Ronda Organic Wine Tour from Marbella: Schatz Winery

Organic vineyard and barrel room at Ronda's first winery, with wines and tapas

A day trip from Marbella to Schatz winery in Ronda includes hotel pickup, a 2-hour guided tour of the vineyard and barrel room, and a tasting of 3–4 wines paired with tapas. After the winery, you have two hours to explore Ronda on your own, including the Puente Nuevo bridge and the old Moorish quarter perched above the El Tajo Gorge. The drive through Andalusian countryside takes about an hour each way.

Step-by-step itinerary

Marbella to Schatz Winery and Ronda

• Transfer from Marbella accommodation
• Drive through Andalusian countryside
• Tour vineyards and winery at Schatz
• Wine tasting with tapas
• Free time to explore Ronda city
• Return transfer to accommodation

The experience

The tour starts with pickup at your Marbella hotel and a drive through olive groves, orange and almond orchards dotted with white villages. Schatz winery sits on a mountainside where altitude and soil conditions shift across the estate, and the guide walks you through how those differences shape the grapes the vineyard recovers: varieties that had been lost. The winery was the first to open in Ronda and operates entirely organic.

Inside, you move from the vineyards to the barrel room, where the guide explains how the wine is made, then settle in for a tasting of 3–4 wines with a selection of tapas. After roughly two hours at the winery, you drive into Ronda itself and have about two hours to walk on your own. The Puente Nuevo bridge (a stone arch spanning the El Tajo Gorge) connects the Moorish old town to the modern quarter. Hemingway called Ronda the most romantic town in Spain, and the gorge is the reason why.

The return drive to Marbella or Málaga takes you back through the countryside. A multilingual guide leads the winery portion in English, Spanish, French or German, and the day runs 4 to 5 hours total.

What’s included

• Professional guide for the winery tour.
• bottled water.
• tasting of 3–4 wines with tapas.
• transport by air-conditioned minivan.
• hotel pickup in Marbella.

Information

Lasts 4h–5h, runs every day at 09:00 and 10:00, from € 357.15 per person, with a live guide in English, Spanish, French and German, as a private tour and with free cancellation up to 24 h before.

Days and timesEvery dayDepartures at 09:00 and 10:00

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AgesAdult (18 to 85 years) · Under 18: can't be booked

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Live guideEnglish, Spanish, French and German

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 5 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effort

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Is this one for you?Hotel pickup in Marbella means you don't need a car or arrange your own transport to reach the winery. The driver collects you and returns you at the end of the day, leaving you free to focus on the vineyard and the town.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English, Spanish, French and German.

How far is Schatz winery from Marbella, and how long is the drive?

Schatz winery sits in Ronda, about an hour from Marbella by car through the Andalusian countryside. The drive passes through olive groves, orange and almond orchards, and small white villages before reaching the winery in the mountains.

What happens during the 2-hour winery tour?

The tour begins in the vineyard, where your guide explains how the winery recovers lost grape varieties and how altitude and soil conditions vary across the estate. You then move to the barrel room to learn the wine-making process, and finish with a tasting of 3–4 wines paired with tapas.

What can I do in Ronda after the winery visit?

You have approximately two hours to explore Ronda on your own. The Puente Nuevo bridge is the town's most famous landmark, spanning the dramatic El Tajo Gorge and connecting the Moorish old quarter to the modern part of the city. Ronda dates back to Islamic times and is one of Spain's oldest towns.

What makes Schatz winery different from other wineries in the region?

Schatz was the first winery to open in Ronda and operates entirely organic. The vineyard focuses on recovering grape varieties that had been lost, and the guide explains how the different altitudes and soil conditions across the estate influence the grapes grown there.