Welcome to Figueres
Fourteen kilometres inland from Catalonia's glistening Golf de Roses lies Figueres, birthplace of Salvador Dalí and now home to the artist’s flamboyant theatre-museum. Although Dalí’s career took him to Madrid, Barcelona, Paris and the USA, Figueres remained close to his heart. In the 1960s and '70s he created the extraordinary Teatre-Museu Dalí – a monument to surrealism and a legacy that outshines any other Spanish artist, in terms of both popularity and sheer flamboyance. Whatever your feelings about this complex, egocentric man, this museum is worth every euro and minute you can spare.
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Girona, Figueres, and Dali Museum Full-Day Tour from Barcelona
Leave central Barcelona by air-conditioned coach and travel to north Catalonia to the walled city of Girona, on the Onyar River.As you travel, hear how Girona became one of Spain’s most prosperous cities in medieval times: a wealth that saw the construction of its beautiful Romanesque and Gothic buildings.After roughly 1.5 hours, arrive in the city and stroll around the Old Town with your guide. Delve into the old-world streets and Jewish Quarter, home to one of Catalonia’s most significant Jewish communities in the Middle Ages.See the baroque Cathedral exterior and admire the views of Girona’s pastel-colored houses perched along the Onyar’s banks. Then, after free time for lunch (own expense), continue by coach to Figueres, the birthplace of 20th-century Spanish artist, Salvador Dalí. On route, hear Dalí's extraordinary life story and learn how the moustachioed genius remodeled Figueres’ Dalí Theatre-Museum from the town’s original Municipal Theater.Admire the museum’s striking Dalí-esque façade and then head inside to view its collections of Dalí’s art, before seeing some of his stylized jewels at the neighboring Dalí Jewels exhibition.Wrap up with some free time to explore Figueres on your own before your tour ends back in Barcelona.
Girona, Figueres Small Group Tour with Dalí Museum and Hotel Pick Up
You will be picked up from your hotel or other arranged departure point, and leave Barcelona heading towards Girona (approximately 1-hour drive). Along the way, your guide will give you the rich history of this city since Roman times, through the medieval period, the Jewish Quarter to the most cool and modern parts of the city. You will discover the Girona Cathedral, the Old Town and the Jewish Quarter, one of Europe's best preserved Medieval Jewish neighborhoods. You will then visit the historic town of Girona, where the remains of Roman and medieval pasts coexist. Get lost in a maze of narrow streets and travel through time in the Jewish neighborhood. Along the way, you will pass over various bridges in the city, including a modern, iron bridge built by Gustave Eiffel in 1877. After having a coffee in one of the cozy squares of the old town, you will drive to Figueres, a small town near the French border, where Dalí was born and also died.In Figueres, you will visit the Dalí Museum. Designed by Dalí himself on the ruins of the old municipal theater, you will be able to plunge into the painter's mind thanks to his most complete collection, on a journey throughout the strangest artifacts you can imagine.After your tour, you will be returned to your original departure point around 7 pm.
Dalí and Costa Brava Tour from Girona
This guided day tour (up to 7 passengers) around the Alt Empordà (Girona) will take you from place to place in a full equipped modern van (aircon, cold water) and provides the perfect opportunity to explore the scenic and picturesque Costa Brava North where Dalí lived and painted, his Theatre-Museum in Figueres and The Natural Park of Creus Cape. The tour departs at 8.30am from your Hotel or apartment in Girona and starts the journey going to Dalí’s Theatre-Museum in Figueres, “the world's largest surrealist object”. Built in 1974, the Dalí Theatre-Museum is considered to be the last great work of Salvador Dalí. Everything in the museum was designed by the artist to give visitors a real experience of his life. This visit lasts approximately 2 hours and the includes a tour of Dalí Jewels Collection; precious stones and 39 gold jewels of the Owen Cheatham collection. There are also drawings and paintings on paper that Salvador Dalí made for the jewels designs. Dalí’s Jewels are also on show, which represent an extensive collection made by the artist between 1941 and 1970.The tour leaves Figueres at 11.00 am and stops in the Natural Park of Creus Cape, a peninsula located at the far northeast of Catalonia, just 16 miles south of the French border. The cape lies in the municipal area of Cadaqués. The peninsula has an extraordinary landscape that is a very rocky dry region, with almost no trees, in contrast with a seaside full of minuscule creeks. The mountains are the eastern foothills of the Pyrenees, the natural border between France and Spain. You will then return to your hotel.
Private Girona and Figueres Tour from Barcelona
You will be picked up from your hotel or another prearranged departure point and head towards Girona. Along the way your guide will provide you with the rich history of this city, which includes the Roman times, the medieval period, the Jewish Quarter, and its modern parts of the city.You will discover the Girona Cathedral, the Old Town, and the Jewish Quarter, one of Europe's best preserved Medieval Jewish neighborhoods. You will then visit the historic town of Girona, where the remains of Roman and medieval pasts coexist. Get lost in a maze of narrow streets and travel through time in the Jewish neighborhood.Along the way, you will pass over various bridges in the city, including a modern, iron bridge built by Gustave Eiffel in 1877.After having a coffee in one of the cozy squares of the old town, you will drive to Figueres, a small town near the French border, where Dalí was born and also died.In Figueres, you will visit the Dalí Museum. Designed by Dalí himself on the ruins of the old municipal theater, you will be able to plunge into the painter's mind thanks to his most complete collection, on a journey throughout the strangest artifacts you can imagine.After your tour, you will be returned to your original departure point around 7pm.
From Barcelona: Day trip to Girona and Figueres with Dali Museum included
Discover the most outstanding attractions near Barcelona with our tour to Girona and Figueres in a comfortable VIP Class bus. You will enjoy its historical and heritage wealth with our guide who will accompany you throughout the tour. With our guided walking tour around Girona you will discover its historic city with traces of many civilizations that maintains one of the best preserved Jewish quarters in Europe. The walking tour of an hour and a half will take you to know the main thing to see in Girona as the colorful houses on the banks of the River Onyar, one of the most representative images of the city, and such emblematic monuments as the Monastery of Sant Pere de Galligants, the Basilica of Sant Feliu, the Arab Baths and the Cathedral of Girona. Once in Figueres, you will enjoy a walking guided tour to see the house of Salvador Dalí, the church of San Pedro and Dali Theatre and Museum as the tickets to the Dalí Figueres Museum are included. Inside the Museum you will immerse yourself in the special and amazing universe of Dalí and you will be able to admire the most important collection of works and jewels of the great artist of Figueres.
Dali Figueres and Púbol Full-Day Tour with Small Group and Hotel Pick Up
Get picked up from your Barcelona hotel or apartment at approximately 9am and hop into the private vehicle for the journey to Figueres, a small town near the French border and the birthplace of Salvador Dalí.Explore the streets where Dali spent his early years, as well as some of the places he frequented as an adult. Then visit the Dalí Museum (own expense), which the artist designed himself on the ruins of an old municipal theater. This is the most complete collection of Dalí's work, and the museum itself is considered 'the largest surrealistic object in the world'.Climb back into your vehicle and travel to Púbol, where you will visit the Dalí-Gala Castle Museum-House (Castell de Pubol). This magnificent building was home to Dalí and his wife and muse, Gala. Gala spent time at the castle every summer from 1971 to 1980, and Dalí agreed not to visit without her advance permission. When Gala died in 1982, Dalí moved into the castle himself for two years. Gala is buried at the castle inside a mausoleum crypt, designed by Dalí.At the end of the tour you will be driven back to your hotel, arriving at approximately 7pm.