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Staying at Plaza de Santa Ana: mapped hotels, station and bar counts
The short answer
Choose Plaza de Santa Ana if you want a base among many mapped hotels, 286 m from the nearest station, Cercanías, with 65 bars, pubs and nightclubs mapped within 250 m. It suits evening-minded visitors who accept a high night-noise risk. Light sleepers should skip it or compare the ring samples first; the catch is that venue counts are a proxy, not measured sound.
Quick facts
- Night-noise risk
- High
- 65 bars, pubs and clubs within 250 m
- Climb
- 23 m
- 657 to 680 m across 9 points
- Metro walk
- 5 min
- to Cercanías
- Hotels mapped
- 30
- within 500 m in OpenStreetMap
Who it suits, who should skip it
Good for
- Evening-minded visitors who want mapped bars, pubs and nightclubs within a short walk
- Travellers who like to compare many mapped hotels within 500 m of one square
- Walkers who want the Cercanías station at 286 m and a sampled climb of only 1 m to it
Skip it if
- Light sleepers: 65 venues are mapped within 250 m, a high night-noise risk
- Anyone who needs proof of one street's character; the samples are compass points only
- Travellers who need routed or step-free journey data, which this guide does not hold
Where to stay around Plaza de Santa Ana
Plaza de Santa Ana is the anchor for this guide, taken from a Nominatim centroid, and the mapped hotels cluster tightly around it. OpenStreetMap lists 30 hotels within 500 m. The nearest are Miau at 59 m, Hostal Petite Maman at 67 m and Room Mate Alicia Hotel at 71 m, all within a 2-minute walk. Their addresses sit on Calle del Príncipe and Calle del Prado.
Further out, Room Mate Alba is 117 m away on Calle de las Huertas, and Hotel Catalonia Las Cortes is 124 m away on Calle del Prado. These distances are straight-line figures from the square, not routed journeys, and names, addresses and categories are taken from OpenStreetMap as tagged, not verified. Check each property's own details before choosing.
Station and walking times from the square
The nearest mapped station is Cercanías, 286 m from the anchor, an estimated 5-minute walk. The estimate multiplies the straight line by 1.3 and assumes 80 m a minute; it is not a hotel-to-station route. The source lists no lines or services, so check the operator's map for the connections your plans need.
On foot from the square, the Estatua de Federico García Lorca is 26 m away and the Estatua Calderón de la Barca is 41 m away, each about a 1-minute walk. Tablao Flamenco 1911 is 78 m away, about 2 minutes. The context source supports location only, so opening hours and programmes are not covered here.
Noise at night: what the map shows
Within 250 m of the square, OpenStreetMap maps 46 bars, 13 pubs and 6 nightclubs, 65 venues in all, which gives a high night-noise risk on this guide's scale. That scale counts mapped venues; it is a proxy and does not measure sound, opening hours or how a particular room faces.
The eight ring samples vary widely. The south-east sample maps 58 venues within 250 m and the south sample maps 43, while the north-east sample maps 10 and the south-west sample maps 16. These are compass points, not identified streets, so they show where mapped venues concentrate and nothing about any one road. Compare them before choosing a block.
Hills and walking around the square
Sampled elevation runs from 657 m to 680 m across the anchor and eight ring points, a spread of 23 m. The anchor itself sits at 661 m. The north ring sample reaches 680 m, the highest, and the south-west sample is the lowest at 657 m.
Between the anchor and the nearest mapped station the sampled climb is 1 m, so that short link reads as close to level on the data. This is a spread of sampled heights, not a measured route climb or an accessibility assessment, and the compass samples do not show the gradient of any given street. Treat it as a guide to overall relief only.
Hotels mapped nearby
30 hotels are tagged in OpenStreetMap within 500 m of Plaza de Santa Ana; the nearest 12 are shown. Names, stars and addresses are exactly as tagged, nearest first.
Miau
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle del Príncipe 26 28012 Madrid
59 m away, about 1 min on foot
Hostal Petite Maman
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle del Príncipe 18 28012 Madrid
67 m away, about 2 min on foot
Room Mate Alicia Hotel
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle del Prado 2 28014 Madrid
71 m away, about 2 min on foot
Room Mate Alba
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de las Huertas 16 28014 Madrid
117 m away, about 2 min on foot
Madrisol
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Núñez de Arce 1 28012 Madrid
121 m away, about 2 min on foot
Hostal Prieto
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de la Cruz 14
123 m away, about 2 min on foot
Hotel Catalonia Las Cortes
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle del Prado 6 28014 Madrid
124 m away, about 3 min on foot
NH Palacio de Tepa
★★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de San Sebastián 2 28012 Madrid
129 m away, about 3 min on foot
JC Rooms Santa Ana
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de la Cruz 8 28014 Madrid
147 m away, about 3 min on foot
Apart-Hotel Suite Prado
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Manuel Fernández y González 10 28014 Madrid
149 m away, about 3 min on foot
Gran Hotel Inglés
★★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Echegaray 8 28014 Madrid
150 m away, about 3 min on foot
Ibis Styles Madrid Prado
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle del Prado 11 28014 Madrid
152 m away, about 3 min on foot
Where it is
The area this guide covers: Editorial point sample centred on Plaza de Santa Ana in Barrio de las Letras, Centro, Madrid, with hotels searched within 500 m and mapped nightlife counted within 250 m of the anchor and each ring sample. An editorial outline, not an official district line.
Nearby
Sights on foot
- Estatua de Federico García Lorca
- Estatua Calderón de la Barca
- San Juan de la Cruz
- Vicente Carducho
- Colegio de los Ingleses
- Tablao Flamenco 1911
- Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla
- Juan Pedro Arnal
More street guides nearby
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How these numbers were measured
| Sampled point | Venues within 250 m | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| Plaza de Santa AnaThe anchor: distances on this page start here | 6546 bars, 13 pubs, 6 nightclubs | 661 m |
| North ring sample | 25 | 680 m |
| North-east ring sample | 10 | 671 m |
| East ring sample | 31 | 661 m |
| South-east ring sample | 58 | 662 m |
| South ring sample | 43 | 661 m |
| South-west ring sample | 16 | 657 m |
| West ring sample | 23 | 666 m |
| North-west ring sample | 25 | 666 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 station from Plaza de Santa Ana?
The nearest mapped station is Cercanías, 286 m from the anchor, about a 5-minute walk by an estimate of 1.3 times the straight line at 80 m a minute. It is not a hotel-to-station route.
How many bars and pubs are near Plaza de Santa Ana?
Within 250 m, OpenStreetMap maps 46 bars, 13 pubs and 6 nightclubs, 65 in all. That is a high night-noise risk on this guide's scale, a count of mapped venues and not a measurement of sound.
Is the area around Plaza de Santa Ana hilly?
Sampled elevation ranges from 657 m to 680 m, a 23 m spread, and the sampled climb to the nearest station is 1 m. This is not a route climb or an accessibility measure.
Which hotels are closest to the square?
Miau is closest at 59 m, then Hostal Petite Maman at 67 m and Room Mate Alicia Hotel at 71 m. OpenStreetMap lists 30 hotels within 500 m; details are as tagged and not verified.