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Staying around Madrid’s Plaza de España: metro, hotels and nightlife
The short answer
Choose Plaza de España if you want a mapped metro station at 0 m and hotels within 1 to 7 minutes' walk. The catch is night-time: OpenStreetMap lists 22 bars, pubs and nightclubs within 250 m, a high risk on this scale. It suits short city breaks on foot; skip it if you want few mapped venues nearby or level ground, as samples span 42 m.
Quick facts
- Night-noise risk
- High
- 22 bars, pubs and clubs within 250 m
- Climb
- 42 m
- 626 to 668 m across 9 points
- Metro walk
- 1 min
- to Plaza de España
- Hotels mapped
- 30
- within 500 m in OpenStreetMap
Who it suits, who should skip it
Good for
- Short city breaks where a mapped metro station at 0 m and a 1-minute walk matter most
- Travellers who want to compare many hotels within a 7-minute walk of one anchor
- Visitors who accept a high mapped-venue count and will ask which way a room faces
- Guests who can handle a 42 m sampled elevation spread on foot
Skip it if
- You want few mapped bars nearby: 22 venues sit within 250 m of the anchor
- You need a route with no rise at all: sampled elevation spans 626 m to 668 m
- You want evidence of sound levels: this guide counts mapped venues only
- You need metro line details here: the source lists no lines for the station
Which side of the square to choose
Plaza de España works as a base for travellers who want the square itself and a short walk to many hotels. OpenStreetMap maps 30 hotels within 500 m of the anchor. The closest, Dear Hotel Madrid, is 38 m away, a 1-minute walk, and Hotel Riu Plaza España is 76 m away, a 2-minute walk. Addresses cluster on Gran Vía, Calle de Leganitos and the square itself.
The choice between sides comes from the ring samples. The south-west sample maps only 1 venue within 250 m, against 14 at the west sample and 17 at the south sample. Casón del Tormes, 150 m away on Calle del Río, and Espahotel Plaza de España, 153 m away, lie toward those lower counts. Treat that as a lean in the data, not a promise about any room.
Metro and walking times from the anchor
The mapped metro station is named Plaza de España and sits 0 m from the anchor, a 1-minute walk by estimate. The source lists no line numbers, so check the official Madrid metro map for the lines that serve your plans before choosing a block. Walks here are estimates from the anchor at 80 m a minute with a detour factor of 1.3, not hotel-to-metro routes.
On foot, the nearest mapped points are small monuments: Concha Piquer at 58 m, a 1-minute walk, and the Monumento a Cervantes at 149 m, a 3-minute walk. Motel One is 354 m away, a 6-minute walk, and ApartaHotel Plaza España Skyline BeMate is 404 m away, 7 minutes. Hotels farther out add distance, so measure your own route.
Noise at night: what the map shows
Within 250 m of the anchor, OpenStreetMap lists 14 bars, 5 pubs and 3 nightclubs, 22 venues in all, which gives a high night-noise risk on this scale. This is a count of mapped venues, not a sound measurement, so it cannot say how loud any street is, and venues missing from the map are not counted.
The ring samples show an uneven spread. The north-east sample maps 43 venues, the south-east 41 and the north 38, while the south-west maps 1 and the west 14. If you want fewer mapped venues nearby, look at the south-west and west edges; for bars close to the door, the north-east side matches the data. Ask any hotel which way a room faces.
Hills and walking around the square
Sampled elevation runs from 626 m to 668 m, a 42 m spread, with the anchor at 639 m. The mapped metro station sits at the anchor, so its climb is 0 m. That figure is a range across sample points, not the climb on any route, and it says nothing about the accessibility of a particular pavement.
The high points are the north-east sample at 668 m and the north-west at 667 m; the low point is the south-west sample at 626 m. Going from the south-west to the north-east of the ring therefore means a 42 m difference in sampled height. Check the route to your chosen hotel if luggage or tired legs matter.
Hotels mapped nearby
30 hotels are tagged in OpenStreetMap within 500 m of Plaza de España; the nearest 12 are shown. Names, stars and addresses are exactly as tagged, nearest first.
Dear Hotel Madrid
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Gran Vía 80 28013 Madrid
38 m away, about 1 min on foot
Hotel Riu Plaza España
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle del Maestro Guerrero 28015 Madrid
76 m away, about 2 min on foot
Letoh Letoh Gran Via
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Leganitos 41 28013 Madrid
97 m away, about 2 min on foot
Hotel Madrid Plaza España
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Gran Vía 74 28013 Madrid
101 m away, about 2 min on foot
VP Plaza España Design
★★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Plaza de España 5 28008 Madrid
111 m away, about 2 min on foot
Hotel Madrid Centro
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Gran Vía 72 28013 Madrid
120 m away, about 2 min on foot
Espahotel
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Gran Vía 65 28013 Madrid
120 m away, about 2 min on foot
Catalonia Plaza España
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Gran Vía 70 28013 Madrid
144 m away, about 3 min on foot
Exe Suites 33
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Leganitos 33 28013 Madrid
146 m away, about 3 min on foot
Barceló Torre de Madrid
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Plaza de España 18 28008 Madrid
148 m away, about 3 min on foot
Casón del Tormes
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle del Río 7 28013 Madrid
150 m away, about 3 min on foot
Espahotel Plaza de España
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Plaza de España 7 28008 Madrid
153 m away, about 3 min on foot
Where it is
The area this guide covers: The ring of eight sample points 400 m around the Plaza de España anchor, with hotels searched to 500 m and venues counted to 250 m. These are measurement areas, not an official district. An editorial outline, not an official district line.
Nearby
Sights on foot
- Concha Piquer
- Manuel Salvadores Verdasco
- Domenico Scarlatti
- Luis Buñuel
- Monumento a Cervantes
- María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara y Amparo Rivelles
- Juan de Caramuel
- Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos
More street guides nearby
How these numbers were measured
| Sampled point | Venues within 250 m | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| Plaza de EspañaThe anchor: distances on this page start here | 2214 bars, 5 pubs, 3 nightclubs | 639 m |
| North ring sample | 38 | 656 m |
| North-east ring sample | 43 | 668 m |
| East ring sample | 34 | 662 m |
| South-east ring sample | 41 | 662 m |
| South ring sample | 17 | 650 m |
| South-west ring sample | 1 | 626 m |
| West ring sample | 14 | 641 m |
| North-west ring sample | 26 | 667 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 España?
The mapped station named Plaza de España is 0 m from the anchor, about a 1-minute walk on our estimate of 1.3 times the straight line at 80 m a minute. The source lists no lines, so check the official metro map.
Is the area busy at night?
Within 250 m, OpenStreetMap lists 22 bars, pubs and nightclubs, a high night-noise risk on this scale. It counts mapped venues and does not measure sound, and the south-west sample maps only 1 venue.
Which hotels are closest to Plaza de España?
OpenStreetMap lists 30 hotels within 500 m. The nearest is Dear Hotel Madrid, 38 m away and a 1-minute walk, followed by Hotel Riu Plaza España at 76 m. Check rooms and terms with each hotel directly.
How much height difference is there around the square?
Sampled elevation runs from 626 m to 668 m, a 42 m spread. This is a range across sample points, not a route climb, and the metro station sits at the anchor with 0 m of climb.