Figueres Things to Do

You will find various forms of pictures and paintings of Gala, Dali's wife in this museum. This is one of my favorites. Also, there is a castle in Pubol called the Gala Dalí Castle Museum-House where they lived and where Gala is buried.

Favorite Thing:
I have been there for a short time just 1 day, but maybe someday i will go back.... take at least 2 days to sabsorp it all!
We went on a daytrip to Girona, Banoyes and the Dali museum. Its was organized by the travelagency and a femaleguide explained all in 4 languages. She was really good! We had an international group with Fins, Ukrainians, Germans, English, Italian, Spanish and Dutch people.
All interested in the same thing that makes the contact very easy. The best of the trip was saved for last ,,the Dali mueseum. After a long trip we wanted to strech the legs first and have some drink at a restaurant on the square near the museum. Then we went inside my friend and me and i know i must have stood with my mouth open sometimes. I still feel the excitement looking at all the things Dali created, what a genius...
The guide told us a lot about Dali's personnal life as well. I will write this all down later at my travelogues.

Fondest Memory:
Dali museu what more can i say....

Its not allowed to take a huge bag or rucksaks inside the museum, neither can u u use a flashlight inside! If u do the camera will be confiscated..
U can smoke, eat or drink in a special area.
Its not allowed to touch anything, i think thats normal..do wear some walkingshoes because the building has 3 floors and u will be walking from room to room.
Opening hrs.
09.00-19.45 hrs July-September
10.30-17.45 hrs.Jan-June and Oct-dec.
www.dali-estate.org

The Dali Theatre-Museum really must be experienced in person - it's so much more alive and three-dimensional than most museums. The building itself is part of the art, some of which Salvador Dali created specifically for this site. The entryway and lobbies are spectacular examples of this, as well as the Mae West room. Lots of his fantastic paintings are here, too, from his early surrealist works to some done near the end of his life.

Unfortunately when we were here it was some sort of holiday in Europe, and there were hoardes of children running and screaming through the museum, out of control. I'd really like to come back someday to revel in this place without the headache I got on my first visit!

A must see is this! Dali's museum is full or his surrealist works of art. Some of them make no sense at all, some of them are plain ridiculous but the museum has to be seen to be believed! Don't miss it!

Dali was obsessed by bread! It was said that on his first visit to the US he stepped off the plane with a loaf of bread on his head. The photo clearly shows what appears to be varnished loaves of bread on the outside of the building!

Dali was a real joker. You have to see the inside of this place to believe it. He must have had an amazing sense of humour!

Be aware that the museum can get very busy during the summer season. This means lot's of queues and high temperatures can make it very stuffy inside. It's a good idea to visit early spring or even in the winter when it is quieter.

i love ithis museum, the building is a piece of art itself. On the site of Dali is some great info about life of Salvatore Dali and his wife Gala. She was a divorced woman with child and when he kept continuing seeing her, he was neglected by other painters since at that time it was a disgrease(i hope i spelled that right)..
In the museumshop u can buy lots of souvenirs, i bought a keyring and my friend gave me a beautifull agenda full with pictures:-)

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It was a small disappointment the collection on display.

Of course, dollars were in command all Dali's life, and the best works were sold. But, even so, I really expected more. Funny, his jokes with Velasquez and the classics.

There isn't much to see or do in Figueres other than the Dali Museum but, the Museum itself is a "must-see". Please see my "Barcelona Travel Pages" ("Off the Beaten Path") for more information on a day trip from Barcelona to the Dali Museum in Figueres.

I blamed him being kitsch, but I keep writing. Ironic.

He had psychological problems, like many of us, like many of artists. He was a communist for a while then he supported Franco. In this era he lost many friends, like Miro, Picasso, Buñuel. I like these three men. The first Buñuel film I've seen was El Angel Exterminador. I was young and I felt shocked. It was not similar to anything I had seen before. He worked with Dali in his film "Un Chien Andalou". Then Dali become religious and blamed Buñuel for being atheist.

This portrait is known for all of us with messed up hair, angry looking. Our guide told us that he painted this with squid. Nice material.