The pretty city in Spain where thousands flock to see bizarre 'giant egg' attraction
This small city isn't known for much - apart from one famous resident who dragged all his celebrity friends to it.
A pretty Spanish town sees thousands of tourists every year, but it's not the ocean views and pretty winding streets that are the main attraction. A giant 'egg' brings people from all over flocking, in what might be one of the most bizarre attractions you'll ever see.
The coastal Spanish town of Cadaques is nestled on the Costa Brava, just a few hours away from its more famous alternative Barcelona. However, nightlife and seaside bars aren’t the mainstay of this town - instead, it’s the history of the countless famous artists who have graced it.
Somewhat immune from boozy Brits, Cadaques boasts a number of galleries and is currently home to about 60 keen artists, reports The Sun. However, the most famous is one who’s no longer around - Salvador Dali was a famous Spanish surrealist artist, renowned for his bizarre works.
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His best-known work is The Persistence of Memory - which features a number of clocks melting on a beach - and is now housed at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art. The location of this has left Europeans unperturbed though, as they instead flock to his former home - and now museum - to see the bizarre egg he left behind on his roof.
Dali was a fan of eggs because of their symbolism for life, rebirth and purity, and it is one of many that lie around his home and in his work. Dali’s status really put Cadaques on the map, attracting other artists like David Hockney and Picasso, as well as music stars like Mick Jagger and Shakira.
Dali’s house is whitewashed and overlooks a cove just to the north of Cadaques. The artist lived there for thirty years of his life and has an array of random features, including lip-shaped sofas, stuffed animals on shelves and silver heads on the roof. He also had a phallus-shaped swimming pool to lounge around in.
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The operators made the interesting decision to leave his desk untouched when he died, meaning you can see exactly what one of his messy workspaces looked like - offering a route into his incredible mind.
Cadaques encourages art, although that is not all there is to do there. Visitors are urged to sample Costa Brava cuisine, which includes things like foamed mozzarella and olive spheres, cannelloni wrapped with raw tuna and Meuniere razor clams. You can also nip to the beach for a lovely relax, and the walks are beautiful whatever the weather.
You can get there from nearby Girona - although be warned: there are no train stations. You can get a train to nearby Figueres, before grabbing a bus to Cadaques.