Burgos is easy to visit by car as long as you do not try to drive up to the Cathedral. The old town is compact and largely pedestrian, so the usual plan is an underground car park on its edge – APK2 Plaza Mayor can be booked online from €24 per day – or a cheap blue bay for a short stop. This guide covers the car parks, street parking, free options, the low-emission zone (no fines before August 2027) and where to park a motorhome.
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Burgos is compact: the Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, the Arco de Santa María and the riverside Paseo del Espolón are all within a few minutes’ walk of each other, and much of that area is pedestrianised. The practical approach is to leave the car in an underground car park on the edge of the old town, or in a regulated street bay for a short stop, and walk.
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| Option | Price | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| APK2 Plaza Mayor (underground) | Online from €24 per day | Calle de Santander 2; open 24 hours; maximum height 2.05 m |
| Regulated street parking (ORA, blue bays) | About €0.65 per hour | Hours and maximum stay are shown on the meter |
| Streets outside the regulated area | Free | Further from the Cathedral; read the signs for residents’ bays |
| Motorhome area | Free | 24 spaces with services, about 3.5 km from the centre |
The hourly price for the blue zone is the figure published by the Spanish motoring club RACE; Burgos is one of the cheaper Spanish cities for street parking. We could not confirm the current timetable on the city’s website, so read the meter before you walk away.
Covered, monitored car park under the old town with its entrance on Calle de Santander, a couple of minutes on foot from Plaza Mayor and about five minutes from the Cathedral. Open 24 hours, with charging points for electric cars. Maximum height 2.05 m.
There are further public underground car parks around the old town, for example at Plaza de España and beside the Museum of Human Evolution on the south bank of the river. They are not bookable on Parclick and we could not verify their current tariffs, so we do not quote prices here: the rates are displayed at the entrance.
The regulated parking service in Burgos is called ORA. In blue bays you pay at the meter for a limited time; the price is low by Spanish standards (about €0.65 per hour). As in most Spanish cities, the charge normally applies on working days and not on Sundays or public holidays, but the exact hours and the maximum stay vary by street – they are printed on the meter and on the signs.
Outside the regulated area, street parking is free. The further you go from the Cathedral and the river, the easier it gets; allow 15 to 20 minutes on foot. Check the signs for residents’ bays and for the weekly street-cleaning or market restrictions.
Both monasteries lie outside the centre (Las Huelgas about 1.5 km to the west, the Cartuja about 4 km to the east) and are easiest to reach by car. Visitors normally park beside them without charge; spaces are limited at weekends.
Burgos has a free municipal motorhome area with 24 spaces and service point, open all year, about 3.5 km from the centre and close to a stop of city bus line 1. Overnight parking in the streets of the old town is not practical: the bays are short and regulated.
The railway station, Burgos-Rosa Manzano, is on the north-eastern edge of the city, about 5 km from the Cathedral – too far to walk. Take a city bus or a taxi into the centre.
Burgos parking cost estimator
See Burgos car parks on Parclick →Pre-filled with the blue-zone rate published by RACE (€0.65 per hour). For a full day in a car park, expect about €24 at APK2 Plaza Mayor when booked online.
In an underground car park on the edge of the old town. APK2 Plaza Mayor, with its entrance at Calle de Santander 2, is open 24 hours and about five minutes on foot from the Cathedral; it can be booked online from €24 per day.
Yes, in the centre, and the cameras are already installed. According to the information published so far, fines will not be issued before 5 August 2027 and restrictions currently apply only during pollution episodes. The planned fine is €200.
About €0.65 per hour in the blue zone, according to the price table of the Spanish motoring club RACE. The hours and the maximum stay are shown on the meter.
Yes. Streets outside the regulated area are free; expect a walk of 15 to 20 minutes to the Cathedral. Visitors to the Monasterio de las Huelgas and the Cartuja de Miraflores normally park beside them free of charge.
Yes. APK2 Plaza Mayor can be reserved on Parclick. It is covered, open 24 hours and has a maximum height of 2.05 m.
At the free municipal motorhome area: 24 spaces with a service point, open all year, about 3.5 km from the centre and near a stop of city bus line 1.
