SpainCommunity of Madrid
Madrid, street by street
Where to stay in Madrid decided one landmark, street, square, station or neighbourhood at a time. Every guide shows the bars mapped within 250 m, the climb, the walk to the metro and the hotels listed in OpenStreetMap, then who the place suits and who should skip it.
- 21 street guides
- 3 compilations
- Updated 14 Oct 2026
Near the landmarks
3 guides
Staying near the Prado: hotels, bar counts and walking times
Staying near the Prado: 17 mapped hotels within 500 m, few bars to the north, many to the west, and a 9-minute walk from the museum to the nearest metro entrance.
Staying near the Royal Palace: metro, nightlife and hills
Staying near the Royal Palace: Ópera metro 382 m away, 4 bars and pubs within 250 m of the palace, and ring samples spanning 592 m to 652 m in elevation.
Which side of Retiro suits a stay?
Retiro park stay guide: no mapped hotels within 500 m, Ibiza metro 578 m away, a 20 m sampled elevation range and almost no mapped bars.
Neighbourhoods
7 guides
Where to stay in Argüelles, Madrid: metro, nightlife and hills
Argüelles in Madrid: nearest mapped metro entrance 267 m away, 9 mapped bars, pubs and nightclubs within 250 m, and a 67 m sampled elevation range.
Where to stay in Lavapiés, Madrid: metro, nightlife map and hills
Lavapiés stay guide: Argumosa metro 26 m away, 42 mapped bars and pubs within 250 m, and a 49 m sampled elevation spread.
Salamanca as a Madrid base: Plaza del Marqués de Salamanca
Plaza del Marqués de Salamanca: metro 67 m away, 1 mapped bar within 250 m, a 25 m sampled elevation range and one mapped hotel, Bless.
Staying around Plaza de la Cebada: metro, bars and hills
Plaza de la Cebada base: metro 86 m away, 72 mapped bars and pubs within 250 m, and a 21 m spread in sampled elevation.
Staying at Plaza de Santa Ana: mapped hotels, station and bar counts
Plaza de Santa Ana as a base: 30 mapped hotels within 500 m, Cercanías 286 m away, and 65 bars, pubs and nightclubs mapped within 250 m.
Staying in Chueca: metro, nightlife counts and mapped hotels
Plaza de Chueca has Chueca metro 7 m away, 46 mapped bars, pubs and clubs within 250 m, and a 20 m sampled elevation spread.
Staying in Malasaña: Plaza del Dos de Mayo, metro and nightlife
Plaza del Dos de Mayo as a base: Tribunal metro 266 m away, 70 mapped bars, pubs and clubs within 250 m, and a 32 m sampled height range.
Streets
2 guides
Staying on Calle de las Huertas: hotels, metro and mapped bars
Calle de las Huertas in Madrid: 37 mapped bars, pubs and nightclubs within 250 m, a 5-minute walk to Atocha impares and a 36 m sampled elevation spread.
Staying on Gran Vía and adjacent blocks: the western stretch
Western Gran Vía near Calle de San Bernardo: a metro entrance 108 m away, 23 mapped venues within 250 m, and western samples mapping just 4 and 5.
Squares
4 guides
Staying around Plaza de Oriente: metro, nightlife and hills
Plaza de Oriente base: Ópera metro 323 m away, 1 mapped pub within 250 m, 22 mapped hotels within 500 m and a 64 m sampled height range.
Staying around Plaza de Santa Ana: hotels, walks and nightlife
Plaza de Santa Ana has 65 mapped bars, pubs and nightclubs within 250 m, a 5-minute walk to Cercanías and a 23 m sampled elevation range.
Staying around Madrid’s Plaza de España: metro, hotels and nightlife
Plaza de España has a mapped metro station at 0 m, 30 hotels within 500 m, 22 mapped venues within 250 m and a 42 m sampled elevation range.
Staying around Puerta del Sol: metro, mapped bars and hotels
Puerta del Sol: the Carretas entrance to Sol metro station, 37 m away, 30 mapped hotel entries within a 5-minute walk, and 31 bars, pubs and nightclubs within 250 m.
Near metro and rail stations
3 guides
Staying near Chamartín station: metro, hotels and nightlife map
Chamartín station base: metro 92 m away, 2 hotels mapped within 500 m, no bars within 250 m of the anchor and a 14 m sampled elevation range.
Staying near Tribunal metro: hotels, nightlife and hills
Tribunal metro is a 1-minute walk from the anchor, with 52 mapped bars and pubs within 250 m and a 23 m sampled elevation spread.
Staying near Atocha’s rail and metro connections
Hotels within 500 m of Estación de Atocha: a 1-minute walk to the nearest rail stop, 3 mapped pubs within 250 m and a 48 m sampled elevation range.
Side by side
2 guides
Malasaña vs Chueca: which evening-focused base fits?
Compare Plaza del Dos de Mayo and Plaza de Chueca: 70 versus 46 mapped venues within 250 m, metro at 266 m versus 7 m, and 32 m versus 20 m of sampled elevation.
Sol vs Gran Vía: square-centred or avenue-centred stay?
Puerta del Sol maps 31 bars, pubs and clubs within 250 m, Gran Vía 23; both samples span about 36 m of ground. Compare metro walks, terrain and hotels.
Guides that compare places
3 guides
Compare mapped nightlife around Madrid stay areas
Mapped bar, pub and nightclub counts within 250 m of six Madrid anchors, from 0 at Retiro to 31 at Puerta del Sol, with walking and terrain context.
Mapped hotels near Atocha, ordered by distance
Eleven hotels mapped in OpenStreetMap within 500 m of Estación de Atocha, nearest first, with walking estimates, nightlife counts and terrain notes.
Madrid bases for first-timers: six mapped areas compared
Six Madrid anchors compared for a first stay: mapped hotels within 500 m, walking estimates to the nearest metro, nightlife counts and sampled elevation.