Cadaques (named porecede of the toponym Quers Cap or Cap d Aques in Spanish out of rocks) is the easternmost village in Spain. Its municipal area occupies a large part of the territory of the cabo de Creus massif. It is a village which, since its origins, has been isolated from the rest of the Emporda owing to its situation geog? afica, which lasted until the end of the 19th century. This has meant that this small village has a special charm, with its white houses, its church which stands out from all the roofs and its port and incomparable beaches. Traditionally this striking village has been meeting point of intellectuals, object and inspiration of many painters and summer resort of several families of Barcelona, Figueras, Girona and other cities near Cadaques for many years, approximately from 1905.

Beginning in 1958, Marcel Duchamp, the probably most influential artist of the 20th century, set in Cadaques his summer residence. Likewise, the family of the surrealist painter Salvador Dali had a summer home, where he had been visiting in his time as student Federico Garcia Lorca in the village. Dali returned from New York in 1948 and settled in Port Lligat, one of the coves of the term. It also attracted celebrities so prominent as Eugenio D Ors, who wrote about their stay in the village, Pablo Picasso, Rafael Durancamps or Joan Miro. Cadaques has also seduced to other younger painters like Antoni Pitxot, Gustavo Carbo Berthold or Maurice Boitel. But without a doubt, the painter who has been tied to this beautiful town has been bran Dali, which you can visit his house, also a Museum, which is located in the town. In Barcelona you can also see an exhibition by the artist at the Museum of the Royal artistic circle of Barcelona, on Arcs Street, number 5, which contains 44 sculptures Dali.