Alava falls right inside the Atlantic Arc and must be crossed by North-South traffic. It is also, via the River Ebro Axis, the natural route from the north of Spain to the Mediterranean. The intersection of these axes in Alava makes it the ideal site for the development of a business project.

     The highway network in Alava is one of the most complete and developed in Spain. Two of the most important national routes are the N-1 which links Madrid to the French border, and the A-68 motorway which joins Bilbao to Barcelona. There are also international routes, as defined in the European Agreement relating to main traffic routes, which pass through Alava ( the E-80 Lisbon-Pau, the E-05 Glasgow-Algeciras and the E-804 Bilbao-Barcelona).

     Alava has an air link by means of the airport at Foronda, 7 Km from Vitoria. This airport, which is open 24 hours a day, has state of the art technology for landing in minimum visibility conditions ( I. L. S. CAT II) and the installations necessary for accommodating large freight transport aircraft (3,500 metres of runway).

     The railway also plays an important role in communications within Alava. The two main lines are Madrid-Irún (the border with France) and the one which links Miranda de Ebro-Bilbao. Work is due to start on the so-called Basque Y which will interconnect the three provincial capitals of the Basque country (Vitoria, Bilbao and San Sebastián).

     Apart from this, Alava is well connected both by road (the A-68 motorway) and rail to the port of Bilbao.