Best neighborhoods in Madrid for expats, scored by address
Madrid is compact for a capital. The central districts lie inside the M-30 ring road, the metro reaches nearly all of them, and most errands are done on foot.
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Everything on foot Plaza de Olavide, Madrid
- Dia2 min
- Iglesia3 min
- Plaza del Conde del Valle de Suchil9 min
The central districts lie inside the M-30 ring road, the metro reaches nearly all of them, and most errands are done on foot.
How it works
What lies within a walk of a real address, place by place.
The country's sample: Gran Vía 28, Madrid
You type an address, we find it on the map.
Gran Vía 28, Madrid
Found on the map40.4202, -3.7020
- Score Each part of daily life gets 0 to 100, and together they make one score.
- Nearby The markers are real places, the nearest of each kind. The tint shows how far you get on foot.
- List Tap a place and the map shows the way there.
Most errands on foot
What lowers it here Noise −3.3 Air −1.4
Strongest: Groceries and Public transport. Weakest: Parks and sport.
The markers are real places, the nearest of each kind. The tint shows how far you get on foot.
- 5 minutes on foot421 places
- 10 minutes on foot1,768 places
- 15 minutes on foot3,300 places
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Gran Vía 28, Madrid
Nearest places 88
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Education and children
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Parks and sport
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Bikes and shared cars
Remote work
Pets
Districts
- Salamanca
- A regular grid of broad streets with shops on almost every block; the Retiro park lies just beyond its southern edge. Everything is close, and rents are among the highest in the city.
- Chamberí
- A residential district of older apartment buildings, neighborhood markets and squares such as Plaza de Olavide. Daily shopping is easy on foot, but the district has little green space of its own.
- Malasaña
- Narrow streets full of bars, small shops and cafes just north of Gran Vía. It stays lively late into the night, with hardly any greenery and few large supermarkets.
Which one suits you depends on how much noise, space and greenery you want. Where do expats live in Madrid? Mostly in central districts like these, because they need no car. When it comes to the best areas to live in Madrid for families, many people look a little farther out, where apartments are larger and streets quieter, at the cost of a longer metro ride.
The M-30 is the barrier to watch. Two addresses on either side of it can be close in a straight line and far apart on foot, although along the river the road runs underground beneath the Madrid Río park. Score both and compare the walking minutes.