Cap de Creus and Cadaqués

Cadaqués is the village at the end of the road, and the road is the reason. From Roses the GI-614 climbs over the Coll de Perafita in a series of open corners with the Gulf of Roses behind you, then drops to the bay in a second series with the whole white village in front of you. Seventeen kilometres, and it feels like a different country from the marina you left.

From Cadaqués a further 8 km of single-track road runs to the Cap de Creus lighthouse, the easternmost point of the Iberian Peninsula, across a landscape of bare metamorphic rock that Dalí painted for fifty years. Since 2021 access to that last stretch is restricted on some high-season days; check the park's notice before you go, and go for the last light rather than the middle of the day.

Barcelona to Roses is 160 km on the AP-7 and the C-260, under two hours. Park at the edge of Cadaqués in summer; the old town restricts cars. Lunch on the seafront, then Portlligat and the lighthouse, then home on the N-260 through Figueres and the AP-7.

A wide Turbo S is fine on the GI-614; on the lighthouse road use the passing bays and expect cyclists.