Taxi & private hire in Arévalo

Arévalo and La Moraña

La Moraña is the cereal-growing plain in the north of the province, with Arévalo as its hub, its Mudéjar old town and its station on the conventional line towards Medina del Campo. It lies halfway between Ávila and Valladolid, and residents split between the two for hospital care and paperwork.

From Arévalo to Madrid and Barajas

Arévalo sits beside the A-6, which runs down towards Madrid via Villacastín and the Guadarrama tunnel without going through the city of Ávila. For Barajas the route continues from the A-6 onto the M-40 or M-50.

Around the province of Ávila

Gredos makes Ávila province work almost as two: getting from the Tiétar valley to the capital means crossing the mountains over the Pico pass or another Gredos crossing, on mountain roads. The most common internal trips are from the villages to the hospital and station in Ávila, and in the south, between valley villages where buses run only a few times a day.

Busiest times of year

• Santa Teresa fiestas (mid-October): Ávila celebrates its patron Saint Teresa around 15 October, with processions, events in the old town and many visitors from outside. There are traffic closures by the walls and it is best to set the pickup outside the walled area.
• Holy Week in Ávila (March or April): Holy Week processions fill the old town and the area around the walls, and coincide with holiday departures to the Tiétar valley. These are days of many transfers in both directions.
• Medieval Festival (early September): During the Medieval Festival the area inside the walls becomes a crowded market with closed streets. Driving into the old town on those days is difficult.
• Summer in Gredos and the Tiétar (June to September and long weekends): The Tiétar valley and the northern side of Gredos fill with summer residents and hikers from Madrid. Friday afternoons and Sundays concentrate the comings and goings with luggage.
• Snow on the passes (December to March): Snow and ice affect the Pico pass, the Gredos crossings and the Alto del León, and Ávila, at over a thousand metres, has very cold mornings. In winter, trips across the mountains need more margin.

Tip: From the Tiétar valley to Barajas, say so when booking: the route heads to Madrid down the valley rather than through Ávila, and the pickup time is worked out differently.