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Staying near the Prado: hotels, bar counts and walking times
The short answer
Pick the north side of the Prado, around Plaza de la Lealtad and Calle de Antonio Maura: listed hotels there are a 4- to 6-minute walk from the museum, and the north and north-east samples map 1 venue each. It suits museum-led trips and early nights; skip it for bars by the door, which cluster west. The catch: Atocha impares, the nearest mapped metro point to the museum anchor, is 517 m away, a 9-minute walk; from north-side hotels the Banco de España entrances are closer.
Quick facts
- Night-noise risk
- Low
- 3 bars, pubs and clubs within 250 m
- Climb
- 33 m
- 632 to 665 m across 9 points
- Metro walk
- 9 min
- to Atocha impares
- Hotels mapped
- 17
- within 500 m in OpenStreetMap
Who it suits, who should skip it
Good for
- Museum-led trips: four listed hotels lie within a 4-minute walk of the anchor
- Light sleepers choosing the north side, where two samples map 1 venue each
- Bar-goers basing themselves west, where the west sample maps 44 venues
Skip it if
- Wanting a metro stop at the door: Atocha impares is 517 m from the museum anchor, a 9-minute walk
- You need level walks: sampled heights span 632 m to 665 m
- Light sleepers set on the west, where one sample maps 44 venues
Where to stay near the Prado
OpenStreetMap lists 17 hotels within 500 m of the museum anchor. Four are within a 4-minute walk: Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid at 199 m; Mercure Madrid Centro at 204 m; Radisson Blu Hotel, Madrid Prado at 226 m; and NH Paseo del Prado at 246 m. Their names and addresses are as tagged, not verified.
Petit Palace Lealtad Plaza at 350 m and Petit Palace Savoy Alfonso XII at 447 m sit north and north-east, where samples map 1 venue each. Most other listings lie west, north-west or south, from The Palace on Plaza de las Cortes to NH Nacional on Paseo del Prado. None is listed due east or south-east of the museum.
Metro and walking times
The nearest metro point found within a 1200 m search is Atocha impares, 517 m from the museum anchor and a 9-minute walk. It is a mapped subway entrance on Calle de Atocha, in the same cluster as the Antón Martín (Line 1) entrances, not Atocha station; check the current network map before planning routes. From hotels on Plaza de la Lealtad or Calle de Antonio Maura, the Banco de España entrances are closer.
All walking times here are estimates from the anchor: straight-line distance multiplied by 1.3, at 80 m a minute, not routed or hotel-to-metro journeys. Monumento a Velázquez is 56 m away, a 1-minute walk; Parroquia San Jerónimo el Real is 121 m, a 2-minute walk; Estatua de Goya, at 139 m, and Puerta de Murillo, at 156 m, are 3-minute walks.
Noise at night: mapped venues
Within 250 m of the museum anchor, OpenStreetMap lists 1 bar, 2 pubs and no nightclubs, 3 venues in all. This is a count of mapped premises, not a sound reading. It cannot capture traffic, deliveries, street events or which way a room faces, and any venue missing from the map is not counted.
The ring samples, 400 m out, split sharply: west maps 44 venues within 250 m, south-west 36, north-west 6, south 4, north and north-east 1 each, east and south-east none. Hotels on Calle de Lope de Vega, Calle de Moratín and at Calle de Atocha 107 and 113 lie towards the higher counts; those on Plaza de la Lealtad towards the lower.
Hills and walking
Sampled elevations run from 632 m to 665 m, a 33 m spread, with the anchor at 650 m. The west and east samples are highest, at 665 m and 664 m; the south sample is lowest at 632 m, and the north sits at 651 m, close to the anchor.
These are spot heights from a Copernicus elevation model, not a climb measured along any street, and they say nothing about steps, kerbs or step-free access. Atocha impares is mapped at 663 m against 650 m at the anchor: two points, not a traced route. Check the exact walk from any hotel if gradients matter.
Hotels mapped nearby
17 hotels are tagged in OpenStreetMap within 500 m of Museo del Prado; the nearest 12 are shown. Names, stars and addresses are exactly as tagged, nearest first.
Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid
★★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Plaza de la Lealtad 5 28014 Madrid
199 m away, about 4 min on foot
Mercure Madrid Centro
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Lope de Vega 49 28014 Madrid
204 m away, about 4 min on foot
Radisson Blu Hotel, Madrid Prado
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Moratín 52 28014 Madrid
226 m away, about 4 min on foot
NH Paseo del Prado
★★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo 4 28014 Madrid
246 m away, about 4 min on foot
ITC Mora
★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Paseo del Prado 32 28014 Madrid
294 m away, about 5 min on foot
Hotel México
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
326 m away, about 6 min on foot
Petit Palace Lealtad Plaza
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Antonio Maura 5 28014 Madrid
350 m away, about 6 min on foot
The Palace
★★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Plaza de las Cortes 7 28014 Madrid
368 m away, about 6 min on foot
La pepachic
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Plaza de las Cortes 4
382 m away, about 7 min on foot
DoubleTree by Hilton Madrid - Prado
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de San Agustín 3 28014 Madrid
418 m away, about 7 min on foot
Urbansea Atocha 113
★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Atocha 113 28012 Madrid
428 m away, about 7 min on foot
Radisson RED
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Atocha 123 28012 Madrid
439 m away, about 8 min on foot
Where it is
The area this guide covers: Blocks within 500 m of the Museo del Prado anchor, sampled at eight compass points 400 m out, with listed hotels from Calle de Alfonso XII to Calle de Atocha. An editorial outline, not an official district line.
Nearby
Sights on foot
- Museo del Prado
- Monumento a Velázquez
- Parroquia San Jerónimo el Real
- Estatua de Murillo
- Agustín González de Amezúa
- Estatua de Goya
- Puerta de Murillo
- Alejandro Casona
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How these numbers were measured
| Sampled point | Venues within 250 m | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| Museo del PradoThe anchor: distances on this page start here | 31 bars, 2 pubs, 0 nightclubs | 650 m |
| North ring sample | 1 | 651 m |
| North-east ring sample | 1 | 660 m |
| East ring sample | 0 | 664 m |
| South-east ring sample | 0 | 642 m |
| South ring sample | 4 | 632 m |
| South-west ring sample | 36 | 657 m |
| West ring sample | 44 | 665 m |
| North-west ring sample | 6 | 657 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 the Prado?
Atocha impares, the nearest mapped metro point to the museum anchor, is 517 m away, a 9-minute walk estimated at 1.3 times the straight line and 80 m a minute. It is a subway entrance on Calle de Atocha in the Antón Martín cluster, not Atocha station.
Which hotels are closest to the Prado?
Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid is listed 199 m from the anchor and Mercure Madrid Centro 204 m, both a 4-minute walk. Names and addresses come from OpenStreetMap tags; confirm details with each hotel.
Is the area around the Prado noisy at night?
The map offers a proxy, not a measurement: 3 bars and pubs within 250 m of the anchor. Counts vary sharply by side, from 44 at the west sample to none at the east and south-east samples.