# Recaredo and Safont car parks and escalators

Service en Toledo · Toledo

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castilla-la-mancha/toledo/services/parking-and-escalators · Revisado: 2026-11-12

Free car parks outside the wall and two escalators up to the old town · free

Driving into Toledo's old town is complicated: the streets are narrow and steep, and parking in the historic centre is reserved almost entirely for residents. What the Town Council recommends is leaving the car outside, in one of the free open-air car parks, and walking up or taking the escalators. From any of them it is at most 15 to 20 minutes' walk to the centre.
Free car parks
There are four, all open-air: the one on Paseo de la Rosa, next to the railway station, with 150 spaces; Azarquiel, with 650; Circo Romano, with 200, and Santa Teresa, with 700. Azarquiel and Santa Teresa have by far the most spaces. The Circo Romano one is on the same avenue as the Venta de Aires.
Paid car parks
Open-air, Safont has 610 spaces and is an ORA magenta zone, the cheapest rate: €0.40 an hour. Inside the old town there are several paid car parks: Corralillo de San Miguel (515 spaces), Garaje Santo Tomé (60), Recaredo (434), Palacio de Congresos Miradero (384) and Garaje Alcázar (120). They are useful if you are with small children or older people, but getting to them already means going through complicated streets.
Street parking
The street is regulated by the ORA. Non-residents can use the blue and orange zones, which are paid Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 17:00 to 20:00, and on Saturdays from 10:00 to 14:00. On Sundays and public holidays there is no charge. In August you pay only in the morning, Monday to Saturday. Spaces for people with disabilities are on a map on the municipal website.
The escalators
There are two free escalators up to the old town. The Paseo de Recaredo ones, beside the wall, are open Monday to Thursday from 7:00 to 23:00, Fridays from 7:00 to 2:00, Saturdays from 8:00 to 2:00 and Sundays and public holidays from 8:00 to 23:00. The Safont ones, which start next to that car park, open at 7:00 and close at midnight, except Fridays and Saturdays, when they close at 2:00. The Town Council warns that hours may change on holidays such as Corpus Christi, Easter or Carnival.
Tips
If you arrive by train, the Granadal escalators take you up from the river: read how the Avant from Madrid works. At the top, the tourist office, opposite the cathedral, gives you the map to find your way through the maze of streets.

## Practical details

- Address: Paseo de Recaredo, 45004 Toledo, TO
- Opening hours: Mon–Thu 07:00–23:00; Fri 07:00–02:00; Sat 08:00–02:00; Sun 08:00–23:00
- Recaredo escalator hours. The Safont ones open at 7:00 and close at midnight (2:00 on Fridays and Saturdays)
- What they offer: Free car parks: Paseo de la Rosa, Azarquiel, Circo Romano and Santa Teresa, Paseo de Recaredo escalators, Safont escalators

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 39.8616, -4.0281

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