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Old Town of Ávila UNESCO District

Old Town of Ávila UNESCO District

Ávila · Spain

8 stops2.1 km26 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through the Old Town of Ávila UNESCO district, moving from its walls and cathedral to its historic center, manor, and gateways. Along the way, you will see how the district’s major landmarks and entrances form a connected experience. This focused route offers a welcoming way to appreciate Ávila’s old town one carefully chosen stop at a time.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 8. The rest are in the app.

  1. Walls of Ávila

    Walls of Ávila

    A complete medieval circuit where Ávila’s walls turn the city itself into a fortress.

  2. Ávila Cathedral

    Ávila Cathedral

    A cathedral built as part of Ávila’s defences, where Romanesque stone gives way to early Gothic light.

  3. Old Town of Avila

    Old Town of Avila

    Historic centre attraction in Ávila, Spain

  4. 2 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches

    Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches

    A UNESCO ensemble of Ávila’s walled old town and ten medieval buildings beyond it.

  6. Palacio de los Dávila

    Palacio de los Dávila

    A Dávila family palace whose quiet façade carries a very modern legal history.

  7. Puerta de San Isidro

    Puerta de San Isidro

    Puerta de San Isidro, a city gate in Ávila, Spain

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. 2 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

2 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 8 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.