Avila is the most "highland" provincial capital in Spain, and also one of the oldest cities of the peninsula (5th century BC). Unlike other Spanish cities, the Moorish influence is not so noticeable in the architecture of Avila: the famous border defense system, created to protect Christian territories from the Moors, was guarded by the "City of Saints and Stones" itself. Since 1985, the Old City of Avila has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Contents 1 How to get to Avila 1.1 Search for air tickets to Madrid (nearest avila airport) 2 Climate 3 Avila hotels 4 Avila's entertainment, excursions and attractions 4.1 Castile and Leon

How to get to Ávila

115 km northwest of Madrid; trains from Chamartin train station, buses from Estación Sur bus station

Climate

March 1, Sunday Cloudy + 13 ° С in the afternoon + 5 ° С at night ° С water	March 2, Monday Clearly + 15 ° C in the afternoon + 5 ° C at night ° C water	3 March, Tuesday Clear + 13 ° C in the afternoon + 7 ° C at night ° C water
Weather forecast in Avila for 10 days

Avila hotels

In Avila built about 50 hotels: the majority of 2 to 4 "stars", "five-stars" in the city once or twice and fellows, but there are budget apartments and hostels.

Entertainment, excursions and places of interest in Avila

Attractions of medieval Ávila, along with the historical centers of Segovia and Toledo, attract many tourists who travel with an excursion or independently on the outskirts of Madrid. Most of the surviving ancient buildings represent a religious architecture. And this is quite understandable. Avila is the birthplace of one of the main Spanish saints, Theresa of Avila, who is considered to be the patron of not only this city, but the whole country.

The buildings connected with Saint Teresa are primarily the monastery of Encarnación near Avila, in who, as a nun, she lived 27 years . Encarnación was founded at the end of the 15th century and was located next to the Basilica of San Vicente . Today there is a museum in the interior dedicated to the saint . Anyone can visit her cell . Other important buildings are the Monastery of St. Joseph 12 Carmelite sisters, the first of the founders of Theresa, and the monastery of St. Theresa, built after her death on the site of the house where she lived . This complex also has a small museum .

In addition, one should pay attention to one of the main attractions of the city - the Cathedral of St. Salvador . The building was built about two hundred years as part of the city defense complex . The construction was started in the 12th century, when and the main style was Romanesque, but later changes were made in the Gothic style . So the cathedral is a magnificent example of a gradual transition from one type of architecture to another . Inside there is a museum in which, along with articles of silver, sculptures, books , paintings, there is a masterpiece of El Greco . Basilica of San Vicente - the second largest temple of Avila erected in the burial place of saints . He also built two hundred years . Another religious figure related to Avila - Torquemada . Royal Monastic pb of St. Thomas was built directly under his supervision, and was completed in the late 15th century .

Civil architecture is represented in Ávila by the famous fortified walls under the protection of UNESCO (82 towers and 9 gates, total length over 2, 5 km) . @ The walls were erected on the site of Roman and Arab fortifications that took several centuries . Today they are considered to be one of the largest and best preserved in Europe and comparable in size even to the Great Wall of China . This is the main symbol of the city . Palaces of Valderbanos , or Kasa- de-Gonzalo d'Avila, Palacio del Marqués de Velada, Palacio del Pedro d'Avila, Episcopal Palace Palacio Episcopal will also be interesting . From the residence of Valderbanos and the Palacio del Marques de -Velada, who served for some time as the seat of royalty, only the facades remained .

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