Hey, in Canillas street ? Really near to me !

The WILD THING is a classic in Madrid�s night, good music, no commercial, no OT :cheers: good prices and Happy Hour on Thursdays.

The Pop & Roll is more or less like the Wild Thing, a few meters from it, and owned by one of the members of Hombres G, and El Limonar, in the same street as Pop & Roll, is quiter but nice anyway.

Calle de Canillas, yes!

>The WILD THING is a classic in Madrid�s night

We're probably just too old!

CleoPoleo --

I am not too far from you on the other side of Pza Castilla in the Valdeacederas/Tetu�n District.

I like where I live too (doesn�t everyone like where they live?!)...although a very populated neighborhood and finding parking can be very frustrating...even for my little Fiat! I like the diversity, just hate all the construction going on right now.

I am right on metro line 1 (Valdeacederas) but am just a 6 minute walk to Plaza Castilla where I can directly get line 10, line 9, and the circular (line 6?).

Maybe we can meet up for a caf� one of these days!

Hi Chica !

Yep, we live not very far away from each other
Parking is a nightmare in almost all districts! But on the other hand, if you don�t have a car, those places are perfect to live as you have all kind of public transport, and a taxi at weekends won�t cost you a fortune !

That would be nice to meet up for a caf� and maybe more people living near us would like to join us !

Chica, Tetu�n is a real good walk away from Prosperidad!!

If you take bus 43, is about 15-20 minutes to get there (if traffic allows it of course)

Exactly!<br /><br />Did you pinch that smiley?? or are you allowed to take them? I can�t read german!

Ooops! I didn�t realize how far Prosperidad was.. When Cleo Poleo mentioned Chamart�n...I just assumed it was the northern part of the district which is just on the other side of La Castellana from me.

Anyway, since Madrid has a great public transportation system...she isn�t so far afterall!!

:jeje:

I rented a room in an nice flat off of Avenida de San Luis near Chamart�n station, just immediately east of the M-30. I think on the map it was Canillejas. It was a really nice, suburbanized part of town, very well kept with decent amenities, however I never spent time in and around there; I always ventured in to the inner city.

My complaint was that to get downtown, let's say Sol, by the time I took the elevator 16 floors down, walked a quarter mile to the bus stop, waited for it to come, drop me off at Plaza de Castilla, walk through the metro and wait for the train, then transfer a few times, it took a good 50 min. to an hour. It became necessary to really plan my departure because it didn't seem that far, but it took a while.

There were alternate bus roots that I took which depending on traffic would cut time, and I could walk to Chamart�n metro in 20 minutes, or take the bus to Duque de Pastrana.

The good part was I taught English further east, off Arturo Soria, way out off the green line, and near Vel�zquez, so getting to and from work wasn't so bad.

Just more info for you to add to your research.

The best non central "GOOD" neighbourhood: La Moraleja. Y si no que se lo digan a Anita Obreg�n.

When I used to live in Madrid when I was about 9-10 years old, I lived really close to Barrio del Pilar, in a community called Arzobismo Morzillo. It was on top of a hill, and there were about 5-6 buildings that made it up, I think. It was right across the street from this huge park. I absolutely loved it there.

So, if anyone knows anything about this, I have a couple of questions:

What do apartments in that area usually go for?
What area of Madrid is that? North? South?
What was the name of that park?

Thanks to anyone that can answer it. I'm going to be moving to Madrid soon with my grandma again, and we'd like to live around where we used to, so I'm just a bit curious =).

Hay q decir...uhm..this has 2 be said...

nice barrios next to la moraleja are...monte principe, monte alina, las rozas, conde de orgaz...and some more...

so please...for the same money as Jer is paying.... you can live in an apartment which costs the same but has a pool and garden... or if not... we just go up to chalets...

but these are the good barrios!!
salu2,
serge

Hey Everlong,

I haven't lived here for too long and don't go out of the center of town too much, but I think what you are refering to is: Arzobispo Morcillo. This is a street near hospital de la paz, I believe is also near "barrio del pilar" which is North/Northwest of Madrid center.

You can get a street map at: http://callejero.lanetro.com/apps/lanetro/index.asp and type the street name to get an idea of the surroundings. The park's name is "Parque del Norte"

Hello, Everlong. Welcome back to Madrid. I used to live in Barrio del Pilar. Prices have shot up a bit in that area. You can also try to look at this website: www.idealista.com. You can search offers for houses on sale in this web page and you can do it by geographic areas. You can also do a search by price and more or less see the characteristics of the houses they are selling. Sometimes, they even come with pictures.

I think to better help you, there are few things that you need to consider,

1.- how much €€€€ are you willing to spend on rent or buying?

2.- What services are you expecting to be near your home, what services do you want?

3.- Where do you plan to work or where is your work place?

4.- What means of transportation do you have, do you have a car, or will you depend on public transportation?

These are basic questions of course, but it if you know these questions, we will be able to give you better insight for a nice suburb area.