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Barajas de Madrid, Madrid — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Barajas de Madrid is an eastern district of Madrid, Spain, gathered around the castle of La Alameda and the Church of San Pedro Apóstol.
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Where to stay in Barajas de Madrid
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Barajas de Madrid sits at the eastern rim of Madrid, Spain, well beyond the old core. Rooms here stand near the castle of La Alameda and the Church of San Pedro Apóstol, in a low-built corner of the Community of Madrid where the streets keep a small-town measure. The pace runs slow.
If you want distance from the tourist crush and a room on the eastern approaches, Barajas de Madrid trades the centre for open ground.
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About Barajas de Madrid
What are the main landmarks in Barajas de Madrid?
Barajas de Madrid keeps a short but old set of landmarks in Madrid, Spain. The castle of La Alameda stands as a rare medieval keep on the eastern plain, while the Church of San Pedro Apóstol marks the heart of the former village within the Community of Madrid. A bell tops the square.
The Campana de la plaza Mercurio gives Barajas de Madrid a small civic emblem among its low streets.
What is the history of Barajas de Madrid?
Barajas de Madrid began as a village on the plain east of Madrid, Spain, long before the city reached it. The castle of La Alameda had guarded the ground since medieval times, and the Church of San Pedro Apóstol held the old parish together as farms worked the land around it. The district joined Madrid in 1949.
From that year Barajas de Madrid grew from a rural parish into an outer district of the Community of Madrid.
Where is Barajas de Madrid?
Barajas de Madrid lies on the eastern plain of Madrid, Spain, within the Community of Madrid, spread around the castle of La Alameda and the Church of San Pedro Apóstol.
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What is the best area to stay in Barajas de Madrid?
Around the Alameda castle: a slow eastern Madrid stay near the castle of La Alameda in Barajas de Madrid.
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Updated October 2026