Heritage towns in Ávila
6 towns in this province.
A royal town on the Castilian plain where Isabel la Católica spent her youth, its pentagonal castle rising above the meeting of the Adaja and Arevalillo rivers and its mudéjar monuments among the finest in the region.
A fortified episcopal stronghold in the mountains of Ávila, where a ruined castle, medieval walls, and a Gothic collegiate church preserve the political dramas of 15th-century Castile.
A village in the Ávila hills whose whitewashed facades, distinctive chimneys, and balconied houses survive so intact that the Spanish state declared the whole ensemble a protected historic monument.
Birthplace of the fearsome Grand Duke of Alba and former summer seat of one of Spain's greatest noble dynasties, this walled Castilian town in Ávila province holds a French baroque palace, a medieval church-fortress, and a porticoed main square that has hosted everything from bullfights to Goya.
A castle, a Romanesque bridge, and medieval walls mark this Ávilan town on the Camino, once home to figures who helped shape Spain's conquest of the Americas.
Ávila's complete medieval walls — among the best preserved in Europe — still encircle a cathedral that doubles as a military tower, in the high plateau of Castilla y León.