cadaqués

cadaqués is a quaint little fishing town about two hours north of barcelona. it's easily reached by taking a train to figueres, then catching the bus from the station across the street. we stumbled upon a small hostel that rented a whole apartment to our group of six for ninety euros, which was quite the deal for everyone having a bed and linens, plus a kitchen, living room, and balcony. i think it was called hostal el ranxo. there was a restaurant downstairs and the staff was extremely friendly and spoke the clearest spanish to us.
there are also two cute cafes pretty much on the sand on the beach, several pretty churches, and a bunch of general cuteness.
dalí spent a significant amount of time there, and it's supposedly the place where he discovered modern painting on a family vacation. so there's that as well. you can make it a full-force dalí trip by spending some time at the museum in figueres before catching the bus to cadaques if you want. and figueres makes a good daytrip if you don't want to leave for the whole weekend.