Port of Cadaqués

Cadaqués is a town in the Alt Empordà comarca, in Girona province, Catalonia, Spain. It is on a bay near the Cap de Creus peninsula, on the Costa Brava of the Mediterranean Sea. In 2002 it had a population of 2612 people. Map of Alt Camp Province Girona Capital Figueres Largest city Figueres Demonym   Population (2002) 99,321 Area 1,342. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Catalonia | Provinces of Spain ... Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ... The bay at San Sebastián, Spain A Headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. ... A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides. ... The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Artist Salvador Dalí often visited here in his childhood, and later kept a home here. Other notable artists, including Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró also spent time here. An artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. ... Salvador Dalí as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten Salvador Domenec Felip Jacint Dalí Domenech (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989) was an important Catalan-Spanish painter, best known for his surrealist works. ... A young Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso, formally Pablo Ruiz Picasso, (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art. ... Joan Miró (April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983) was a painter, sculptor and ceramist born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...

Long a sleepy fishing village, Cadaqués is now a tourism destination. Although it has about 2,000 permanent residents, sometimes up to 10 times that number of visitors are staying here. Fishing from a Pier Fishing is both the recreation and sport of catching fish (for food or as a trophy), and the commercial fishing industry of catching or harvesting seafood (either fish or other aquatic life-forms, such as shellfish). ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ...

External links

• Cadaqués on virtourist.com (http://www.virtourist.com/europe/cadaques/)
• on publintur.es (http://www.publintur.es/guiacata/cbrava/cadaques/cadaques.htm)

The Cadaqués shoreline