- Every year Calahorra welcomes more visitors and consolidates its position as an increasingly attractive tourist destination.
- April, coinciding with Holy Week and the Vegetable Gastronomic Days, and August are the months with the highest influx of tourists.
More visitors chose Calahorra as their tourist destination in 2025. The municipal Tourist Office served a total of 11,974 people. This figure exceeds the number of tourists registered in 2024 by 4,927 and confirms the growth in tourist traffic and activity in the city.
“The 2025 tourism results reflect clear growth for Calahorra as a destination. Every year more people choose our city to discover its heritage, culture, and gastronomy,” said the Councilor for Tourism, Reyes Zapata, who added that “this encourages us to continue developing our tourist, cultural, and natural resources and promoting Calahorra as a diverse and attractive destination year-round.”
The majority of visitors to the Tourist Office last year were Spanish (97.24%), primarily from La Rioja (50.26%), the Basque Country (12.74%), Madrid (7.58%), and Catalonia (6.95%), and were between 45 and 64 years old.
Regarding international tourism, the foreign visitors (2.41%) who visited the Calahorra Tourist Office came mainly from the United Kingdom (24.31%), France (21.53%), Italy (14.58%), and Germany (12.15%), with the remainder coming from the rest of the world (0.36%), primarily from South America (65.12%) and the United States (27.91%).
Most services were provided in person (96.82%).
The month with the highest number of visits was April (1,741), due to Holy Week and the Vegetable Gastronomy Festival, both declared Festivals of National and Regional Tourist Interest, respectively. August (1,201) and October (1,080) followed.
“The influx is concentrated especially in April and August, months in which the main tourist events take place and the city is full of life and activities. Furthermore, the guided tours and theatrical routes we organized were well received by visitors,” explained Reyes Zapata.
50 Guided Tours Scheduled
Throughout 2025, a total of 50 guided tours were offered to explore the cultural and historical heritage of Calahorra, its museums, the Old Town, and its natural surroundings.
More than 1,000 people participated in this tour program, which showcased the city in general, its Roman past, the archaeological sites of Las Medranas and La Clínica, the tower on Portillo de la Rosa Street, among other tourist attractions. The program also offered tourism experiences such as visiting Calahorra’s orchards, the Vegetable Museum, and sampling the local cuisine.
Some of these tours were led by the municipal group of tourist and cultural volunteers.
In addition, theatrical tours of Calahorra’s historic center were scheduled.
Calahorra, a stop on pilgrimage routes
Each year, Calahorra occupies an increasingly prominent place as a stop on several pilgrimage routes.
The Ebro Way of St. James and the Ignatian Way pass through the city, and Calahorra is also part of the Network of Jewish Quarters of Spain – Routes of Sepharad.
Three more tourist attractions enrich the city’s image on the pilgrimage map and attract more visitors interested in these pilgrimage routes.
Thus, in 2025, the municipal Tourist Office stamped a total of 31 pilgrim credentials: 14 for the Sephardic Way, 10 for the Ebro Way of St. James, and 7 for the Ignatian Way.
