Ávila's most prominent feature is its completely intact set of medieval walls. The walls surround a fairly large area of the old city, and date from the twelfth century.
As the city's nicest feature, they charge for access. Four euros gets you an opportunity to walk the walls. Unfortunately, like everything else in Spain, they are under construction right now, so you can't actually walk the full circuit of the walls. Nonetheless, they are impressive.
One of the more usual features of the wall is that the apse of the Cathedral is built directly into them. It makes that part of the Cathedral something of a fortress.
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