Figueres

Figueres is the birthplace of Salvador Dalí and home to the Teatre-Museu Dalí, one of the world's most eccentric and visited museums. The city is the capital of the Alt Empordà region in northern Catalonia.

By Plane

Girona Airport (GRO) is 40 km south. Barcelona Airport is 140 km south.

By Train

AVE high-speed trains from Barcelona Sants to Figueres-Vilafant station take 55 minutes. Regional trains also serve the main station.

By Car / Road

Via the AP-7 motorway from Barcelona or France. Parking outside the old town.

Historic centres are best explored on foot. For inter-town travel, a car or bus is recommended.

• Teatre-Museu Dalí — Dalí's surrealist masterpiece-museum, housed in the former municipal theatre, topped with giant eggs and the Mae West room. €14.

• Castell de Sant Ferran — one of Europe's largest 18th-century fortresses, a massive military structure. €3.

• Museu de l'Empordà — regional art museum with works by Catalan artists. €3.

• Explore the Dalí Triangle: Figueres (museum), Portlligat (house), and Púbol (castle).

• Eat the traditional Empordà pastry, bunyols de l'Empordà.

• Empòrium (C. Castell, 6) — Michelin-starred avant-garde cuisine influenced by Dalí's surrealism. Upscale.

Local wines and vermouth are the traditional choices.

Budget

Budget guesthouses and hostales offer private rooms from €30–45 per night.

Mid-range

Mid-range: Hotel Bon Retorn — a modernist villa turned boutique hotel, doubles from €55–85.

Upscale

Paradores and luxury rural hotels offer doubles from €80–160 per night.

• Local craft products and artisanal foods
• Iberian ham and other cured meats
• Local wine and olive oil

• Barcelona — the cosmopolitan capital of Catalan culture with Gaudí's masterpieces
• Costa Brava — stunning coves, medieval villages, and the Dalí Triangle
• Pyrenees — hiking, skiing, and Romanesque churches in the Vall de Boí