Private tours in Avila

Ávila has the most complete medieval wall in Europe: two and a half kilometres, eighty-eight towers, nine gates, and you can walk along the top of it. At 1,130 metres it is also the highest provincial capital in Spain, which is why the light is so sharp and the winters so honest. Tour Travel & More organises 100% private tours of Ávila with a licensed official tour guide, a luxury vehicle with chauffeur and a travel coordinator available 24/7.

The walls and the old city

The wall was begun in the eleventh century and the cathedral is built into it — the apse doubles as one of its towers, which tells you how thin the line was between faith and defence. Inside, the old city is granite, quiet and walkable, and the best view of the whole thing is from Los Cuatro Postes, just outside, where the wall turns golden in the late afternoon.

Saint Teresa's city

Teresa of Ávila was born here in 1515, reformed the Carmelite order against considerable opposition and became the first woman declared a Doctor of the Church. The convent built over her birthplace, the Monastery of the Incarnation where she lived for decades, and the yolk sweets named after her are all part of the same story, and a guide ties them together.

A day trip from Madrid, or the Castilian circuit

Ávila is about ninety minutes from Madrid and forms the classic Castilian triangle with Segovia and Salamanca, each an easy drive from the next. With a private vehicle and chauffeur you can combine two of them in a day without spending it in a station.

With Tour Travel & More, Ávila is more than a photograph of a wall. Tell us your dates and a travel expert will design your private tour with an official guide and everything arranged.