We just spent a couple of nights on the Ciudad de Haro. Nice hotel, pleasant staff, quiet rooms. The price of a double occupancy room is just below 60 Euros per night. The hotel has a nice pool, which was already drained at the time of writing this review.
http://www.ciudadeharo.com/english/haro/index.php
Personally, I would avoid the restaurant, as we didn't find the food outstanding. There are, however, a number of nice restaurants in the area. If you want to treat yourself to nice typical Riojan food, try Restaurante Asador Jose Mari in the neighbouring village of Rivas del Tereso bordering the Province of Alava. One of their specialties is Chuletillas de Cordero al Sarmiento (grilled lamb chops). We paid just 32 Euros per person for Beans with Chorizo and Morcilla (blood sausage), a plate of 4 large white asparagus with two sauces, Chuletillas de Cordero al Sarmiento, Veal Tenderloin with Roquefort Cheese Sauce, a nice bottle of Rioja Crianza from San Vicente de Sonsierra, and for dessert a Flan de Queso and a portion of cured Manchegan Cheese with stewed sweet figs.
http://www.rutasdevino.com/enoturismo/josemari.htm
The hotel front desk personnel arranged for us an appointment to visit the Bodega Dinastía Vivanco in the neighbouring village of Briones. This is a family owned winery, where for 13 euros per person you get a tour to the winery (including the tasting of a few excellent red wines) where a guide explains the whole process of wine making; and also a tour to the Wine Museum, which the guide claimed is the largest in the world. The tour was quite an enjoyable experience.
http://www.dinastiavivanco.com/inicio.asp
In short, we had a very pleasant stay and will not hesitate recommending this hotel to other travelers.
