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What to see and do in Elvillar/Bilar

What to see and do in Elvillar/Bilar (Cuadrilla de Laguardia-Rioja Alavesa, Álava): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

When to go to Elvillar/Bilar: festival calendar

August: Fiestas patronales de Elvillar/Bilar (16 al 18 de agosto)

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What to see and do in Elvillar/Bilar

Elvillar/Bilar
Village
Municipality at about 585 m in altitude, 6 km from Laguardia, which achieved independence with the title of villa in 1667.
Dolmen de la Chabola de la Hechicera
Monument
Passage dolmen discovered in 1935, with a chamber made of nine slabs and a gallery of six more, with remains from the late Neolithic (some 5,000 years ago), the Bronze Age, and Roman times. Local tradition says that on the morning of Saint John's feast, the singing of a sorceress could be heard there though no one ever saw her, and that anyone who approached to look would be turned to stone.
Dolmen de la Chabola de la Hechicera, Elvillar/Bilar
Monument
Discovered in 1935 in the La Lagunilla area, it is the first megalith identified in Rioja Alavesa and one of the best preserved in the Basque Country, with a polygonal chamber of nine slabs and a long access corridor; it is dated between 3250 and 2500 BC and remained in use until the Bronze Age. Its name comes from a legend about a sorceress who, on the morning of Saint John's Day, would emerge from it singing without anyone ever seeing her.
Dolmen de El Encinal
Historical milestone
Megalithic tomb located in the municipal term of Elvillar/Bilar, one of several prehistoric funerary monuments in the municipality.
Guardaviñas de Elvillar/Bilar
Curiosity
The municipality preserves around 279 guardaviñas, small dry-stone structures for shelter and storage among the vineyards, a density of about nine per square kilometre.
Fiestas patronales de Elvillar/Bilar
Activity
Main festivals featuring the descent of "la Hetxizera", zurracapote drinking rounds and the festive akelarre.