Cadaqués takes some getting to, and that is exactly the point. The only road in twists up over the Cap de Creus headland and drops down the other side to a cluster of white houses around a horseshoe bay. The difficulty of the drive has kept the big resorts out, and the village has stayed the way artists found it a century ago — whitewashed, a little surreal, and quietly beautiful.
Dalí's village
Salvador Dalí spent much of his life here, and his house in the neighbouring cove of Portlligat is now a museum — a warren of fishermen's cottages he knocked together over decades, complete with a giant egg on the roof and a swimming pool shaped like a phallus. Entry is by timed ticket and slots are limited, so book ahead. The light and the jagged rocks that obsessed him are still everywhere you look.
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Cap de Creus: where the Pyrenees meet the sea
Just beyond the village, the Cap de Creus natural park is the easternmost point of mainland Spain — a wind-scoured headland of twisted rock, hidden coves and a lonely lighthouse with a restaurant attached. It is a place for walking, swimming off the rocks and watching the tramuntana wind do strange things to the sea.
Getting to Cadaqués
The nearest airport is Girona-Costa Brava (GRO), around an hour away; Barcelona El Prat (BCN) is roughly two and a half hours. Either way that final mountain road is not one to tackle tired after a flight, which is where a private transfer earns its keep — your driver handles the hairpins while you watch the view open up. Book a transfer to Cadaqués or see our private transfers in Cadaqués.
