Just uphill from the Paseo, this atmospheric town house, former home of Spain's foremost "Golden Age" playwright, is paradoxically situated on a street named after the country's greatest novelist. A 17th-century gem with delightful gardens at the back, it's well worth the visit.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Madrid, 3rd Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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