Neighborhoods In Madrid

Arganzuela

Arganzuela is such a huge district that a born-and-bred madrileño would never say, "let's meet in Arganzuela." Locals instead speak in terms of the neighborhood's...

• 4 Restaurants
• 0 Hotels
• 3 Things To Do

Barrio de las Letras

The Barrio de las Letras, long favored by tourists for its charming buildings and mix of historic and trendy bars and restaurants, is named for...

• 15 Restaurants
• 14 Hotels
• 21 Things To Do

Carabanchel, Usera, and Latina

• 7 Restaurants
• 0 Hotels
• 8 Things To Do

Chamartin

• 4 Restaurants
• 2 Hotels
• 2 Things To Do

Chamberi

Chamberí is a large area to the north of Malasaña, Chueca, and Barrio de las Letras. It's mostly residential but has a few lively spots...

• 18 Restaurants
• 7 Hotels
• 11 Things To Do

Chueca

Chueca is Madrid's "gayborhood." Noisy bars and overcrowded nightclubs are still a trademark of the area, but it now also makes for pleasant daytime walks...

• 15 Restaurants
• 4 Hotels
• 29 Things To Do

El Escorial

Outside Madrid in the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama, El Escorial, commissioned by Felipe II and built over 20 years in the late 16th...

• 2 Restaurants
• 0 Hotels
• 2 Things To Do

La Latina

Officially part of the Palacio neighborhood, this bustling area bordered by Calle de Segovia to the north; Calle Toledo to the east; Puerta de Toledo...

• 9 Restaurants
• 2 Hotels
• 11 Things To Do

Lavapies

Lavapiés, which has overtaken Malasaña and La Latina as Madrid's trendiest neighborhood, has the city's highest concentration of immigrants—mostly Chinese, Indian, and North and West...

• 17 Restaurants
• 3 Hotels
• 18 Things To Do

Malasaña

Famous for being the epicenter of La Movida, the countercultural movement that united rockers, punks, artists and other creative tribes in the 1980s, this neighborhood...

• 12 Restaurants
• 0 Hotels
• 32 Things To Do

Moncloa

A large neighborhood extending to the northwest of Madrid, Moncloa includes high-class residential areas, such as Puerta de Hierro and Aravaca; more urban ones such...

• 6 Restaurants
• 2 Hotels
• 8 Things To Do

Palacio

Madrid’s oldest neighborhood, Palacio is the home of the imposing Palacio Real. This is where Muhammad I established the city's first military post in the...

• 8 Restaurants
• 5 Hotels
• 22 Things To Do

Rastro

The Rastro area in Embajadores traces back to the last third of the 16th century, when it marked the lower part of the old city’s...

• 0 Restaurants
• 0 Hotels
• 1 Things To Do

Retiro

The Retiro holds the city's best-known park, Parque del Buen Retiro, and best known museum, the Museo del Prado, and the neighborhood’s borders extend to...

• 6 Restaurants
• 2 Hotels
• 14 Things To Do

Salamanca

The Salamanca neighborhood, one of the new areas included in the program of city expansions which started in the second half of the 19th century...

• 17 Restaurants
• 8 Hotels
• 21 Things To Do

Sol

This neighborhood, built in the 16th century around the Puerta del Sol, used to mark the city’s geographic center, which today sits a tad to...

• 12 Restaurants
• 7 Hotels
• 20 Things To Do

Tetuan

• 4 Restaurants
• 0 Hotels
• 1 Things To Do