BarcelonaMetro station
Staying near Barcelona Sants: station-side hotels, metro and nightlife map
The short answer
Stay beside Barcelona Sants if rail access matters more than sights: Barceló Sants is 58 m from the anchor and the nearest mapped metro stop is 71 m away, a 2-minute walk. It suits early departures and short stops. Skip it if you want bars or landmarks close by. The catch: the anchor maps 1 bar within 250 m, but south-west and west samples map 19 and 17.
Quick facts
- Night-noise risk
- Low
- 1 bar, pub or club within 250 m
- Climb
- 16 m
- 34 to 50 m across 9 points
- Metro walk
- 2 min
- to Estació RENFE / Plaça Joan Peiró
- Hotels mapped
- 10
- within 500 m in OpenStreetMap
Who it suits, who should skip it
Good for
- Rail travellers who want a mapped hotel within 58 m to 468 m of the Barcelona Sants anchor
- Early departures where a 2-minute walk to the nearest mapped metro stop matters
- Visitors who prefer a count of 1 bar within 250 m of the anchor to a busier block
Skip it if
- You want sights on the doorstep: the nearest mapped point of interest is 186 m away
- You want bars close by: the south-west and west samples map 19 and 17 within 250 m
- You need a verified step-free route: the data samples elevation only, not routes
Which hotels sit closest to Sants station
Barceló Sants is the nearest mapped hotel, 58 m from the anchor and a 1-minute walk. Hotel AC Sants follows at 196 m, Nobu Hotel Barcelona at 220 m and Moxy Barcelona at 245 m, each a 4-minute walk. Hotel Transit is 275 m away, a 5-minute walk. These are OpenStreetMap listings, with names, addresses and attributes as tagged and not verified, so confirm details with each hotel directly.
Further out, Hotel Suites is 385 m away, a 7-minute walk. Via Sants Hotel Barcelona, Tapestry Collection by Hilton is mapped twice at 389 m, also 7 minutes. Hotel abba Sants is 398 m away, 7 minutes, and Medium City is 468 m, 8 minutes. The search radius is 500 m, so every mapped hotel here is a short walk from the station, and the choice comes down to distance and which side of the anchor you prefer.
Metro and walking times from the anchor
The nearest mapped metro stop is Estació RENFE / Plaça Joan Peiró, 71 m from the anchor, about a 2-minute walk. The map data lists no line names for it, so check the TMB network map against your onward plans before settling on a hotel. Walk times use 1.3 times the straight-line distance at 80 m a minute.
On foot, El Congrés de Sants de la CNT (1918) is 186 m from the anchor, a 4-minute walk. The other mapped points of interest sit between 255 m and 407 m, or 5 to 7 minutes. These are estimates from the anchor, not routed journeys from any hotel door, and the context source supports location only, not transport services.
Noise at night: what the map shows
Within 250 m of the anchor, OpenStreetMap lists 1 bar, no pubs and no nightclubs, a low night-noise risk on this guide's scale. That scale counts mapped venues. It does not measure sound, and traffic, trains and unmapped venues are not included, so treat it as a rough proxy.
The ring samples, 400 m out, differ widely. The north-east sample maps 1 bar within 250 m, the east and south-east samples map 4 each, the north 5 and the north-west 7. The south sample maps 13, the west 17 and the south-west 19. Check which side a hotel sits on before choosing, and ask for a room facing away from the street.
Hills and walking around the station
Sampled elevations run from 34 m to 50 m, a 16 m range. The anchor is at 44 m, the north sample is highest at 50 m and the east sample lowest at 34 m. This is a sampled range, not a measured route climb or an accessibility assessment.
The nearest metro stop is sampled at 33 m, 11 m below the anchor, so the data shows a fall of 11 m from the anchor to that stop. Streets between the two have not been profiled, so treat any gradient as unknown and check step-free access with your hotel.
Hotels mapped nearby
10 hotels are tagged in OpenStreetMap within 500 m of Barcelona Sants. Names, stars and addresses are exactly as tagged, nearest first.
