Port Lligat, Cadaques - Catalonia, Spain


This is a place for the Salvador Dali's fans, and people who enjoy pasoralic views, sea, mountains... A small fishing village Port Lligat is situated next to the town Cadaques, at the Girona province of Spain, Costa Brava. The town is located ona a bay, and is famouse for the archeticute of the town, it's beautiful view, the art galleries, the good food, and most but not least by it's location as a "close to Port Lligat" town. In Port Lligat you will find the summer house of Salvador and Gala - currently a museum, in a spectacular location.

HOW TO ARRIVE TO CADAQUES:
* You can arrive by car. Driving inside the old part will be problematic, but everithing is close, and you can walk the town by foot.
* There is a bus from Figueras on a daily basis. Notice the last bus back to Figueras leaves early! On the way back you might want to stop at one of the Costa Brava villages along the coast. We stopped at Roses for 2 hours to eat :)
 		Map Cadaques - Port Ligat
Map Cadaques - Port Ligat HOW TO ARRIVE TO PORT LIGAT:
* From Cadaques it's a matter of 40 minutes walk to the village of Port Lligat, to the Dali museum. You start from the beach to the North, and arrive at the opposite side of the mountain.
* Another way is to hire a boat at Cadaques
* Arriving by car is possible, you will park above the village

When you're getting close to Cadaques, by car or by bus, the first thing you notice is a spectacular view of the mountains, the small town houses, and the beautiful sea spread around...
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It's a small town, with a rich history, located on the Costa Brava of Mediterranian sea.
The town has it's own dialect of the Catalan language. Catalan variant of Cadaques is referred to as "Cadaquesenc" by the local people.
The town was a popular place for rest and work of many famous persones such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro and many more.
 		View from the bus to Port Lligat
Dali visited the village first at 1916, his parents often came for vacations here, so it was native for Salvador Dali to purchase a house in the Port Lligat bay, just next to the town of Cadaques.
Things to do in Cadaques except Dali tour:
 * Rent a boat to explore some of the Cap de Creus coastline
* Walk along the Cap de Creus - nature reserve since 1998
* Visit the city market (every Monday from 8 in the morning to 2pm there is a market in la Riera, next to the car parking)
* Have a diving experience, for example here: 
	Diving Center Es Caials
	Paratge Es Caials - apt. de correos 42
	17488 Cadaques          
	Tel. (0034) 676443869
* Wander around the Old Town which is the real soul of the place, and gives you a sense of its heritage and history.
* Visit the art galleries in the town old center
 		Tipical Cadaques house


Satirs up the hill of Cadaques on the way to Port Lligat Some of the views after going up the hill on the way to Port Lligat.
Reminds the Santorini island in Greece.
Down there you can see the sea 		View from the hill of Cadaques on the way to Port Lligat

Port Lligat Dali Museum:
The Port Lligat museum is one of the few places of interest spread at the Costa Brava area. It was a fishing house that Salvador Dali and his wife Gala bought, and just like on his pictures the house went over a methamorphose. It reflects the image that Dali tried to show.
The museum (open since 1997) lets only a limited amount of visitors at a time, so make sure you have enought time to wait for your turn to enter the museum. (probably better to accomodate the visit). The wating periud can be usefull for you to wander around and soak up the atmosphere. Inside the museum they let every group to stay in specific space for a short amount of time, so try to notice every detail or interesting thing in the room as you enter it, cause you might be asked to leave it soon. The Main spaces that can be observed are the workshop, the library, the pool and the garden outside, the eating room and Dali house in Port Lligat
Dali house in Port Lligat the kitchen, the bedroom with the two separate beds that look into the living room.
One of the strangest rooms in the house is Gala and Dali's whisphering room. This was designed with a circular bench around the circumference of the room. The accoustics are so good that you can hear someone whispering to you from 10 metres away, across the opposite site of the room, and it feels as if they are whispering in your ear. The official site of the museum is here: Port Lligat museum site

Additional photos can be found at the Photo Gallery section on the site.