I have always been one of breathing the sea and having skin full of saltpeter. That's why I love a good road trip Right next to the beach and I know many coastal towns. I have many favorites, but today I come to talk about the one I would return to a thousand times, because it always fills me with peace and seems like something out of a Mediterranean postcard.
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My favorite place is 2 hours and 20 minutes by car from Barcelona. It's called Cadaqués and it is, in my opinion, the most beautiful town in Spain. When I visit it I lack eyes to see all the details and nose to breathe all the aromas. What I don't lack is time, because it is such a town. chill It seems like the clock stops.
Salvador Dalí's town
Dalí was not born in Cadaqués, but he felt very inspired by this corner of the world all his life and spent much of his time in a somewhat secluded house. Today it is the Salvador Dalí House Museum and it is full of random things that are very fun to see, like the stuffed bear with pearl necklaces.
Surely the name of the town sounds more familiar to you now, even if it is because it is where Salvador Dalí lived and he himself went so far as to say that it was “the most beautiful town in the world.” I can't argue with you, although the Dalí museum in its former home is not the reason I love this destination.
Reasons to visit Cadaqués
The main reason to love this place is the feeling it conveys of living in an eternal summer, but without overtourism. You can go to Cadaqués even in August and you will not find the hordes of tourists that there are in other places on the Spanish Mediterranean coast on those dates. What do I say eternal summer, you feel like you're in a postcard where everything is calm, relaxation and the sea.
In Cadaqués the absolute protagonist is the sea, so turquoise and so clean that you can see the rocky bottom. Even close to town, which I find unusual because urban areas tend to be dirtier and more polluted. To the maritime blue we must add the white of the houses and the saturated pink and orange of the bougainvilleas, which grow in every corner.
My mouth is already watering with this getaway. But if you still need to open your palate, I recommend that you stroll through Cadaqués, follow the aroma of freshly fried fish and enjoy a good platter of sardines, rice, rock mussels or even seafood such as lobster and lobsters, local specialties.
