--- title: "Moratalaz – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Moratalaz, Spain: Moratalaz is a district of Madrid, Spain. Nearby: Museo del Prado, Biblioteca Nacional de España, Metropolitano Stadium. Every way there…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/moratalaz" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/moratalaz.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lede%C4%8D_nad_S%C3%A1zavou%2C_Havl%C3%AD%C4%8Dk%C5%AFv_Brod_District_%2814%29.jpg/1920px-Lede%C4%8D_nad_S%C3%A1zavou%2C_Havl%C3%AD%C4%8Dk%C5%AFv_Brod_District_%2814%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- District of Madrid in Spain # Moratalaz Moratalaz is a district of Madrid, Spain. ![Moratalaz](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lede%C4%8D_nad_S%C3%A1zavou%2C_Havl%C3%AD%C4%8Dk%C5%AFv_Brod_District_%2814%29.jpg/1920px-Lede%C4%8D_nad_S%C3%A1zavou%2C_Havl%C3%AD%C4%8Dk%C5%AFv_Brod_District_%2814%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Moratalaz · This image is a work by Mercy The place Moratalaz is a district of Madrid, Spain. It is a well-known area because musicians such as Melendi and Alejandro Sanz have lived there. Moratalaz is on east of municipality of Madrid. It has 6.34 km2 (2.45 sq mi) of surface area and is delineated by the highways of M-30 to the west, M-40 to the east, M23 to the north and A-3 to the south. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moratalaz), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Moratalaz 10 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. 1. Museo del Prado The Museo del Prado, officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It houses collections of European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 20th century, based on the former Spanish royal collection, and is the single best collection of Spanish art in the world. 4.1 km · Spanish national art museum in Madrid, Spain · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_del_Prado) 2. Biblioteca Nacional de España The Biblioteca Nacional de España is the national library of Spain. It is the largest public library in the country, and one of the largest in the world. 4.2 km · library in Spain · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Nacional_de_Espa%C3%B1a) 3. Metropolitano Stadium The Metropolitano Stadium, officially referred to as Riyadh Air Metropolitano Stadium due to sponsorship, is a football stadium in Madrid, located in the Rosas neighbourhood in the San Blas-Canillejas district. It has been the home stadium of Atlético Madrid since 2017. 4.8 km · football stadium in Madrid, Spain · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitano_Stadium) 4. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992, and is named for Queen Sofía. 4.2 km · national museum of art in Madrid, Spain · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_Nacional_Centro_de_Arte_Reina_Sof%C3%ADa) 5. Almudena Cathedral The Cathedral of Saint Mary the Royal of the Almudena, commonly known as the Almudena Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in Madrid, Spain. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Madrid. 6 km · Roman Catholic cathedral in Madrid, Spain · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almudena_Cathedral) 6. Senate of Spain The Senate is the upper house of the Cortes Generales, the bicameral parliament of the Kingdom of Spain. The Congress of Deputies is the lower house. 5.9 km · upper house of Spain's parliament, the Cortes Generales · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_Spain) 7. Congress of Deputies The Congress of Deputies is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch, the upper house being the Senate. The Congress meets in the Palace of the Parliament in Madrid. 4.5 km · lower house of the Cortes Generales (legislative branch of Spain's national government) · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_Deputies) 8. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum The Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, or simply the Thyssen, is an art museum in Madrid, Spain, located near the Prado Museum on one of the city's main boulevards. It is known as part of the "Golden Triangle of Art", which also includes the Prado and the Reina Sofía national galleries. 4.3 km · art museum in Madrid, Spain · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyssen-Bornemisza_Museum) 9. Main Square The Plaza Mayor is the principal public square in the heart of Madrid, the capital of Spain. It was once the centre of Old Madrid. 5.4 km · square in Madrid, Spain · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Mayor,_Madrid) 10. Puerta del Sol The Puerta del Sol is a public square in Madrid, one of the best known and busiest places in the city. This is the centre of the radial network of Spanish roads. 5.1 km · square in Madrid, Spain · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerta_del_Sol) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Moratalaz **Airports:** Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas (MAD), 11 km · Zaragoza (ZAZ), 259 km · Valencia (VLC), 288 km\ **Stations:** Madrid Atocha railway station, 4 km\ - Valencia → Moratalaz 297 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · €35–49 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/valencia-to-moratalaz) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Valencia&to=Moratalaz) - Zaragoza → Moratalaz 271 km · quickest by road, 3h 42m · €32–44 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/zaragoza-to-moratalaz) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Zaragoza&to=Moratalaz) - Bilbao → Moratalaz 323 km · quickest by air, 3h 24m · €90–130 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bilbao-to-moratalaz) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bilbao&to=Moratalaz) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Moratalaz) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Moratalaz 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 Moratalaz. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in A 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](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Madrid%2FMoncloa), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Chefchaouen](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chefchaouen) MA 8 ways of moving, 30 sources 600 km 2. [Merzouga and Erg Chebbi](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/merzouga) MA 8 ways of moving, 41 sources 1,036 km 3. [Zermatt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zermatt) CH 8 ways of moving, 26 sources 1,113 km 4. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 1,157 km 5. [Cinque Terre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cinque-terre) IT 7 ways of moving, 23 sources 1,172 km If you know how people move in Moratalaz – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cmoratalaz&title=Moratalaz&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fmoratalaz), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Moratalaz Moratalaz is 5 km from [Madrid](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/madrid), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Community of Madrid](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/community-of-madrid) autonomous community of Spain 4.3 km - [Madrid Metropolitan Area](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/madrid-metropolitan-area) comprises the city of Madrid and twenty surrounding municipalities 5 km - [Salamanca](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/salamanca) 4th city district of Madrid, Spain 3.6 km - [Retiro](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/retiro) 3rd city district of Madrid, Spain 2.7 km - [Chamberí](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chamberi) 7th city district of Madrid, Spain 5.1 km - [Chamartín](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chamartin) 5th city district of Madrid, Spain 5.6 km [The place page for Moratalaz](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/moratalaz) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Spain](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-ES) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/moratalaz, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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