--- title: "Villa de Vallecas – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Villa de Vallecas, Spain: Villa de Vallecas is one of the 21 districts of the city of Madrid, Spain. Nearby: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas, Caja Mágica, La…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/villa-de-vallecas" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/villa-de-vallecas.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Parquetetas.jpg/1920px-Parquetetas.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- District of Madrid in Spain # Villa de Vallecas Villa de Vallecas is one of the 21 districts of the city of Madrid, Spain. ![Villa de Vallecas](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Parquetetas.jpg/1920px-Parquetetas.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Villa de Vallecas · Chefocom The place Villa de Vallecas is one of the 21 districts of the city of Madrid, Spain. It forms, with the district of Puente de Vallecas, the geographical area of Vallecas. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_de_Vallecas), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Villa de Vallecas 5 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. Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas is a football stadium in the Madrid district of Puente de Vallecas, Spain. Up until 2026, it has hosted football matches as the home of Primera Division club Rayo Vallecano. 3.5 km · football stadium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallecas_Stadium) 2. Caja Mágica Caja Mágica, also known as the Manzanares Park Tennis Center, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Madrid, Spain. Since 2009, it has been the home of the Madrid Open tennis tournament. 5.5 km · sports arena · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caja_M%C3%A1gica) 3. La Almudena Cemetery The Cementerio de Nuestra Señora de La Almudena, former Necrópolis del Este is a cemetery in Madrid, Spain. It is the largest in Western Europe. 4.7 km · cemetery in Madrid · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cementerio_de_la_Almudena) 4. Torrespaña Torrespaña is a 232 m high reinforced concrete freestanding broadcasting tower in Madrid, Spain. It is the central and main transmission node of the terrestrial television and radio networks in the country as well as the station that covers the city and its metropolitan area. 5.8 km · Telecommunications Tower of Madrid, Spain · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrespa%C3%B1a) 5. Madrid Spain Temple The Madrid Spain Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in the Pavones neighborhood of Moratalaz, Madrid. Announced on April 4, 1993, by Gordon B. Hinckley, first counselor in the church's First Presidency, during general conference, it became the first temple in Spain and the seventh in Europe. 2.4 km · Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Madrid, Spain · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid_Spain_Temple) 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 Villa de Vallecas **Airports:** Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas (MAD), 13 km · Zaragoza (ZAZ), 259 km · Valencia (VLC), 285 km\ **Stations:** Pacífico, 5.2 km · Menéndez Pelayo, 5.7 km · Alto del Arenal, 2.3 km · Nueva Numancia, 3.9 km · Arganzuela-Planetario, 5.9 km\ - Valencia → Villa de Vallecas 293 km · quickest by road, 3h 59m · €35–48 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/valencia-to-villa-de-vallecas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Valencia&to=Villa+de+Vallecas) - Zaragoza → Villa de Vallecas 270 km · quickest by road, 3h 40m · €32–44 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/zaragoza-to-villa-de-vallecas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Zaragoza&to=Villa+de+Vallecas) - Bilbao → Villa de Vallecas 327 km · quickest by road, 4h 43m · €40–55 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bilbao-to-villa-de-vallecas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bilbao&to=Villa+de+Vallecas) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Villa%20de%20Vallecas) 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 Villa de Vallecas 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 Villa de Vallecas. 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. 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Around it ## Next door to Villa de Vallecas Villa de Vallecas is 8 km from [Madrid](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/madrid), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Retiro](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/retiro) 3rd city district of Madrid, Spain 5.7 km - [San Blas-Canillejas](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/san-blas-canillejas) 20th city district of Madrid, Spain 5.2 km - [Moratalaz](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/moratalaz) 14th city district of Madrid, Spain 3.9 km - [Puente de Vallecas](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/puente-de-vallecas) 13th city district of Madrid, Spain 4.5 km - [Vicálvaro](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vicalvaro) 19th city district of Madrid, Spain 3 km - [Atocha](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/atocha) neighborhood in Madrid, Spain 5.7 km [The place page for Villa de Vallecas](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/villa-de-vallecas) [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/villa-de-vallecas, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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