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Arcos, Madrid — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Arcos is an administrative barrio of Madrid, one of the neighbourhoods of the San Blas-Canillejas district east of the city centre.
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Where to stay in Arcos
Where the beds are, and what that means for the visit.
Most of Arcos is housing. Rooms in this part of Madrid are thin on the floor, and travellers who need to be near the San Blas-Canillejas end of the city usually book toward the centre and come out for whatever business or fixture brings them. The Centro Deportivo Municipal San Blas is the district's own draw.
The Reloj de sol belongs to the barrio itself.
Few places to stay in Arcos — most visitors book in Madrid nearby.
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About Arcos
What are the main landmarks in Arcos?
Arcos holds a sundial, the Reloj de sol. Across San Blas-Canillejas the protected buildings are a church and a petrol station on the avenida de Aragón. The Iglesia de la Encarnación del Señor, the Cruceiro Virgen del Camino and the Centro Deportivo Municipal San Blas complete the sights of San Blas-Canillejas.
What is the history of Arcos?
Arcos exists as an administrative unit. Madrid divides itself into districts and then into barrios, and Arcos is one of those smaller units, drawn inside the San Blas-Canillejas district that the city constituted in 2012. Two names were joined in that district.
San Blas and Canillejas each gave it half a name, and the barrio of Arcos sits within the result, holding its Reloj de sol and little else of note.
Where is Arcos?
The barrio covers a little over a square kilometre of San Blas-Canillejas, the Madrid district that pairs San Blas with Canillejas.
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What is the best area to stay in Arcos?
Arcos: quiet blocks around the barrio's own Reloj de sol. Toward Canillejas: a base beside the older parish buildings of the district. Central Madrid: visitors who want the city centre rather than the eastern barrios.
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Updated October 2026