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Which side of Retiro suits a stay?
The short answer
Look at the north-east and east edges of Retiro, toward Ibiza metro, 578 m from the anchor and about 10 minutes on foot. It suits walkers who want few mapped bars: none within 250 m. Skip it if you need a hotel close by, as none is mapped within 500 m. The catch is a 20 m sampled elevation spread.
Quick facts
- Night-noise risk
- Low
- 0 bars, pubs and clubs within 250 m
- Climb
- 20 m
- 656 to 676 m across 9 points
- Metro walk
- 10 min
- to Ibiza
- Hotels mapped
- 0
- within 500 m in OpenStreetMap
Who it suits, who should skip it
Good for
- Walkers who want the park on foot and few mapped bars around the anchor
- Visitors who plan to reach Ibiza metro, 578 m from the anchor, on foot
- Early starters who value a low mapped-venue count within 250 m
- Travellers comfortable with a 20 m sampled elevation spread
Skip it if
- You need a hotel within 500 m: none is mapped there
- You want bars and late venues at the door every night
- You need step-free route evidence, which point elevations cannot give
- You need metro line names from this page: the data holds none
Which side of the park to choose
OpenStreetMap maps no hotels within 500 m of the Parque del Retiro anchor point, so this guide lists none and the real decision is which edge of the park to search. The eight compass samples around the anchor give the only micro-area evidence, and none of them is a named street, so check any address you consider on a map.
The north-east sample reads 676 m and the east sample 671 m, on the side nearest Ibiza metro, which is 578 m from the anchor. The south-west sample is the lowest at 656 m. Palacio de Cristal is 183 m from the anchor, a 3-minute walk, and the Monumento a Alfonso XII is 264 m away, a 5-minute walk.
Metro and walking times from the anchor
Ibiza is the nearest mapped metro station, 578 m from the anchor, about a 10-minute walk by our estimate of 1.3 times the straight line at 80 m a minute. The data holds no line names, so check the metro map for the line that serves your plans. This is an anchor-to-station figure, not a route from a particular building.
Inside the park, mapped points sit close together. General Francisco Morazan is 83 m away and Andrés Eloy Blanco 88 m, each a 2-minute walk. Monumento a Santiago Ramón y Cajal is 240 m, a 4-minute walk, and Doctor Cortezo is 291 m, a 5-minute walk. Every figure is measured from the anchor, not from a hotel entrance.
Noise at night: what the map shows
Within 250 m of the anchor, OpenStreetMap lists 0 bars, 0 pubs and 0 nightclubs, which gives a low night-noise risk on our scale. Only two of the eight ring samples map any venue: the east sample and the west sample each show 1 bar within 250 m.
This is a mapped-venue proxy, not a measurement of sound. Unmapped venues, road traffic, park events and the floor or side of a building are not captured. Treat the low count as a reason to look closer at an address, not as a statement about any particular room.
Hills and walking around Retiro
Sampled elevation across the anchor and ring runs from 656 m to 676 m, a 20 m spread, taken from the Copernicus DEM via Open-Meteo. The anchor is at 668 m. The north-east sample is highest at 676 m, while the west sample reads 657 m and the south-west sample 656 m.
Ibiza station is sampled at 680 m, so it sits 12 m higher than the anchor. These are point elevations, not route climbs, and they say nothing about step-free access, so check any specific route before relying on them. The ring points are compass samples, not identified street corners.
Hotels mapped nearby
OpenStreetMap has no hotel tagged within 500 m of Parque del Retiro.
Where it is
The area this guide covers: Eight compass ring samples around the Parque del Retiro anchor point in Madrid, taken as points rather than named streets or districts. It is a location proxy, not an administrative boundary. An editorial outline, not an official district line.
Nearby
Sights on foot
- General Francisco Morazan
- Andrés Eloy Blanco
- Monumento al Mariscal Francisco Solano López
- Palacio de Cristal
- Monumento a Santiago Ramón y Cajal
- Monumento a Alfonso XII
- Jacinto Verdaguer
- Doctor Cortezo
More street guides nearby
- Museo del Prado
- Calle de las Huertas
- Estación de Atocha
- Plaza de Santa Ana
- Plaza de Santa Ana
- Plaza de Chueca
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How these numbers were measured
| Sampled point | Venues within 250 m | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| Parque del RetiroThe anchor: distances on this page start here | 00 bars, 0 pubs, 0 nightclubs | 668 m |
| North ring sample | 0 | 675 m |
| North-east ring sample | 0 | 676 m |
| East ring sample | 1 | 671 m |
| South-east ring sample | 0 | 673 m |
| South ring sample | 0 | 669 m |
| South-west ring sample | 0 | 656 m |
| West ring sample | 1 | 657 m |
| North-west ring sample | 0 | 668 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
Are there hotels within walking distance of Retiro?
OpenStreetMap lists no hotels within 500 m of the Parque del Retiro anchor point. A wider search is needed for options, and names, addresses and attributes should be checked with each property directly.
How far is the nearest metro station from Retiro?
Ibiza is 578 m from the anchor, about a 10-minute walk by our estimate. The estimate uses 1.3 times the straight-line distance at 80 m a minute and is not a routed journey.
Is the area around Retiro noisy at night?
Within 250 m of the anchor, OpenStreetMap maps no bars, pubs or nightclubs, a low risk on our scale. The east and west samples each map 1 bar. This counts mapped venues and does not measure sound.
How hilly is the area around Retiro?
Sampled elevation runs from 656 m to 676 m, a 20 m spread. The anchor is at 668 m and Ibiza station at 680 m. These are point samples, not route climbs, so they do not describe any specific walk.