The nearest Metro stop to every Madrid attraction
Madrid's Metro is cheap, fast and covers almost everything worth seeing — the hard part is knowing which of 300-odd stations to get off at. Every attraction on this site, with its station and line.
Fares, in the order you need them
The Tarjeta Multi is a reusable plastic card. It is not a ticket — it holds them. Non-refundable, one per person, buy it from any station machine.
Price rises with the number of stations travelled inside Zone A.
The Metrobús ticket. Works on Metro and city buses, and can be shared between several people on the same card.
Charged on top of any fare when entering or leaving the two Barajas stations. It catches nearly everyone once.
Trains run roughly 06:00–01:30. There is no night Metro — after it closes theBúho night buses run from Plaza de Cibeles and Puerta del Sol. More detail ingetting around Madrid.
Every attraction, and where to get off
| Attraction | Nearest station |
|---|---|
| Almudena Cathedral | Ópera (Lines 2, 5, R) |
| Barrio de las Letras | Antón Martín (L1), Sevilla (L2), Sol (L1/2/3) |
| Basílica de San Francisco el Grande | La Latina (Line 5) or Puerta de Toledo (Line 5) |
| CaixaForum Madrid | Estación del Arte (Line 1), about 5 minutes' walk |
| Campo del Moro | Príncipe Pío (Line 6, 10, R) |
| Casa de Campo | Casa de Campo (Line 5, 10), Lago (Line 10), Batán (Line 10), or Príncipe Pío (Line 6, 10, R) |
| Chueca | Chueca (L5) — the station itself is decorated in rainbow tiles |
| Círculo de Bellas Artes | Banco de España (L2), Sevilla (L2) |
| Corral de la Morería | Ópera (L2, L5, R), La Latina (L5) |
| El Rastro | La Latina (Line 5) at the top of the market, or Embajadores (Line 3) at the bottom |
| El Retiro Park (Parque del Buen Retiro) | Retiro (Line 2), Ibiza (Line 9), or Príncipe de Vergara (Line 2/9) for the southern gates |
| Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida | Príncipe Pío (Lines 6 and 10, and the R branch), about 5-10 minute walk |
| Gran Vía | Gran Vía (Lines 1, 5), Callao (Lines 3, 5), or Plaza de España (Lines 3, 10) — all sit directly on the avenue |
| La Latina | La Latina (L5), Tirso de Molina (L1) |
| Madrid Río Park | Príncipe Pío (Line 6, 10, R), Pirámides (Line 5), or Marqués de Vadillo (Line 5) depending on which stretch you want |
| Malasaña | Tribunal (L1/L10), Noviciado (L2), Bilbao (L1/L4) |
| Matadero Madrid | Legazpi (L3, L6) |
| Mercado de La Paz | Serrano (Line 4) or Velázquez (Line 4), both about 5 minutes on foot |
| Mercado de San Antón | Chueca (Line 5), or Gran Vía (Lines 1, 5) and Banco de España (Line 2), each about 8 minutes on foot |
| Mercado de San Miguel | Sol (Lines 1, 2, 3) or Ópera (Lines 2, 5), both about 5-7 minutes on foot |
| Metropolis Building | Sevilla (Line 2) or Banco de España (Line 2) |
| Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales | Callao (Lines 3, 5) or Sol (Lines 1, 2, 3) |
| Museo Cerralbo | Plaza de España (Lines 3 and 10) or Ventura Rodríguez (Line 3), both under 5 minutes' walk |
| Museo del Prado | Banco de España (Line 2) or Estación del Arte (Line 1), both roughly 700m away |
| Museo Lázaro Galdiano | Rubén Darío (Line 5) or Núñez de Balboa (Lines 5 and 9), both about 10-minute walk; Gregorio Marañón (Lines 7 and 10) also within reach |
| Museum of Romanticism | Tribunal (Lines 1 and 10) or Alonso Martínez (Lines 4, 5, and 10), both under 5 minutes' walk |
| National Archaeological Museum (MAN) | Serrano or Colón (Line 4), both under 5 minutes' walk; Retiro (Line 2) about 10 minutes |
| Palacio de Cristal | Retiro (Line 2) or Ibiza (Line 9), then a walk through the park |
| Parque El Capricho | El Capricho (Line 5), roughly a 20-25 minute walk from the station, or bus lines 101, 105, 151 which stop close to the entrance |
| Plaza de Cibeles | Banco de España (Line 2), right on the square |
| Plaza de Colón | Colón (Line 4), directly on the square; Serrano (Line 4) is also close |
| Plaza de España | Plaza de España (Lines 3, 10), directly under the square |
| Plaza de la Villa | Ópera (Lines 2, 5, R) or Sol (Lines 1, 2, 3) |
| Plaza de Oriente | Ópera (Lines 2, 5, R), right at the square's edge |
| Plaza de Santa Ana | Sol (Lines 1, 2, 3) or Sevilla (Line 2); Antón Martín (Line 1) is also close by |
| Plaza Mayor | Sol (Lines 1, 2, 3) or Tirso de Molina (Line 1), both about a 5-minute walk |
| Puerta de Alcalá | Retiro (Line 2) |
| Puerta del Sol | Sol (Lines 1, 2, 3) plus Cercanías commuter rail, right beneath the square |
| Reina Sofía National Art Centre | Estación del Arte (Line 1) or Atocha Renfe, both under 5 minutes' walk |
| Riyadh Air Metropolitano | Estadio Metropolitano (L7) |
| Royal Botanical Garden (Real Jardín Botánico) | Atocha (Line 1) or Banco de España (Line 2); Estación del Arte (Cercanías) is right at the entrance |
| Royal Palace of Madrid | Ópera (Lines 2, 5, R) |
| Royal Seat of San Lorenzo de El Escorial | None — take a Cercanías train (Line C-3) from Madrid-Chamartín or Madrid-Atocha (roughly 1 hour, with limited direct Atocha services) to El Escorial station, then a short local bus or 20-minute uphill walk to the monastery; alternatively, direct buses run from Madrid's Moncloa bus station (about 1 hour) |
| Sabatini Gardens (Jardines de Sabatini) | Ópera (Line 2, 5, R) or Plaza de España (Line 2, 3, 10) |
| Santiago Bernabéu Stadium | Santiago Bernabéu (L10); Nuevos Ministerios (L6, L8, L10, Cercanías) is a short walk south |
| Sobrino de Botín | Sol (Lines 1, 2, 3) or La Latina (Line 5), both about 5-8 minutes on foot |
| Sorolla Museum | Gregorio Marañón (Lines 7 and 10), about 5-minute walk; Iglesia (Line 1) or Rubén Darío (Line 5), about 10-12 minutes on foot |
| Teatro Real | Ópera (L2, L5, R), Sol (L1, L2, L3) |
| Temple of Debod | Plaza de España (Lines 3, 10) or Ventura Rodríguez (Line 3) |
| Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum | Banco de España (Line 2), about 5 minutes' walk |
What each line actually gets you
If your accommodation sits on one line, this is the quickest way to see what you can reach without changing trains.
Stations are taken from the individual guide for each attraction, checked against the venue's own directions. Where two stations are genuinely similar in distance, both are listed — the first is usually the easier walk. See also the free museum timetable and theitineraries, which are built around walkable clusters rather than Metro hops.