How to get to Sol, Gran Vía and the old center in Madrid

Metro L1, L2 or L3 to Sol, the busiest station in the city. Cercanías trains also stop at Sol from Atocha and Chamartín in under 10 minutes.

It depends on your legs and the weather. The line above is the reliable option, and the walk only makes sense if you want to see the streets in between. In Madrid the metro runs often enough that waiting is rarely the problem.

In and around Sol, Gran Vía and the old center you have Plaza Mayor, Puerta del Sol, Gran Vía. It pays to plan the area in one go instead of crossing Madrid twice.

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The airport options for Madrid, bus, metro, train and taxi, with times and what each one costs, are compared in our airport guide.

Fares change every year, so we keep them in one place instead of repeating them on every page. Our Madrid transport guide has the current single ticket, the travel cards and the number of trips where each one starts paying off.