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Terracotta rooftops and whitewashed houses of Cadaqués looking down a stepped lane to the harbour and moored boats at dusk

Reader Story · Cadaqués, Catalonia

Dropping the Armor in Cadaqués

Two days in Cadaqués, the white-washed village on the Costa Brava where the Pyrenees fall into the Mediterranean: blue doors, painted utility boxes, bored cats and a very particular light.

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