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Staying in the Realejo: hills, mapped bars and nearby hotels
The short answer
Pick the Realejo for a base beside the mapped towers and gates of the Siete Suelos area, with no bars, pubs or nightclubs listed within 250 m of the anchor. It suits walkers who accept a 119 m sampled elevation range. Skip it if you need a metro stop, as none was found within 1200 m, or want evenings out on your doorstep; the west side maps 4 bars.
Quick facts
- Night-noise risk
- Low
- 0 bars, pubs and clubs within 250 m
- Climb
- 119 m
- 706 to 825 m across 9 points
- Metro walk
- None
- mapped within 1.2 km
- Hotels mapped
- 7
- within 500 m in OpenStreetMap
Who it suits, who should skip it
Good for
- Walkers who want the mapped towers and gates of Siete Suelos within 2 to 3 minutes
- Travellers who prefer no mapped bars within 250 m of their base
- Guests comfortable with a 119 m sampled elevation range around the anchor
- Visitors choosing from seven mapped hotels within 500 m of the anchor
Skip it if
- You need a metro station: none was found within 1200 m of the anchor
- You want bars on hand: the anchor maps none within 250 m
- You need route gradients or step-free certainty; this guide only samples elevation
- You need verified hotel details; the OpenStreetMap tags here are not verified
Where to stay: mapped hotels around the anchor
The anchor for this guide is the Realejo centroid at 776 m above sea level. Seven hotels are mapped within 500 m. Áurea Washington Irving is nearest at 76 m, about a 2-minute walk, and Crisol Guadalupe follows at 172 m, 3 minutes. Parador de San Francisco is 262 m away and Hotel Alixares 275 m, each about 5 minutes on foot.
Hotel América is 334 m away and Hotel Alhambra Palace 366 m, both about 6 minutes, while Hotel Arabeluj is 440 m, 8 minutes. Crisol Guadalupe and Hotel Alixares carry Paseo de la Sabica addresses. Names and addresses come from OpenStreetMap tags and are not verified, so confirm location and facilities with each property directly.
Getting around: walks from the anchor
No metro station was found within the 1200 m search radius, so this guide cannot give a metro time. Walks are estimates from the anchor: straight-line distance multiplied by 1.3, at 80 m a minute. They are not routed journeys and not hotel-to-sight times.
Carmen de los Mártires is 108 m away, 2 minutes. Fuente del Pimiento and Torre de Baltasar de la Cruz are each 114 m, 2 minutes. Torre de Juan de Arce is 118 m and Torre de Siete Suelos 123 m, also 2 minutes. Puerta de los Siete Suelos is 138 m, Torre del Agua 150 m and Acequia Real 157 m, each 3 minutes.
Noise at night: what the map shows
Nightlife here is a mapped-venue proxy, not a noise measurement. Within 250 m of the anchor OpenStreetMap lists 0 bars, 0 pubs and 0 nightclubs, which gives a low risk on this scale. Unmapped venues, street activity and traffic sit outside the data, so it says nothing about a particular room.
The eight ring samples spread the picture. Every sample except the west and north-west ones shows no bars within 250 m. The west ring sample maps 4 and the north-west sample 1. Hotels toward that side of the anchor sit closer to mapped venues than those east or south. Ring samples are compass points, not identified streets.
Hills and walking: sampled terrain
Sampled elevations run from 706 m to 825 m, a 119 m spread, with the anchor at 776 m. That measures terrain across the ring samples. It is not the climb of any route and not an accessibility assessment.
The south-west sample is lowest at 706 m and the north-east highest at 825 m, with the east sample at 810 m and the south-east at 819 m. Because that spread is large next to the short walks above, compare a hotel's elevation with the places you plan to visit. Route gradients are not in the data.
Hotels mapped nearby
7 hotels are tagged in OpenStreetMap within 500 m of Realejo. Names, stars and addresses are exactly as tagged, nearest first.
Áurea Washington Irving
★★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Paseo del Generalife 10 18009 Granada
76 m away, about 2 min on foot
Crisol Guadalupe
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Paseo de la Sabica 30 18009 Granada
172 m away, about 3 min on foot
Parador de San Francisco
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
262 m away, about 5 min on foot
Hotel Alixares
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Paseo de la Sabica 40
275 m away, about 5 min on foot
Hotel América
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Real de la Alhambra 53 18009 Granada
334 m away, about 6 min on foot
Hotel Alhambra Palace
★★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Plaza Arquitecto García de Paredes 1 18009 Granada
366 m away, about 6 min on foot
Hotel Arabeluj
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
440 m away, about 8 min on foot
Where it is
The area this guide covers: The Realejo anchor is a geocoder centroid labelled San Matías - Realejo, Granada. This guide reads ring samples at 400 m and a 500 m hotel search, not an administrative boundary. An editorial outline, not an official district line.
Nearby
Sights on foot
- Carmen de los Mártires
- Fuente del Pimiento
- Torre de Baltasar de la Cruz
- Torre de Juan de Arce
- Torre de Siete Suelos
- Puerta de los Siete Suelos
- Torre del Agua
- Acequia Real
More street guides nearby
How these numbers were measured
| Sampled point | Venues within 250 m | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| RealejoThe anchor: distances on this page start here | 00 bars, 0 pubs, 0 nightclubs | 776 m |
| North ring sample | 0 | 774 m |
| North-east ring sample | 0 | 825 m |
| East ring sample | 0 | 810 m |
| South-east ring sample | 0 | 819 m |
| South ring sample | 0 | 748 m |
| South-west ring sample | 0 | 706 m |
| West ring sample | 4 | 741 m |
| North-west ring sample | 1 | 782 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 14 Oct 2026: the metro within 1.2 km, hotels within 500 m. A place missing from OpenStreetMap is missing here too.
Questions and answers
Is there a metro station near the Realejo?
No metro station was found within the 1200 m search radius around the anchor, so this guide gives no metro walking time. Check local transport maps for the stop that fits your plans.
How many bars are mapped near the Realejo?
OpenStreetMap lists 0 bars, 0 pubs and 0 nightclubs within 250 m of the anchor, a low risk on this scale. The west ring sample maps 4 and the north-west 1. This counts mapped venues and does not measure sound.
Which mapped hotel is closest to the anchor?
Áurea Washington Irving is nearest, 76 m from the anchor and about a 2-minute walk by estimate. Crisol Guadalupe is next at 172 m. Details come from OpenStreetMap tags and are not verified.
How hilly is the Realejo?
Sampled elevations range from 706 m to 825 m, a 119 m spread. This shows terrain around the anchor only and does not describe the climb or gradient of any particular walking route.