Figueres Travel Guide

 mindcrime Says:  Esglesia de Sant Pere is a nice parish church next to Dali museum so we took a look inside.San Pere church was built in gothic style at the end of 14th century in gothic style, a single nave church with no cross vault. The church was built over an older Romanesque church... 

 mindcrime Says:  Museu del Joguet is a the Toy Museum of Catalonia and unlike the packed Dali museum here there was no visitors inside! It opened in 1982 and its collection is big with about 4000 toys covering a long time period and different countries. As in many museums of this kind you... 

 mindcrime Says:  Figueres is the biggest town in Emporda (county of Girona). Museu de Emporda was founded in 1946 and moved to the building we see today in 1971.It covers archeology (funeral vases, ceramics, stone plaques) but also sculptures and paintings from 14th to 20th century.The... 

 mindcrime Says:  The authorities of Figueres know that 99% of visitors come to their town for the famous Dali museum. Salvador Dali is connected with Figueres as he was born here in 1904, studied in Madrid and lived in different cities. In 1974 he turned the town theatre into his own... 

 mindcrime Says:  As in many other catalan cities there is a La Rambla in Figueres. Much smaller in size than its big sister in Barcelona of course but also wide and lined with 2 rows of tall plane trees on both sides. The boulevard (rambla means boulevard in catalan) dominates the city... 

 mindcrime Says:  Placa de l’Estacio was the first thing we saw when we got out of the train station. It is a triangular square with nothing really special to mention about it apart from a nice small fountain and numerous tall trees that give shade on the sunny days for those that want to... 

 mindcrime Says:  Apart from visiting the museums we walked a bit through out the city. There are some typical squares, some of them with fountains some others with sculptures or memorials. La Rampla dominates the city centre and was created in early 19th century over the old river that was... 

 solopes Says:  It is in the volumes that the imagination and eccentricity of the creator is more present in all the museum. The forms, their position, the organization of specific looking points, more than the paintings... that's Dali. 

 solopes Says:  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. 

 solopes Says:  From the ruins of a theater bombed in Civil War, Dali built a museum to host his final works. The building is rather common, only its finishing and a few details revealing the eccentricity of the author. Remarkable the main courtyard, and the respect shown to the old facade... 

 mindcrime Says:  Ok, it was expected that all those cafés near Dali museum have nothing to offer except high prices for so and so quality. But we just stopped here for a coffee and a small natural orange juice (2,45e). The tables on the square are ideal for watching other tourists passing by... 

 mindcrime Says:  We just walked from the train station, the Old Town is just 10’ walking away, there are signs in many corners pointing the way. There you can visit Dali museum and check a bit the area around.We arrived in Figueres at 13.26 and got back at 17.58. These 4,5 hours were more... 

 mindcrime Says:  Figueres is located 140km away from Barcelona and 40km away from Girona. The nearest airport is the one at Girona.By trainWe took the train from Barcelona at 11.15am, we bought our tickets there, 2012 price was 10.55euro for a single ticket. You can catch the train at... 

 JeSuisJill Says:  There is nothing to do but go for a walk and look at the Pyrennes Mountains of France.I also LOVED listening to the "natives" complain and debate politics. The do NOT consider themselves Spaniards at all. They detest Franco and how they were FORCED to join Spain ... The...