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Ezcaray
A charming former textile town turned mountain holiday and ski resort, retaining its arcaded stone-and-wood streets — now also a foodie destination.
Why people fall for Ezcaray
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
9 miles south of Santo Domingo de la Calzada, near the Valdezcaray ski area.
On the table. A reputation as a foodie destination with excellent local restaurants, including one of Spain's finest regional gastro-hotels.
Worth the trip
- Arcaded streets on stone and wood pillars
- A ruined sixteenth-century bridge and fortified medieval church
- A former 'royal factory' and dye shop from its textile heyday
A little history
A thriving textile centre in earlier centuries, with a woolen heritage developed since the Middle Ages.
Who it suits: Skiers · Foodies
Who Ezcaray is for — and who it isn't
Not our opinion: we ran the same scoring engine behind the quiz for six settler profiles across all 8,132 municipalities and read off where Ezcaray lands.
Probably not for
- American retirees 23rd percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: close to a health center
- Retiring couples 24th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: close to a health center
The numbers
The decision data — each figure placed among all Spanish municipalities that report it ("top 10%" always means good, also where lower is better). Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 5.1°C bottom 18% of 8,131 towns 2.7°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 26.7°C top 12% of 8,131 towns 3.5°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 83 days bottom 22% of 8,088 towns 21% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 32 top 35% of 8,033 towns 24 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €15,230 top 37% of 8,059 towns 5% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 20.3% bottom 19% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 3 top 19% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 53 km bottom 43% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 493 #5 of 17 regions, +14 vs national 12 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 47 min bottom 30% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 20.7 km bottom 13% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 78 days #4 of 17 regions, −25 days vs national 28% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 82 min bottom 41% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 96% top 21% of 8,132 towns 17% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 97% top 31% of 8,132 towns 14% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 2,057
- Born in Spain
- 82.6% 6.2% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.8% about the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 per 1,000
Numbers: SpainScore town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma and the Catastro. Percentile chips count only the municipalities that report the figure — the "of n" says how many. Region-ranked figures (PISA, surgical waits) compare Spain's 17 comunidades autónomas. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
The year, month by month
AEMET 30-year climate normals — what a January or an August actually feels like, not the annual average.
How does Ezcaray fit you?
These are the town's numbers. Whether it's your town depends on what you're optimising for — winter sun or mild summers, a city or a village, short medical waits, an easy flight home. The 3-minute quiz scores Ezcaray against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 60 min from Logroño, if that's your anchor.
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