday from 9:30 to 17:30, with the last tour at 16:00, and on Sundays and public holidays from 10:00 to 15:30, with the last tour at 14:00; it closes on Mondays. Tickets cost €12 for the guided visit and €10 for the self-guided one for adults. And the Suso monastery, under works, can only be visited on Saturdays and Sundays at 10:00 and 11:30, with a booking by email: with the Saturday or Sunday bus you arrive in time for either tour.

If you go by car

The Yuso monastery is on Calle Convento, s/n, in San Millán de la Cogolla, and has parking nearby. For your sat nav, the coordinates are 42°19′33″ N, 2°51′55″ W. Remember that you cannot drive a private car up to Suso: you go up in the authorised vehicles that leave from Yuso.

Nearby

2 km from Yuso is Berceo, the village of Gonzalo de Berceo, which you can do on foot while you wait for the return bus. For questions about Suso, the Suso information office is in the Yuso visitor reception building.