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Staying on Gran Vía and adjacent blocks: the western stretch
The short answer
Choose this western stretch of Gran Vía, near Calle de San Bernardo, for hotel choice: 30 hotels are mapped within 288 m and a metro entrance tagged Gran Vía is 108 m away, about 2 minutes. It suits short city breaks with busy daytime plans. Light sleepers should skip it or pick the western side. The catch: 23 bars, pubs and nightclubs map within 250 m, and that entrance is tagged with evening closing hours.
Quick facts
- Night-noise risk
- High
- 23 bars, pubs and clubs within 250 m
- Climb
- 37 m
- 634 to 671 m across 9 points
- Metro walk
- 2 min
- to Gran Vía
- Hotels mapped
- 30
- within 500 m in OpenStreetMap
Who it suits, who should skip it
Good for
- Daytime metro users: an entrance tagged Gran Vía is 108 m away, about 2 minutes
- Anyone wanting hotel choice: 30 are mapped within 288 m, the nearest 42 m away
- Night owls happy to walk home: 23 bars, pubs and nightclubs map within 250 m
Skip it if
- Light sleepers set on the north or east, where samples map 50, 47 and 40 venues
- Late returners counting on the metro entrance tagged Gran Vía, which has evening closing hours
- Walkers wanting level ground: samples span 634 m to 671 m, a 37 m spread
Where to stay along western Gran Vía
The sampled point sits on western Gran Vía near Calle de San Bernardo, and its figures do not describe the street's eastern end towards Calle de Alcalá. Closest of the 30 mapped hotels is Hotel Vincci Via 66 at Gran Vía 66, 42 m away, then Hotel Mayorazgo at 82 m and Hotel Emperador at Gran Vía 53, 87 m away. Names and addresses are as tagged, not verified.
The west and south-west ring samples map just 4 and 5 bars, pubs and nightclubs within 250 m, so look west for fewer mapped venues. Casón del Tormes at 250 m, VP Plaza España Design at 263 m and Espahotel Plaza de España at 288 m are mapped on that side. Counts come from sample points, not hotel doors.
Metro entrance and walking times
A metro entrance tagged Gran Vía is 108 m from the sampled point, about a 2-minute walk; OpenStreetMap tags this entrance with opening hours that end in the evening. Gran Vía station itself lies further east; the nearest mapped station points are Santo Domingo and Plaza de España. This data names no lines, so check the official network map.
OpenStreetMap lists eight named historic points within 174 m, mostly commemorative plaques to people. Palacio de Altamira, 126 m away and about a 3-minute walk, is the only building among them. Walk times are estimates from the sampled point at 1.3 times the straight line and 80 m a minute, not routed journeys from a hotel door.
Noise at night: what the map shows
Within 250 m of the sampled point, OpenStreetMap lists 12 bars, 1 pub and 10 nightclubs, 23 venues in all, the high band on this guide's scale. That counts mapped venues, not sound: venue opening hours, terraces and room orientation are not captured, so ask a hotel which side a room faces.
The eight compass ring samples, measurement points 400 m out rather than street corners, split sharply. North maps 50 venues within 250 m, north-east 47 and east 40; south 35, south-east and north-west 31 each. West and south-west drop to 4 and 5, so for early nights the western side sits away from the denser clusters.
Hills and walking around Gran Vía
Sampled elevations run from 634 m at the west ring sample to 671 m at the east one, a 37 m spread, with the sampled point on Gran Vía at 646 m. North-east sits at 669 m and north at 664 m, so the higher samples lie east and north.
These are point samples from a Copernicus elevation model, not climbs measured along any street: they show which side sits higher, not how steep a walk is. The nearest metro entrance is sampled at 662 m. With luggage or limited mobility, check step-free access and your actual route.
Hotels mapped nearby
30 hotels are tagged in OpenStreetMap within 500 m of Gran Vía; the nearest 12 are shown. Names, stars and addresses are exactly as tagged, nearest first.
Hotel Vincci Via 66
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Gran Vía 66 28013 Madrid
42 m away, about 1 min on foot
Hotel Mayorazgo
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de la Flor Baja 3 28013 Madrid
82 m away, about 2 min on foot
Hotel Emperador
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Gran Vía 53 28013 Madrid
87 m away, about 2 min on foot
Catalonia Plaza España
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Gran Vía 70 28013 Madrid
99 m away, about 2 min on foot
Hotel Madrid Centro
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Gran Vía 72 28013 Madrid
123 m away, about 2 min on foot
Espahotel
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Gran Vía 65 28013 Madrid
124 m away, about 3 min on foot
Petit Palace Plaza España
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de San Bernardo 3 28013 Madrid
124 m away, about 3 min on foot
Ikonik Gran Vía
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Gran Vía 56 28013 Madrid
130 m away, about 3 min on foot
Petit Palace San Bernardo
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de San Bernardo 3 28013 Madrid
131 m away, about 3 min on foot
Eurostars Madrid Gran Vía
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Leganitos 13 28013 Madrid
137 m away, about 3 min on foot
Hotel Santo Domingo
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
137 m away, about 3 min on foot
Hotel Sterling
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de San Bernardo 29-31 28015 Madrid
142 m away, about 3 min on foot
Where it is
The area this guide covers: The sampled point on western Gran Vía near Calle de San Bernardo, plus adjacent blocks such as Calle de Leganitos, where mapped hotels have addresses. Gran Vía's eastern end is outside these figures. An editorial outline, not an official district line.
Nearby
Sights on foot
- María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara y Amparo Rivelles
- Rodrigo Calderón
- Palacio de Altamira
- Ventura Rodríguez
- Jaime Balmes
- Emilia Pardo Bazán
- Domenico Scarlatti
- Miguel Jacinto Meléndez
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How these numbers were measured
| Sampled point | Venues within 250 m | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| Gran VíaThe anchor: distances on this page start here | 2312 bars, 1 pubs, 10 nightclubs | 646 m |
| North ring sample | 50 | 664 m |
| North-east ring sample | 47 | 669 m |
| East ring sample | 40 | 671 m |
| South-east ring sample | 31 | 660 m |
| South ring sample | 35 | 655 m |
| South-west ring sample | 5 | 646 m |
| West ring sample | 4 | 634 m |
| North-west ring sample | 31 | 652 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 western Gran Vía?
A metro entrance tagged Gran Vía is 108 m from the sampled point, about a 2-minute walk, and is tagged with evening closing hours. Gran Vía station itself lies further east; the nearest mapped station points are Santo Domingo and Plaza de España.
Is western Gran Vía noisy at night?
OpenStreetMap lists 23 bars, pubs and nightclubs within 250 m of the sampled point, 10 of them nightclubs; that is the high band on this guide's scale. It counts venues, not sound; the west and south-west samples map only 4 and 5.
Which hotels are closest to the sampled point?
Hotel Vincci Via 66 is 42 m away, about a 1-minute walk, then Hotel Mayorazgo at 82 m and Hotel Emperador at 87 m, both about 2 minutes. Check rooms and terms with each hotel directly.