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Vicálvaro, Madrid — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Vicálvaro is a district in the southeast of Madrid, Spain, a former municipality set around the Church of Santa María la Antigua.
About Vicálvaro
Where to stay in Vicálvaro
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Vicálvaro is an outlying district of Madrid, and rooms are scarce. Its streets run around the Church of Santa María la Antigua and the Yacimiento de sílex de Casa Montero, a residential quarter in the southeast of Madrid, well away from the tourist centre. Rooms in Vicálvaro are few.
Stay in Vicálvaro for a plain, outer corner of the Community of Madrid, near the Centro Deportivo Municipal Margot Moles and far from the crowds.
About Vicálvaro
What are the main landmarks in Vicálvaro?
Vicálvaro keeps a small, mixed set of landmarks. The Church of Santa María la Antigua stands at its centre, while the Yacimiento de sílex de Casa Montero marks a flint site and the Centro Deportivo Municipal Margot Moles serves the surrounding streets. There are no grand museums.
Together they give Vicálvaro its landmarks within Madrid, an old church, a flint site, and a municipal sports centre rather than the monuments of a historic centre.
What is the history of Vicálvaro?
Vicálvaro was once a town of its own. The former municipality was absorbed into the municipality of Madrid in 1951, and the surrounding area was later gathered into the modern district of Vicálvaro in 1988. Its name survived the merger.
The district of Vicálvaro sits in the southeast of Madrid, its past kept in the Church of Santa María la Antigua and the Yacimiento de sílex de Casa Montero.
Where is Vicálvaro?
Vicálvaro lies in the southeast of Madrid, Spain, its streets set around the Church of Santa María la Antigua and the Yacimiento de sílex de Casa Montero.
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Updated July 2026