Laguardia's old town is itself the main attraction — a near-perfectly preserved medieval fortified village where you can spend hours wandering the stone streets and soaking up the atmosphere. The key sights cluster within the walls, with the extraordinary polychrome doorway of Santa María de los Reyes at the top of any list. Below the streets, medieval bodegas carved into the rock are open for tours that double as wine tastings. Outside town, the Rioja Alavesa wine route leads to architecturally ambitious wineries that rival anything in Bordeaux.