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Staying in Chueca: metro, nightlife counts and mapped hotels
The short answer
Chueca suits travellers who want the metro at their door and a busy evening scene outside it: Chueca station is 7 m from Plaza de Chueca, a 1-minute walk. Skip it if you want few bars nearby, since OpenStreetMap maps 46 bars, pubs and nightclubs within 250 m, a high night-noise risk. The catch: sampled terrain varies by 20 m, and the count is a proxy, not measured noise.
Quick facts
- Night-noise risk
- High
- 46 bars, pubs and clubs within 250 m
- Climb
- 20 m
- 660 to 680 m across 9 points
- Metro walk
- 1 min
- to Chueca
- Hotels mapped
- 28
- within 500 m in OpenStreetMap
Who it suits, who should skip it
Good for
- Travellers who want a metro station about a 1-minute walk from the plaza
- Visitors comfortable with a dense mapped nightlife scene close to the anchor
- Guests who want many mapped hotels within a 9-minute walk of the anchor
Skip it if
- You want few bars near your door: 46 venues are mapped within 250 m
- You need every walk to be level: sampled points span 20 m of elevation
- You want measured noise data, which this guide cannot supply
Where to stay around Plaza de Chueca
Plaza de Chueca is the anchor for this guide, and Chueca metro station is 7 m from it, a 1-minute walk. The nearest mapped hotel is room00 Chueca Hostel at 122 m, a 2-minute walk, with an address on Calle de Hortaleza 74. Only You Hotel & Lounge follows at 151 m, a 3-minute walk, on Calle del Barquillo 21.
Room Mate Oscar Hotel is 254 m away, a 5-minute walk, with an address on Plaza de Pedro Zerolo 12. In all, OpenStreetMap maps 28 hotels within 500 m of the plaza. Names, addresses and attributes are as tagged and not verified, so check details with each property directly before choosing a block.
Micro-area choice matters more here than the plaza itself. The sample evidence maps the west and north-west sides as the densest in venues and the south-east side as the lightest, with 3. Hotels on Calle de las Infantas, such as casa Abraham at 278 m and Hotel ITC Infantas at 294 m, are both a 5-minute walk from the anchor. Treat the pattern as a prompt to check your exact block.
Metro and walking times from the plaza
Chueca station is 7 m from the anchor, so the metro is effectively at the plaza, about a 1-minute walk on our estimate. The data holds no line numbers for this station, so check the Madrid metro map for the lines that serve your plans. Walk times use 1.3 times the straight line at 80 m a minute and are not routed journeys.
Nearby mapped points are close: Pedro de la Torre at 71 m, Leonardo Torres Quevedo at 91 m and Eduardo Rosales at 101 m, each about 2 minutes. Casa-palacio del Marqués de Viluma is 148 m, 3 minutes, and General Castaños is 180 m, 3 minutes. These are estimates from the anchor, not from any hotel.
Because the metro is so close, the main walking decision is how far your hotel sits from the plaza. room00 Chueca Hostel at 122 m and Only You Hotel & Lounge at 151 m are within 3 minutes, while Petit Palace Chueca at 396 m is 7 minutes and Hotel Madrid Gran Vía 25 at 498 m is 9 minutes. These are estimates based on straight-line distance from the anchor.
Noise at night: what the map shows
Within 250 m of the plaza, OpenStreetMap maps 30 bars, 10 pubs and 6 nightclubs, 46 venues in all, which gives a high night-noise risk on this guide's scale. That is a count of mapped venues used as a proxy; it does not measure sound, and opening hours are not in the data.
The eight ring samples show the spread, each counted within 250 m of its own point: 48 at the north-west sample, 45 west, 39 south-west, 23 north, 22 south, 16 north-east, 13 east and 3 south-east. The south-east sample maps the fewest, though the samples are not identified street corners, so treat them as direction only.
A practical reading: expect a night scene close to the plaza and weigh it against the 1-minute walk to the metro. Ask any hotel which way the room faces, and whether a courtyard or inner room is offered. The data cannot tell you which streets run late or which venues are loud.
