Leafy, grown-up and quiet at night, with the Prado, the Reina Sofía and the enormous Retiro park at the end of the street. The easiest place to sleep well and still walk to everything.
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€150–260
typical per night in Spain
You pay for the postcode
Cheapest in MadridPriciest
One of the pricier addresses in Madrid.
Where it sits
The circle is Retiro & Paseo del Prado and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.
How far is everything?
Madrid–Barajas (MAD)~24 min drive13.4 km
From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.
- Gran Vía19 min walk1.6 km
- Chocolate con churros at San Ginés20 min walk1.7 km
- Plaza Mayor21 min walk1.7 km
- Mercado de San Miguel22 min walk1.9 km
- Tapas down Cava Baja23 min walk1.9 km
- The Royal Palace28 min walk2.3 km
- Temple of Debod at sunset8 min taxi2.8 km
- Santiago Bernabéu13 min taxi4.2 km
On your doorstep
What you’re living next to if you stay here.
- 1.The Prado — One of the greatest painting collections anywhere — Velázquez's Las Meninas alone justifies the trip. Don't try to see it all: pick two wings, go slowly, leave.
- 4.Retiro Park — Madrid's back garden — row a boat on the lake, find the glass Crystal Palace, and watch the whole city do Sunday properly. Best in the hour before sunset.
- 5.Reina Sofía & Guernica — Picasso's Guernica takes up a wall and silences the room. The rest — Dalí, Miró, twentieth-century Spain — is worth the ticket on its own.
- 13.Cibeles & the Paseo del Prado — The fountain where Real Madrid celebrates, in front of a palace that turned out to be the town hall. Climb its terrace for a view straight down the boulevard.
When are you staying?
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