Barceló Sants
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
08014 Barcelona
58 m away, about 1 min on foot
Hotel AC Sants
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Passeig de Sant Antoni 36 08014
196 m away, about 4 min on foot
Nobu Hotel Barcelona
★★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Avinguda de Roma 2 08014
220 m away, about 4 min on foot
Moxy Barcelona
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Carrer de Mallorca 1-23 08014 Barcelona
245 m away, about 4 min on foot
Hotel Transit
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
275 m away, about 5 min on foot
Hotel Suites
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Carrer del Rector Triadó 48 08014 Barcelona
385 m away, about 7 min on foot
Via Sants Hotel Barcelona, Tapestry Collection by Hilton
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Carrer de Nicaragua 5-7 08029 Barcelona
389 m away, about 7 min on foot
Via Sants Hotel Barcelona, Tapestry Collection by Hilton
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Carrer de Nicaragua 5-7 08029 Barcelona
389 m away, about 7 min on foot
Hotel abba Sants
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Carrer de Numància 32 08029 Barcelona
398 m away, about 7 min on foot
Medium City
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Carrer de Nicaragua 43, 45 Barcelona
468 m away, about 8 min on foot
Where it is
The area this guide covers: The area within about 500 m of the Barcelona Sants anchor point on Plaça dels Països Catalans, matching the mapped hotel search radius, with ring samples taken 400 m out in eight compass directions. An editorial outline, not an official district line.
Nearby
Sights on foot
- El Congrés de Sants de la CNT (1918)
- Josep Carreras
- Ramon Pifarré i Segarra
- Nuria Feliu
- Elena Girol de Castro
- Josep Sariñena Esparrell
- Manuel Sariñena Esparrell
- Francesc Sariñena Esparrell
More street guides nearby
- Passeig de Gràcia
- Plaça de Catalunya
- La Rambla
- el Barri Gòtic
- Carrer del Consell de Cent
- la Vila de Gràcia
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How these numbers were measured
| Sampled point | Venues within 250 m | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| Barcelona SantsThe anchor: distances on this page start here | 11 bars, 0 pubs, 0 nightclubs | 44 m |
| North ring sample | 5 | 50 m |
| North-east ring sample | 1 | 42 m |
| East ring sample | 4 | 34 m |
| South-east ring sample | 4 | 36 m |
| South ring sample | 13 | 36 m |
| South-west ring sample | 19 | 39 m |
| West ring sample | 17 | 41 m |
| North-west ring sample | 7 | 42 m |
- Night-noise risk counts places tagged as bars, pubs and nightclubs in OpenStreetMap within 250 m: low under 8, medium from 8 or with any nightclub, high from 25 or with 3 nightclubs. It counts mapped venues; it does not measure sound.
- Walking times take the straight-line distance, add 30% for the street network and assume 80 m a minute, rounded up. They are estimates, not routes.
- Climb is the spread between the highest and the lowest sampled point in Copernicus DEM GLO-90 via the Open-Meteo Elevation API. Terrain models average the ground into cells, so a few metres either way are within their error.
- Searched on 13 Oct 2026: the metro within 1.2 km, hotels within 500 m. A place missing from OpenStreetMap is missing here too.
Questions and answers
How far is the nearest metro stop from Barcelona Sants?
Estació RENFE / Plaça Joan Peiró is 71 m from the anchor, about a 2-minute walk by this guide's estimate of 1.3 times the straight line at 80 m a minute. The data lists no line names.
Is the area around Sants busy with bars at night?
Within 250 m of the anchor, OpenStreetMap maps 1 bar, a low night-noise risk on this guide's scale. Samples 400 m out to the south-west and west map 19 and 17, so the count varies by direction. It counts venues, not sound.
Which hotel is nearest the Barcelona Sants anchor?
Barceló Sants is 58 m from the anchor, about a 1-minute walk. OpenStreetMap lists 10 hotel entries within 500 m, and one hotel building appears twice. Check rooms and terms with each hotel directly.
How hilly is the area around Barcelona Sants?
Sampled elevations range from 34 m to 50 m, a 16 m spread. This is a sampled range and not a route climb, so it says nothing about the gradient of any particular street or its accessibility.