Hotel Orfila
In the heart of Madrid, just five minutes from the Museo del Prado, where Hieronymus Bosch’s masterpiece The Garden of Earthly Delights hangs among the paintings of Vélasquez, Titian and Rubens, another garden of delights awaits. The Hotel Orfila, a small palace built in 1886, also has the feel of an art gallery, with its period furniture, feature marble and superb trompe l’œil effects in the green garden courtyard. In the 1920's, the hotel was made famous by the plays staged within its walls. Today, its tearoom and cocktail bar are imbued with English chic and its flowered patio invites you to dine under the stars. This is an ideal place from which to explore Madrid at its own rhythm, step by step.