Hills and walking around the plaza
Sampled elevation runs from 660 m to 680 m across the anchor and eight ring points, a 20 m spread. The anchor sits at 676 m and the metro station also at 676 m, so the sampled climb from the anchor to the station is 0 m. This is a range of sampled points, not a route climb or an accessibility assessment.
The highest samples are west at 680 m and south-west at 679 m, while the north sample is lowest at 660 m and the south-east sample reads 663 m. Gradient along any particular street cannot be read from this data, so check the route to your hotel on a map before you arrive.
For luggage, the sampled terrain suggests a modest range rather than a steep one, and the metro station shares the anchor's elevation. That is a statement about sampled points only. Streets between the samples may rise or fall more sharply than the figures show, so use a street map to check the final approach to your door.
Hotels mapped nearby
28 hotels are tagged in OpenStreetMap within 500 m of Plaza de Chueca; the nearest 12 are shown. Names, stars and addresses are exactly as tagged, nearest first.
room00 Chueca Hostel
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Hortaleza 74 28004 Madrid
122 m away, about 2 min on foot
Only You Hotel & Lounge
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle del Barquillo 21 28004 Madrid
151 m away, about 3 min on foot
Room Mate Oscar Hotel
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Plaza de Pedro Zerolo 12 28004 Madrid
254 m away, about 5 min on foot
B&B
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Fuencarral 52 28004 Madrid
267 m away, about 5 min on foot
Hostal Meyra
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
277 m away, about 5 min on foot
casa Abraham
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de las Infantas 30
278 m away, about 5 min on foot
Hostal Domínguez
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de la Farmacia 1 28004 Madrid
279 m away, about 5 min on foot
Hotel ITC Infantas
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de las Infantas 29 28004 Madrid
294 m away, about 5 min on foot
Gran Vía Suites
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Víctor Hugo 4
298 m away, about 5 min on foot
JC Chueca
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de las Infantas 5 28004 Madrid
305 m away, about 5 min on foot
Hotel Vincci The Mint
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Gran Vía 10 28013 Madrid
346 m away, about 6 min on foot
Smart Rental
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Gran Vía 14 28013 Madrid
347 m away, about 6 min on foot
Where it is
The area this guide covers: The area within about 400 m of Plaza de Chueca, sampled at eight compass points; the ring samples are measurement points, not named streets or official district boundaries. An editorial outline, not an official district line.
Nearby
Sights on foot
- Plaza de Chueca
- Pedro de la Torre
- Leonardo Torres Quevedo
- Eduardo Rosales
- José Arroyo Ayuso
- Casa-palacio del Marqués de Viluma
- Rodolfo Ruiz Dávila
- General Castaños
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How these numbers were measured
| Sampled point | Venues within 250 m | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| Plaza de ChuecaThe anchor: distances on this page start here | 4630 bars, 10 pubs, 6 nightclubs | 676 m |
| North ring sample | 23 | 660 m |
| North-east ring sample | 16 | 676 m |
| East ring sample | 13 | 668 m |
| South-east ring sample | 3 | 663 m |
| South ring sample | 22 | 666 m |
| South-west ring sample | 39 | 679 m |
| West ring sample | 45 | 680 m |
| North-west ring sample | 48 | 677 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 metro from Plaza de Chueca?
Chueca metro station is 7 m from the anchor at Plaza de Chueca, about a 1-minute walk by our estimate of 1.3 times the straight line at 80 m a minute. The data holds no line names for the station.
Is Chueca noisy at night?
Within 250 m of the plaza OpenStreetMap maps 30 bars, 10 pubs and 6 nightclubs, 46 in all, which is a high night-noise risk on this scale. It is a count of mapped venues, not measured sound.
Which hotels are closest to Plaza de Chueca?
The nearest mapped hotel is room00 Chueca Hostel at 122 m, a 2-minute walk, then Only You Hotel & Lounge at 151 m and Room Mate Oscar Hotel at 254 m. Names and attributes are as tagged and not verified.
How hilly is the area around Plaza de Chueca?
Sampled elevation runs from 660 m to 680 m, a 20 m spread, and the metro station sits at the same 676 m as the anchor. This is a sample range, not a route climb, so check your own route on a map.