In the days before the internet and the smartphone, when I was an impecunious writer living in Barcelona, two friends staying with me set out to explore the old fishing village of Cadaqués, 105 miles ...

I recently went for a long walk, over several weeks, down the Costa Brava from Banyuls, France to Sitges in Spain. I walked with no particular destination and on no schedule, so when I ended up in ...

Along the western Mediterranean coast, two easygoing — and easy-to-enjoy — beach towns stand like sister cities on each side of the Franco-Spanish border. Both Collioure, in France, and Cadaqués, in ...

IN THE SOLITUDE OF Cadaqués Bay, time feels fluid. A fitting place, then, for Salvador Dalí to call home. Born an hour away in Figueres on the Costa Brava, the Spanish Surrealist settled here with his ...

Barcelona under Franco was very grey, very boring, but Cadaqués was very colourful. There were a lot of foreigners, things happening; it opened my eyes,” explains Antoni Muntadas, one of the leading ...

This hidden cove has drawn artists for generations but the ex-hippy seaside town has maintained its independent character The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy ...

A character who knows everything about Cadaqués and is well-known there is Pere Vehí. Wise, eloquent, friendly, a great gastronome, and a huge lover of history and art. For the past few days, his ...