Heritage towns in Álava

A walled hilltop town in Álava's Basque Country, its medieval streets and fortified walls rising above one of Spain's oldest pre-Roman Celtic settlements.

Founded by Alfonso X in 1256 on a hilltop that has seen Roman roads, medieval walls, and the Camino de Santiago pass through it, Salvatierra carries five thousand years of history within its fortified streets in the Basque province of Álava.