Aravaca
Aravaca is a ward (Barrio) of the city of Madrid, in Moncloa-Aravaca district.
Aravaca is a ward (Barrio) of the city of Madrid, in Moncloa-Aravaca district. It is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the city centre, on the other side of Casa de Campo park. The population of the barrio is 29,547, divided into three areas: Aravaca (23,145), Valdemarín (4,000) and El Plantío (2,469)
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Worth seeing in and around Aravaca
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Puerta de Hierro
Puerta de Hierro is a monument of the second half of the 18th century, located in the northwest of Madrid, Spain, in the district of Moncloa near the Monte de El Pardo. It occupies a landscaped traffic island, defined by several branches of the highway A-6 and M-30, an enclave which is difficult to access.
3.4 km · monument in Madrid, Spain · Wikipedia - 02ESIC University
ESIC University is a private university located in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain, specialized in Marketing, Management and Digital Business. They are also found throughout Spain in cities such as Malaga, Barcelona, Pamplona, Seville, Granada, Zaragoza, Bilbao, and Valencia.
2.1 km · university in Spain · Wikipedia - 03Palacio de La Moncloa before the Spanish Civil War
The Palacio de La Moncloa before the Spanish Civil War was the original Palacio de La Moncloa before it suffered damage during the Spanish Civil War and was rebuilt into the current palace with a very different layout from the original.
4 km · destroyed building in Spain · Wikipedia - 04Somosaguas fossil site
The Somosaguas fossil site is located in the Community of Madrid, in the Somosaguas campus, within the municipality of Pozuelo de Alarcón. The fossils found belong to the fauna of the Aragonian continental stage, about 14 million years ago.
2.2 km · Spanish fossil site · Wikipedia
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Getting to Aravaca
- Airports
- Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas (MAD), 19 km · Zaragoza (ZAZ), 267 km
- Stations
- Estación de Aravaca, 300 m · Avenida de Europa, 1.5 km · Somosaguas Sur, 3.9 km · Berna, 900 m · Somosaguas Centro, 3.7 km
- Valencia → Aravaca7103 km · quickest by air, 16h 11m · $1,080–1,670
- Zaragoza → Aravaca278 km · quickest by road, 4h 35m · €33–46
- Bilbao → Aravaca320 km · quickest by air, 4h 16m · €100–150
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Aravaca
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Aravaca. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inA somewhat unusual means of transportation is the cable car, that links Argüelles with the Casa de Campo (zoo and theme park) while offering a great view of the city.
From Wikivoyage: Madrid/Moncloa, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Aravaca
Aravaca is 8 km from Madrid, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Pozuelo de Alarcónmunicipality of Spain2.8 km
- Valdemarínneighborhood in Madrid2 km