Cadaqués is the white-washed fishing village on Spain’s Costa Brava, tucked into a horseshoe bay on the Cap de Creus coast of Girona province; its compact center of narrow, cobbled lanes and stepped streets sits directly above a small harbor ringed by pastel façades. Visually it balances stark Mediterranean light, slate-gray rock and pine-covered headlands, producing strong contrasts and clear reflections of moored boats in calm water. Architecturally the town reads as an ensemble of low, gabled houses and the squat bell tower of Santa María that forms a useful elevated viewpoint over the bay. Salvador Dalí’s long association with nearby Portlligat gives the place a modern-art context often visible in small galleries and façades. For photographers, the interplay of white walls, textured stone, blue sea and tight alleyways—framed from the harbor, the church plaza, or the headland paths—defines its recognizable scenes.
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