This post is part of the “The best areas to live in Madrid” Series. In this post I’ll share info about the Barajas district that will help you get an idea of what your life would be like in this area, the type of housing you can find, its prices and the activities available by just going out on the street and walking a few minutes.
Barajas is one of the 21 districts of the city of Madrid. This district originated from the “Villa de Barajas”, which formed the municipality of “Barajas de Madrid” until it was integrated into the municipality of Madrid in 1949 at the same time as 10 others.
Following the construction of Madrid-Barajas Airport, in the then municipality of Barajas, the district began to grow as did the activity of the airport.
Subsequently, the creation of the business area of the Campo de las Naciones and the Juan Carlos I Trade Fair Park as well as several urban developments have helped the growth of the area.
The District is divided into the following neighborhoods:
- Alameda de Osuna
- Aeropuerto
- Casco Histórico de Barajas
- Timón
- Corralejos
Housing in Barajas
We recommend the following neighborhoods:
Alameda de Osuna
Residential area with wide open spaces and green areas.
There are semi-detached and individual chalets and apartment buildings with common areas.
Most of the houses were built between 1970 and 1980. There is an outbreak of construction between 2002 and 2006.
Corralejos-Campo de las Naciones y Timón
New construction buildings, with pools and common areas.
There are some shopping centers and services available. It still is a growing area, not completely developed yet.
Currently, there is an offer of around 200 properties for rent with an average price of around 11,85€/sq m. In the district of Barajas.
Most of the properties offered are flats. 70% of them are 2 and 3 bedrooms’. though there is a large offer of houses (around 27%). There are also 1 bedroom apartments (18%), and +4 bedrooms (10%). And 5% of the properties available are houses (chalets).
Of these, 60% are rented with a garage, 42% have a terrace and 50% a swimming pool.
With this table you can easily see the range of prices and the type of property with the greatest offer:
∗ These percentages and prices refer to an approximate average of the supply that we have observed in recent years. The supply of housing available for rent in Barajas varies from day to day. The more demanded the area, the more dynamic the offer.
Sporting Centers in Barajas
Centro Deportivo Municipal Pabellón Villa de Madrid
Brezos, 6
Centro Deportivo Municipal Barajas
Avda. de Logroño, 70
Club de Golf Olivar de la Hinojosa
Avda. de Dublín, S/N,28042 Madrid
Golf, Tenis, Padel, Pilates
Cultural Center in Barajas
Centro Sociocultural Teresa de Calcuta
Plaza Navío, 4 – Alameda de Osuna
Centro Cultural – Centro Socio Cultural Villa de Barajas
Calle Botica, 7 (y 10) – Casco Histórico Barajas
Centro Cultural Gloria Fuertes
Avda. Logroño, 179 – Corralejos
Museums and Art Galleries in Barajas
Asociación Cultural “Barajas Distrito BIC”
Founded by a group of neighbors to enhance the historical heritage and history of the district of Barajas.
The Caprice Palace Museum is under construction. It will be based around the figure of the Duchess of Osuna, a woman who was advanced for the time and concerned with the arts and sciences. A cultured, enlightened woman, lover of music, theater and patron of the arts, Doña Maria Josefa de Pimentel (1752-1834), Countess-Duchess of Benavente, married to Don Pedro Alcantara Tellez-Giron IX Duke of Osuna.
Currently, you can visit the Bunker and, of course, the Park.
El Castillo de la Alameda
It is one of the few vestiges of the military architecture of the past fifteenth century and one of the few castles that has survived the passage of time and resurfaces now, after a thorough process of restoration and conversion into a museum.
Theaters and Cinemas in Barajas
Cine al aire libre en verano
Plaza de Cristina Arce y Rocío Oña
Schooling in Barajas
There are a total of 5 public schools, 1 institute, 1 private school, 4 charter schools and 5 of them are bilingual Spanish-English. In this Comunidad de Madrid link you may check all of them. In this Comunidad de Madrid link you may check all of them.
Parks in Barajas
Parque Juan Carlos I
Glorieta S.A.R. D. Juan de Borbón y Battemberg, 5
It’s an immense park of 160 hectares that houses, among other things, an olive grove with more than 2000 examples of the old Hinojosa olive grove, a lake, an auditorium, a collection of outdoor sculptures and an activity center. It was opened to the public in 1992 on the occasion of the celebration of ‘Madrid, European Capital of Culture’.
Jardín histórico El Capricho de la Alameda Osuna
Paseo Alameda de Osuna, 25
Shopping in Barajas
Centro Comercial Bahía Center
Calle Bahía de Gando, 1
There is a supermarket (Mercadona), stores, services and some restaurants.
In addition, there are many supermarkets and convenience stores in the different neighborhoods and there are large shopping centers nearby. And, although it belongs to the Hortaleza District, we can include here El Corte Inglés del Campo de las Naciones as it is separated from the Barajas district by only one street.
Postal codes from Barajas
28042
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