International Removals to and from Vitoria-Gasteiz
Vitoria-Gasteiz removals reserve road space by the metre: 3,24, 2,71 or 1,90 euros a day in the 2026 ordinance, a six-metre minimum and five working days’ notice.
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How does Vitoria-Gasteiz charge for road space?
In Vitoria-Gasteiz the cost of a reservation is a question of metres. The 2026 fee ordinance, approved in final form and published in the Álava provincial gazette on 26 December 2025, has an item headed “Reservas de aparcamiento de vehículos, con carácter temporal en calles de tráfico rodado”, temporary parking reservations on roads open to traffic. For a reservation shorter than one month the rates are 3,24 euros for Zona 1, 2,71 euros for Zona 2 and 1,90 euros for the remaining zones, each “por metro lineal o fracción ocupada al día”, per linear metre or part of a metre occupied per day.
The ordinance sets a floor: the minimum charged is for six metres a day. It adds that this charge is independent of, and can be added to, the one for a provisional vehicle crossing for a building site under item 14. The procedure page prints no amount; its Importe section sends you to fiscal ordinance 7.4, which covers vehicle entrances to private buildings and temporary parking reservations. Neither that ordinance nor the fee table mentions a household move; this is the council’s general charge for reserving kerbside space, and a removal reservation is priced within it only because it is a temporary parking reservation.
What would one day come to?
The arithmetic is ours, from the council’s rates and its six-metre floor. A reservation of six metres or less costs 19,44 euros a day in Zona 1, 16,26 euros in Zona 2 and 11,40 euros elsewhere. A ten-metre reservation in Zona 1 would come to 32,40 euros a day.
Which street falls in which zone is something we did not find in the files we read, so the zone for your address has to come from the council. Copies of the 2021 ordinance are still online with older figures, 3,01, 2,51 and 1,76 euros, and a longer reservation tied to building work has separate monthly rates, starting at 59,78 euros per metre a month in Zona 1. Neither applies to an ordinary move.
How many working days ahead, and how is the request sent?
The council’s procedure, “Solicitud de reserva temporal de estacionamiento”, asks for the application at least five working days before the reservation starts. It spells out what is not working time: weekends, public holidays and bridge days. A request sent on a Friday for the following Wednesday therefore falls short. The procedure is open all year.
You can apply through the electronic register with a digital certificate, in person at one of the citizen-service offices, or by email to the traffic-permits mailbox the page gives, [email protected]. The department responsible is Espacio Público y Barrios, silence counts as a refusal, and the time allowed to decide is described only as “según normativa aplicable”, according to the applicable rules.
Who puts up the signs, and what happens if conditions are broken?
Signing is paid for and carried out by the applicant. The council page requires the no-stopping (R-307) or no-parking (R-308) signs to go up at least 24 hours ahead, with a photocopy of the authorisation attached to them. The ordinance describes the reservation in the same terms: it is marked by the person concerned with non-permanent signs.
The people reserving the space must follow the instructions of the local police at all times. Breaking any condition in the authorisation can lead to its suspension, and a penalty procedure may follow. Ask the traffic-permits office for the conditions written on your own authorisation before the day.
What does the Vitoria-Gasteiz page leave unsaid about moves?
The procedure states its purpose as getting authorisation for special use of parking or special stopping, loading and unloading advantages. Nothing in it says the reservation is for a household move, and it gives no weight limit for the vehicle, no maximum number of days and nothing about the old town. The traffic ordinance the page lists among its regulations was not read for this guide, so ask the council whether anything in it limits a removal lorry on your street.
Where does Vitoria-Gasteiz sit between Bilbao and Pamplona?
Vitoria-Gasteiz runs its own street rules, separate from the cities on either side. Bilbao to the north-west is in our Bilbao guide, which deals with the Abando low-emission zone, and Pamplona to the east is in the Pamplona guide, which deals with an old-town zone. Neither carries over. Here the rules are the metre rate, the floor of six metres, the lead time and the signs set out above. If the belongings are coming from Britain, the customs page for removals to Spain explains the paperwork at the border.
On the coast, Donostia / San Sebastian sets a different unit, a charge per square metre rather than per metre of kerb, with its own notice period.
Questions about moving to or from Vitoria-Gasteiz
How many working days before a Vitoria-Gasteiz move should I apply?
The procedure asks for at least five working days before the reservation starts.
Weekends, holidays and bridge days do not count.
What is the Vitoria-Gasteiz fee for reserving road space?
The 2026 ordinance lists 3,24, 2,71 or 1,90 euros per metre per day depending on the zone, with a minimum charge for six metres.
The council does not name moves in that item.
Who puts up the no-parking signs in Vitoria-Gasteiz?
The applicant pays for and fits them, a full day before the reservation begins, with a photocopy of the authorisation attached.
Is the 3,01 euro figure still current in Vitoria-Gasteiz?
No.
3,01 euros was the 2021 rate for Zona 1. The 2026 ordinance lists 3,24 euros for that zone.
Send us your Vitoria-Gasteiz details
Tell us the Vitoria-Gasteiz street and number, how many metres of kerb the lorry would need, the floor and lift, and the dates you could move.
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