Cadaqués is a beautiful white Mediterranean town that sites in a bay of the same name in Cap de Creus. Originally it was a small walled village on a hill overlooked by a windswept church, and its only streets were steep paved alleys winding round the hill, paved in the local rastell style.
In the 17th Century, the town expanded out of its walls along the sides of the blue bay towards El Poal and Port Duguer. Cadaqués was uniquely kept under the control of the count of Empúries, unlike its close neighbour Llança which came under the domain of the church. This meant it had a high degree of autonomy and independence and became on of the most important towns in the region.