Reached over a hair-raising mountain road on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Cadaqués stayed a fishing village while the rest of the Costa Brava grew hotels. Whitewashed houses tumble to a bay full of little boats, Dalí's house-museum sits in the next cove, and evenings mean anchovies, cold rosé and the slow promenade. The beaches are pebbly; the atmosphere more than compensates.
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