Cadaqués is a fishing village built in grey slate and surrounded by olive groves. Much frequented by artists, it has a striking beauty and a personality all of its own: steep cobbled streets, whitewashed houses perched on the rocks, and a wild landscape all around.

The Empordà is chief among Catalonia’s various megalithic regions. Concentrated between the Rodes and the Albera mountains lie over a hundred dolmens and menhirs. The largest dolmen is the one called Creu d’en Cobertella, in the Alt Empordà municipal district of Roses. 

The walled area enclosed the centre of the original town, which may date back to the end of the Roman empire. Its existence was first recorded in the tenth century. It has a long tradition, going back to before the Spanish Civil War, as a summer resort on account of its natural setting beside the river Muga and the beauty of every part of its...