Cadaqués, the most beautiful coastal town in Spain

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View of Cadaqués, a town of medieval origin.

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Has been chosen by the Lonely Planet travel community on Instagram

There is already another destination to point to on the list of essentials for when Covid gives us a break.

, has been voted the most beautiful coastal town in Spain by the Lonely Planet travel community on Instagram.

He competed in the final against Cudillero (Asturias).

Cadaqués can be reached by road -and a good dose of curves- or by boat.

In one way or another, it is worth - and very much - worth it.

Its old town painted in white, with the flowers filling everything with color and its characteristic pavement made with stones taken near the sea that have been shaped by the swaying of the waves have made this town of Girona a tourist reference.

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One of the typical streets of Cadaqués.

Fishing village of medieval origin, the highest point of the place is the church of Santa María de Cadaqués (16th century), from where there are

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They say that it also has one of the most beautiful sunsets in our geography.

In addition, it has

: you can taste all kinds of fish and produce a large number of wines, rosés but also sweets and reds.

With a population of almost 3,000 inhabitants, tourism is the basis of its economy.

Salvador Dalí said it: "Cadaqués is the most beautiful town in the world".

And in fact, the town of Ampurdán has been a refuge for a multitude of intellectuals and artists: from Picasso to Federico García Lorca, through Joan Miró, Marcel Duchamp and René Magritte, among others.

But the one who put it on the map and

, who lived and created much of his work there from 1930 until the death of his wife Gala in 1982. Then he abandoned it and never returned.

The city is home to the painter's house-museum.

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