The two options for anyone working in the northern business parks. Las Tablas and Sanchinarro are gated estates with pools; Alcobendas and Sanse are a town with its own centre and a direct metro line.
Families who want a recent home with shared facilities, and anyone working at Distrito Telefónica, Ciudad BBVA or the business parks of north Madrid.
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.
Wide avenues and long distances: there is little street life, and much of daily life ends up happening by car.
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 Las Tablas and Sanchinarro (Las Tablas) and from Alcobendas and San Sebastián de los Reyes (Marqués de la Valdavia). The faster one is in green.
| Destination | Las Tablas and Sanchinarro | Alcobendas and San Sebastián de los Reyes |
|---|---|---|
| Puerta del Sol | 30 minL10C4 | 40 minL10C4 |
| Nuevos Ministerios · AZCA | 24 minL10 | 34 minL10 |
| Cuatro Torres | 20 minL10 | 30 minL10 |
| Distrito Telefónica | 4 minL10 | 11 minL10 |
| Atocha station | 35 minL10C4 | 45 minL10C4 |
| Airport T4 | 34 minML1C1 | 49 minL10C1 |
| IFEMA | 41 minML1L4L8 | 56 minL10L8 |
| Ciudad Universitaria (UCM · UPM) | 37 minL10L6 | 47 minL10L6 |
| Cantoblanco campus (UAM) | 44 minL10C4 | 33 minC4 |
| American School of Madrid | 51 minL10C10 | 61 minL10C10 |
| King's College, Soto de Viñuelas | No reasonable metro or rail | No reasonable metro or rail |
| Lycée Français de Madrid | 42 minML1L4 | 57 minL10ML1L4 |
Neighborhoods built in the 2000s, with gated developments, pools and parking, minutes from the Telefónica and BBVA headquarters. Madrid, but with the logic of a new town.
Families who want a recent home with shared facilities, and anyone working at Distrito Telefónica, Ciudad BBVA or the business parks of north Madrid.
Read the Las Tablas and Sanchinarro 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 guideAccording to rental contracts declared in 2024, Alcobendas and San Sebastián de los Reyes is cheaper: its price-per-square-metre index is 85, against 102 in Las Tablas and Sanchinarro (city of Madrid = 100).
Las Tablas and Sanchinarro has 14 stations inside the area with 7 lines (L10, ML1, C1, C2, C4, C7, C8); 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, Las Tablas and Sanchinarro has 10 supermarkets, 11 schools and 76 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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