The same municipality, two ways of living in it. La Moraleja is villas, large plots and a car; Alcobendas and Sanse are a town with a direct metro line and the northern business parks ten minutes away.
Families with a high budget looking for a house with a garden, children at the northern international schools and jobs on the A-1, in Alcobendas or at the airport.
People working in the north — Arroyo de la Vega, the La Moraleja business area, the business parks along the A-1 — who don't want to pay Chamartín prices.
It does not work without a car. From the centre of the estate there is no Metro or train station within a reasonable walk: school buses and cars do all the work.
It's the most expensive of the options outside Madrid city covered here. Being close to the northern jobs shows in the rent.
Public transport, arriving before 9:00 on a weekday, from La Moraleja (La Moraleja) and from Alcobendas and San Sebastián de los Reyes (Marqués de la Valdavia). The faster one is in green.
| Destination | La Moraleja | Alcobendas and San Sebastián de los Reyes |
|---|---|---|
| Puerta del Sol | No reasonable metro or rail | 40 minL10C4 |
| Nuevos Ministerios · AZCA | No reasonable metro or rail | 34 minL10 |
| Cuatro Torres | No reasonable metro or rail | 30 minL10 |
| Distrito Telefónica | No reasonable metro or rail | 11 minL10 |
| Atocha station | No reasonable metro or rail | 45 minL10C4 |
| Airport T4 | No reasonable metro or rail | 49 minL10C1 |
| IFEMA | No reasonable metro or rail | 56 minL10L8 |
| Ciudad Universitaria (UCM · UPM) | No reasonable metro or rail | 47 minL10L6 |
| Cantoblanco campus (UAM) | No reasonable metro or rail | 33 minC4 |
| American School of Madrid | No reasonable metro or rail | 61 minL10C10 |
| King's College, Soto de Viñuelas | No reasonable metro or rail | No reasonable metro or rail |
| Lycée Français de Madrid | No reasonable metro or rail | 57 minL10ML1L4 |
Villas on large plots, international schools inside the estate and the A-1 business parks next door. A different way to live in Madrid: with a car and a garden.
Families with a high budget looking for a house with a garden, children at the northern international schools and jobs on the A-1, in Alcobendas or at the airport.
Read the La Moraleja guideTwo towns that have grown into one, with a direct Metro line and northern Madrid's business parks ten minutes away.
People working in the north — Arroyo de la Vega, the La Moraleja business area, the business parks along the A-1 — who don't want to pay Chamartín prices.
Read the Alcobendas and San Sebastián de los Reyes guideLa Moraleja has no metro or rail station inside the area with 0 lines (—); Alcobendas and San Sebastián de los Reyes has 9 stations inside the area with 2 lines (L10, C4). 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, La Moraleja has 0 supermarkets, 16 schools and 2 bars, cafés and restaurants; Alcobendas and San Sebastián de los Reyes has 9, 28 and 45.
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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