Newer homes in the north, on either side of the city limit. Las Tablas and Sanchinarro have the Telefónica and BBVA headquarters on the doorstep; Tres Cantos has calm, parks and the C4 straight to Sol.
Families who want a recent home with shared facilities, and anyone working at Distrito Telefónica, Ciudad BBVA or the business parks of north Madrid.
Families who want calm, greenery and a school nearby — King's College Soto de Viñuelas is a few kilometres away — and people working in the north or at the town's technology park.
Wide avenues and long distances: there is little street life, and much of daily life ends up happening by car.
There is a single Cercanías station and no Metro: from the neighborhoods furthest from the station, buses or the car become part of the routine.
Public transport, arriving before 9:00 on a weekday, from Las Tablas and Sanchinarro (Las Tablas) and from Tres Cantos (Tres Cantos). The faster one is in green.
| Destination | Las Tablas and Sanchinarro | Tres Cantos |
|---|---|---|
| Puerta del Sol | 30 minL10C4 | 30 minC4 |
| Nuevos Ministerios · AZCA | 24 minL10 | 25 minC4 |
| Cuatro Torres | 20 minL10 | 30 minC4L10 |
| Distrito Telefónica | 4 minL10 | 42 minC4L10 |
| Atocha station | 35 minL10C4 | 35 minC4 |
| Airport T4 | 34 minML1C1 | 45 minC4C1 |
| IFEMA | 41 minML1L4L8 | 44 minC4L8 |
| Ciudad Universitaria (UCM · UPM) | 37 minL10L6 | 37 minC4L6 |
| Cantoblanco campus (UAM) | 44 minL10C4 | 22 minC4 |
| American School of Madrid | 51 minL10C10 | 69 minC4C10 |
| King's College, Soto de Viñuelas | No reasonable metro or rail | No reasonable metro or rail |
| Lycée Français de Madrid | 42 minML1L4 | 53 minC4L1L4 |
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 guideA town designed from scratch in the 1970s, with parks between the blocks, its own technology park and the C4 line straight to Sol. Quiet north Madrid, without giving up the train.
Families who want calm, greenery and a school nearby — King's College Soto de Viñuelas is a few kilometres away — and people working in the north or at the town's technology park.
Read the Tres Cantos guideAccording to rental contracts declared in 2024, Tres Cantos is cheaper: its price-per-square-metre index is 82, 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); Tres Cantos has 1 station inside the area with 1 line (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; Tres Cantos has 4, 11 and 53.
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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