The east of the city in two neighbouring districts. Ciudad Lineal is calm and square metres; San Blas-Canillejas has the airport and IFEMA a quarter of an hour away.
People who work from home part of the week and want space and quiet without leaving Madrid city.
People working along the eastern corridor — the airport, IFEMA, the business parks on the A-2 motorway — or who travel a lot.
It is long and narrow: two addresses in the same district can be four kilometres apart. The district name tells you little about your commute.
Aircraft noise is real in some neighborhoods, depending on which runways are in use that day. Visit the flat and listen.
Public transport, arriving before 9:00 on a weekday, from Ciudad Lineal (Ciudad Lineal) and from San Blas–Canillejas (Simancas). The faster one is in green.
| Destination | Ciudad Lineal | San Blas–Canillejas |
|---|---|---|
| Puerta del Sol | 22 minL5L1 | 28 minL7L5L1 |
| Nuevos Ministerios · AZCA | 22 minL5L6 | 22 minL7L6 |
| Cuatro Torres | 36 minL5L10 | 35 minL7L10 |
| Distrito Telefónica | 47 minL5L7L10 | 48 minL7L10 |
| Atocha station | 27 minL5L2C4 | 34 minL7L5L2C4 |
| Airport T4 | 45 minL5L6L8 | 47 minL7L6L8 |
| IFEMA | 40 minL5L6L8 | 44 minL7L6L8 |
| Ciudad Universitaria (UCM · UPM) | 30 minL5L6 | 32 minL7L6 |
| Cantoblanco campus (UAM) | 52 minL5L6C4 | 53 minL7L10C4 |
| American School of Madrid | 45 minL5L10C10 | 45 minL7L10C10 |
| King's College, Soto de Viñuelas | No reasonable metro or rail | No reasonable metro or rail |
| Lycée Français de Madrid | 36 minL5L4 | 38 minL7L4 |
Wide streets, buildings with courtyards and a calm that costs a fortune in the centre. Metro line 5 runs through the whole district.
People who work from home part of the week and want space and quiet without leaving Madrid city.
Read the Ciudad Lineal guideFifteen minutes from the airport and the IFEMA exhibition centre, with Metro into the city and prices below the Madrid city average.
People working along the eastern corridor — the airport, IFEMA, the business parks on the A-2 motorway — or who travel a lot.
Read the San Blas–Canillejas guideAccording to rental contracts declared in 2024, San Blas–Canillejas is cheaper: its price-per-square-metre index is 91, against 95 in Ciudad Lineal (city of Madrid = 100).
Ciudad Lineal has 12 stations inside the area with 6 lines (L1, L2, L4, L5, L7, ML1); San Blas–Canillejas has 10 stations inside the area with 3 lines (L2, L5, L7). To see which suits you, check how long each takes to your destination in the journeys table.
Within a kilometre of each area's centre, Ciudad Lineal has 38 supermarkets, 42 schools and 190 bars, cafés and restaurants; San Blas–Canillejas has 10, 14 and 92.
Rent: SERPAVI (2024). Journeys: CRTM GTFS Metro de Madrid (05-27-2025), CRTM GTFS Metro Ligero (07-22-2026), Renfe GTFS Cercanías (09-23-2026). Services: OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extracto de Geofabrik del 2026-09-24. Shapes: OpenStreetMap (ODbL) vía Nominatim · INE (secciones censales de La Moraleja). Calculated on 2026-09-24.
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