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Staying in Santa Cruz: Plaza de Santa Cruz hotels, metro and nightlife
The short answer
Plaza de Santa Cruz suits walkers who want old-town sights at the door: Casa de Murillo is 80 m away and Hostal Toledo is 37 m away. The catch is evenings: OpenStreetMap lists 19 bars and pubs within 250 m, a high night-noise risk, and the nearest metro stop, Prado San Sebastián, is 504 m away. Skip it if you need a station beside the hotel.
Quick facts
- Night-noise risk
- Medium
- 19 bars, pubs and clubs within 250 m
- Climb
- 20 m
- 11 to 31 m across 9 points
- Metro walk
- 9 min
- to Prado San Sebastián
- Hotels mapped
- 30
- within 500 m in OpenStreetMap
Who it suits, who should skip it
Good for
- Walkers who want the plaza, Casa de Murillo and the wall remains within 80 m of the anchor
- Travellers happy to walk 504 m to the nearest mapped metro stop
- Visitors who accept a high night-noise risk and will check which way a room faces
Skip it if
- You need a metro station within a couple of minutes of the hotel door
- You want the fewest mapped bars: the west sample maps 33 within 250 m
- You need verified step-free routes: this guide samples elevation only
Which lodgings sit closest to the plaza
The anchor is Plaza de Santa Cruz, with the Cruz de la Cerrajería at 0 m and El balcón de la Rosina 43 m away. OpenStreetMap lists 30 hotels and similar lodgings within 500 m, so the choice is wide. The closest are Hostal Toledo at 37 m, Hotel Murillo at 76 m and Patio de las Cruces at 93 m, each a 1 or 2-minute walk.
Further out, Hotel Casa del Poeta is 149 m away, with an address on Calle Don Carlos Alonso Chaparro, and Petit Palace Santa Cruz is 363 m away, a 6-minute walk. Names, addresses and attributes come from OpenStreetMap tags and are not verified, so check each property directly before choosing.
Metro and walking times from the plaza
Prado San Sebastián is the nearest mapped metro stop, 504 m from the anchor, about a 9-minute walk by our estimate of 1.3 times the straight line at 80 m a minute. The source lists no lines for it, so check the operator's map for the line that serves your plans.
Most mapped sights are close: Casa de Murillo is 80 m away, a 2-minute walk, Monumento a Don Juan Tenorio is 82 m, and Cementerio de la Judería is 142 m, a 3-minute walk. Fundación Pintor Amalio is 178 m, also 3 minutes. These are estimates from the anchor, not routed journeys from any hotel.
Noise at night: what the map shows
Within 250 m of the anchor, OpenStreetMap lists 17 bars, 2 pubs and no nightclubs: 19 venues, a high night-noise risk on our scale. This counts mapped venues and does not measure sound, so it says nothing about how a room is insulated or which way it faces.
The ring samples show an uneven pattern. The west sample maps 33 venues and the north-west sample 24, while the south sample maps 3 and the south-east sample 4. The north-east maps 9, the south-west 8, and the north and east samples 6 each. Samples are compass points, not identified streets.
Hills and walking around the plaza
Sampled elevation runs from 11 m to 31 m, a 20 m range, with the anchor at 23 m. This is a sampled range, not a route climb, and it says nothing about step-free access or the gradient of a particular street.
The lowest sample is the south point at 11 m, the same height as Prado San Sebastián, so the metro stop sits 12 m below the anchor. The west sample is the highest at 31 m, and it is also where the most venues are mapped, so the two patterns overlap on that side.
Hotels mapped nearby
30 hotels are tagged in OpenStreetMap within 500 m of Plaza de Santa Cruz; the nearest 12 are shown. Names, stars and addresses are exactly as tagged, nearest first.
Hostal Toledo
★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Santa Teresa 15
37 m away, about 1 min on foot
Hotel Murillo
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
76 m away, about 2 min on foot
Patio de las Cruces
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Cruces 10
93 m away, about 2 min on foot
El Rey Moro
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Lope de Rueda 14 41004 Sevilla
95 m away, about 2 min on foot
Hosteria del Laurel
★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Plaza de los Venerables 5
96 m away, about 2 min on foot
Apartamentos Las Cruces
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Cruces 11
113 m away, about 2 min on foot
Hotel Un patio en Santa Cruz
★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Doncellas 15 41004
121 m away, about 2 min on foot
Casa 17
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
126 m away, about 3 min on foot
Pension Vergara
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
C. Ximénez de Enciso, 41004 Sevilla, Spanien 11
132 m away, about 3 min on foot
Basic Hotel Dona Manuela
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
136 m away, about 3 min on foot
Hotel Casa del Poeta
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Don Carlos Alonso Chaparro 3
149 m away, about 3 min on foot
Cicerone
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
No street address tagged in OpenStreetMap
154 m away, about 3 min on foot
Where it is
The area this guide covers: The area within about 500 m of Plaza de Santa Cruz, the anchor, in the Santa Cruz part of Seville's Casco Antiguo, as sampled by eight compass points 400 m out. An editorial outline, not an official district line.
Nearby
Sights on foot
- Cruz de la Cerrajería
- El balcón de la Rosina
- Muralla-Acueducto
- Muralla islámica (s.XI-XII)
- Casa de Murillo
- Monumento a Don Juan Tenorio
- Cementerio de la Judería
- Fundación Pintor Amalio
More street guides nearby
How these numbers were measured
| Sampled point | Venues within 250 m | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| Plaza de Santa CruzThe anchor: distances on this page start here | 1917 bars, 2 pubs, 0 nightclubs | 23 m |
| North ring sample | 6 | 22 m |
| North-east ring sample | 9 | 20 m |
| East ring sample | 6 | 19 m |
| South-east ring sample | 4 | 21 m |
| South ring sample | 3 | 11 m |
| South-west ring sample | 8 | 18 m |
| West ring sample | 33 | 31 m |
| North-west ring sample | 24 | 26 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 14 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 nearest metro stop from Plaza de Santa Cruz?
Prado San Sebastián is 504 m from the anchor, about a 9-minute walk by our estimate. This is measured from the plaza, not from any hotel, and the source lists no line information for the stop.
Are there many bars around Plaza de Santa Cruz?
OpenStreetMap lists 17 bars and 2 pubs within 250 m, a high night-noise risk on our scale. The count is mapped venues, not measured sound, and the west and north-west samples map more than the south.
Which mapped hotels are nearest the plaza?
Hostal Toledo is 37 m away, Hotel Murillo 76 m and Patio de las Cruces 93 m. All come from OpenStreetMap tags and are unverified, so confirm details with each property directly.
How hilly is the Santa Cruz area?
Sampled elevation runs from 11 m to 31 m, a 20 m spread, and the metro stop sits 12 m below the anchor. This is not a route gradient or an accessibility assessment.