overnight parking in Segovia, Toledo

With no idea of what's in any book, I just park on the street or in any handy lot.

What's the purpose of the question? You park, then get out and walk away. Payment method, if required, varies.

The purpose was I want to know where I can leave the car for a few nights that will be on the cheap side. I know I park, pay, and walk away. Free would be good, though. I'm not worried about theft. I am looking for something easy to find in Segovia as we will be tired and jet lagged, and disoriented, after our flight, then drive from the Madrid airport. I am not concerned about walking a distance from where we park in Segovia to a hotel. We would like to stay in the Old Center, but don't have any reservations.
Same applies to Toledo, but I do not expect to park for free ( would be nice), and assume we will take some type of transportation from the parking lot to a hotel.
Thank you

Last November in Toledo, I parked at one of the recommended lots, the Miradero Garage. The overnight fee was 19.90€. It was an easy walk from there to the recommended Posada de Manolo.

In Segovia, I was unable to navigate to my hotel (Hotel Infanta Isabel - on the main square near everything!) which offered valet parking. Driving in Segovia or any of these old, beautiful cities is difficult. I parked in an underground garage and the fee for two nights was close to 40€. The hotel would have charged about 30€ and I would not have had to climb the very steep hill to get to the center of town.

Parking in Europe is expensive. Whether it's Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, wherever - be prepared to pay the piper. Try to find hotels that offer parking and check on Google to find possible cheaper alternatives. In Cordoba I stayed at a charming hotel with a large room overlooking an interior courtyard and it cost 27€ per night. Parking at the hotel was 14€.

When I arrived in Segovia, my GPS had broken so I was solo, trying to use a Michelin map. I felt that I was being filmed for a sitcom. By all means make sure you have a GPS and/or smart phone to help navigate.

I believe there is a parking lot for visitors at the base of the escalator that you take up to the Plaza Zodocover area...there may be other lots in the city, but these are mainly for local use. Automobiles are not encouraged in the city, and if you attempted to drive there you would quickly see the reason...groves have been made into the sides of the buildings by the side view mirrors of cars, and there are barricades which pop up from the street to prevent unauthorized vehicles (taxis, police, etc.) from entering . I am not sure of the time restrictions, if any, on the use of the lot. Check the Toledo website perhaps.

Thank you very much. I do expect to pay dearly, but we will be going in mid Nov., so expect to make up for the cost with cheaper hotel rooms, maybe not.
We will have GPS.

To comment on your road question. The roads are fine, excellent. There are some toll so be prepared to pay in cash. Driving would not be a problem. Personally I would hit Segovia and Toledo via train or bus and then pick up a car in Toledo if heading further south.

Thank you for the suggestion.
We are considering doing that. After taking a quick look, I see that we would have to go to Madrid and then change train/bus to go to Toledo. I think that would take too much time, but could be wrong.
Also, we may hit Toledo on the way back from Seville. I doubt we could rent a car in Segovia, but could be wrong.
Thanks very much

We thought of doing that, and still might. We will be arriving in Madrid around 10am ( if we buy the tickets we found for $761). I guess it would be less stressful to make our way into Madrid and find the bus to Segovia, rather than negotiating the car rental. It looks like the bus is more convent because it will drop us 10 minutes from the town center.
We might hit Toledo on our way back from Seville, though to break up the trip, but I guess we could scrap that idea.
Anyway, that's a good idea.
Thanks very much.

Our preference is to use cars well outside of cities. Just more convenient. IF you are only concentrating on Segovia, Toledo, Seville, Madrid, IMO the car gives you slightly advantages over public transit especially if you are staying put for several days with the car sitting in a parking garage. It is another story if you are hitting the small hill towns and other sites well away from the bigger cities, then a car is valuable. If it is a mix then we tend to group the car usage into a tight pattern and just give it up when hitting the major cities.

Segovia has a big parking lot right by the aqueduct, Toledo has a big parking lot with an escalator up into town. Both seemed perfectly safe but not free.

Roads were fine getting to and from parking back onto the highway. Both places had signage to get you to parking easily. I recall some confusion about where exactly to turn into the parking lot in Toledo, but really wasn't difficult.

Regarding tolls, I found the A roads were just as good as the AP (toll) roads. Whenever possible, use the A routes. The N roads were fine too, but a little slower because they go through, rather than skirt, towns - so you have some lower speed limits, stop signs, traffic lights, and/or roundabouts. Overall, I felt the tolls were too much for the very small added convenience (5 kmh higher speed limit) on AP roads.

We were in Madrid last November, and visited Toledo and Segovia as side trips (train to/from Toledo, Train to Segovia and bus on return). We weren't dealing with car parking, but I'll mention that is was sunny but cool in Toledo, and extremely windy and coooold in Segovia. Your experience may be different, but at least bring a jacket.

Thank you.