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Staying near the Royal Palace: metro, nightlife and hills
The short answer
Base yourself within walking distance of the Palacio Real if you want the palace on foot and Ópera metro 382 m away, a 7-minute walk. It suits sightseers who accept some slope. Skip it if you want a level route or a late-bar-free south-east side: that ring sample maps 59 venues. The catch is that sampled elevation spans 592 m to 652 m.
Quick facts
- Night-noise risk
- Low
- 4 bars, pubs and clubs within 250 m
- Climb
- 60 m
- 592 to 652 m across 9 points
- Metro walk
- 7 min
- to Ópera
- Hotels mapped
- 11
- within 500 m in OpenStreetMap
Who it suits, who should skip it
Good for
- Sightseers who want the palace within walking distance and Ópera metro 382 m away
- Travellers who want few mapped bars near the door: the west and north samples map 0 and 1
- Visitors who will check each property's own details instead of relying on map tags
Skip it if
- You want every walk on level ground: sampled elevation runs from 592 m to 652 m
- You want terraces and bars close by: the south-east sample maps 59 venues
- You need a hotel confirmed by this guide: names and tags are unverified map data
Where to stay around the palace
OpenStreetMap maps 11 hotels within 500 m of the Palacio Real de Madrid. The nearest is Central Palace Hostal at 214 m, a 4-minute walk. Depto Luigi is 383 m away, Hotel Ópera 388 m and Petit Palace Plaza Mayor 389 m, each about 7 minutes. Room Mate Mario Hotel is 433 m away, Hotel Meninas 445 m and Ocean Drive Madrid 447 m, all 8 minutes.
Hotel Gran Meliá Palacio de los Duques is 452 m away, JC Rooms Puerta del Sol 471 m, Los Amigos Vip Rooms 486 m and Jardines de Sabatini 490 m, all 8 minutes. These names and positions are map tags, not verified listings, so confirm details with each property. The practical choice is between the palace side, west and north, and the metro side, east, where mapped venues are denser.
Metro and walking from the palace
The nearest mapped metro station is Ópera, 382 m from the palace anchor, about a 7-minute walk. The map data lists no lines for it, so check the Metro de Madrid network map for the line that serves your plans. Walks here are estimates from the anchor at 1.3 times the straight line and 80 m a minute, not hotel-to-metro or routed journeys.
Mapped points close to the palace are San Pedro at 75 m, Puerta de Xagra at 84 m, Cuartel de San Nicolás at 125 m, Ataúlfo at 132 m and Leovigildo at 134 m, all 2 or 3 minutes. Hotels on the Calle de Campomanes side sit nearer Ópera than the palace, so the palace gate is the longer leg there.
Noise at night: what the map shows
Within 250 m of the palace anchor, OpenStreetMap lists 2 bars, 2 pubs and no nightclubs, 4 venues in all, a low night-noise risk on this guide's scale. That scale counts mapped venues and does not measure sound, so a room's position and your own sleep habits still decide how a night goes.
The ring samples show the contrast. They are compass points 400 m out, not named streets. The west sample maps 0 venues, the north 1 and the north-west 2, while the east maps 36, the south 25, the north-east 24 and the south-east 59. The south-west sample maps 4. Choose the west or north side for fewer mapped bars, and the east or south-east for more of them.
Hills and walking around the palace
The anchor sits at 644 m. Across the 8 ring samples, elevation runs from 592 m at the west sample to 652 m at the south-east, a 60 m spread. The north sample is 630 m, the north-west 604 m and the south-west 606 m, so the ground falls away to the west and rises toward the south-east.
Ópera's elevation sample is 646 m against 644 m at the anchor, so the two points are close in height. This is a sampled elevation range from a coarse model, not a route climb or an accessibility measure, and it says nothing about the gradient of any particular street. If slopes matter, check your own route on a map before booking.
Hotels mapped nearby
11 hotels are tagged in OpenStreetMap within 500 m of Palacio Real de Madrid. Names, stars and addresses are exactly as tagged, nearest first.
Central Palace Hostal
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
214 m away, about 4 min on foot
depto Luigi
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle del Toro 3 28005
383 m away, about 7 min on foot
Hotel Ópera
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Cuesta de Santo Domingo 2 28013 Madrid
388 m away, about 7 min on foot
Petit Palace Plaza Mayor
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Mayor 46 28013 Madrid
389 m away, about 7 min on foot
Room Mate Mario Hotel
★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Campomanes 4 28013 Madrid
433 m away, about 8 min on foot
Hotel Meninas
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de Campomanes 7 28013 Madrid
445 m away, about 8 min on foot
Ocean Drive Madrid
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
447 m away, about 8 min on foot
Hotel Gran Meliá Palacio de los Duques
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
452 m away, about 8 min on foot
JC Rooms Puerta del Sol
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle de la Flora 4 28013 Madrid
471 m away, about 8 min on foot
Los Amigos Vip Rooms
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle del Arenal 26 28013 Madrid
486 m away, about 8 min on foot
Jardines de Sabatini
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Cuesta de San Vicente 16 28008 Madrid
490 m away, about 8 min on foot
Where it is
The area this guide covers: The area within about 500 m of Palacio Real de Madrid, the radius used to map hotels, with compass ring samples 400 m out and nightlife counted within 250 m of the anchor. An editorial outline, not an official district line.
Nearby
Sights on foot
- Palacio Real de Madrid
- San Pedro
- Puerta de Xagra
- Capitán Ángel Melgar y Mata
- Felipe III
- Cuartel de San Nicolás
- Ataúlfo
- Leovigildo
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How these numbers were measured
| Sampled point | Venues within 250 m | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| Palacio Real de MadridThe anchor: distances on this page start here | 42 bars, 2 pubs, 0 nightclubs | 644 m |
| North ring sample | 1 | 630 m |
| North-east ring sample | 24 | 648 m |
| East ring sample | 36 | 644 m |
| South-east ring sample | 59 | 652 m |
| South ring sample | 25 | 628 m |
| South-west ring sample | 4 | 606 m |
| West ring sample | 0 | 592 m |
| North-west ring sample | 2 | 604 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 Royal Palace?
Ópera is the nearest mapped metro station, 382 m from the palace anchor and about a 7-minute walk by this guide's estimate. It is an estimate from the anchor, not a routed journey from any hotel.
Which mapped hotel is closest to the palace?
Central Palace Hostal is the closest, 214 m from the anchor and about a 4-minute walk. OpenStreetMap maps 11 hotels within 500 m, and all names and tags are unverified.
How many bars are near the Royal Palace?
Within 250 m of the palace anchor, OpenStreetMap lists 2 bars and 2 pubs, 4 venues in all. The south-east ring sample maps 59, so the count depends strongly on which side you choose.
Is the area around the palace hilly?
Sampled elevation runs from 592 m to 652 m, a 60 m spread, with the anchor at 644 m. The figure comes from a coarse elevation model and is not a route climb, so check your exact route.