Spain, The Birthplace of Salvador Dali

My friends insisted on visiting Figueres, and I did not regret about their choice at all. Figueres is a small town close to France (only 40 kilometres from the French border), which is best known as Dali's birthplace. The tourists are attracted mainly because of the large museum, which is devoted to the works of Salvador Dali and which was designed by Dali himself.

 The face of Dali

Old town pictures

Sant Pere parish church

Theatre Museu Gala Salvador Dali 

Paintings from the museum of Dali

Spain, Festival La Merce in Barcelona

The main transport, which we used during our trip along Catalonia, was electrical train. For example, it took us about 1.5 hour to get to Barcelona from Malgrat. 

It was our first visit to Barcelona, and we have explored so many remarkable places. But the main purpose of our coming here was Merce festival, Barcelona's biggest annual festival, which presents music festival, Catalan traditions, parades, concerts and many other events.

Underground

La Rambla, the broad pedestrian boulevard of 1.2 kilometres

The giant parade

Facades of Barcelona

El Gato del Raval, the bronze cat

The Wounded Shooting Star sculpture

Barcelona face

 The harbour of Barcelona

Barceloneta's coastline

Spain, Busy and Picturesque Lloret

Lloret de Mar is the town, where I planned to stay with my friends first. However, after careful consdieration I decided to settle in Malgrat de Mar, which seemed to me more quiet and peaceful.
So, Lloret is renowned for its sandy beaches, long promenade, shops and lively night life. No wonder, that it is one of the most popular holiday resorts on the Costa Brava, and it attracts numerous young visitors from Spain, France, Germany and of course Russia.
I really liked our tour to Lloret, but busyness of this city, I suppose, would not let me feel fully relaxed. No railway station would be another inconvenience of staying here.

The streets of Lloret de Mar

The Castle of Sant Juan, which we have not visited 

Morning stroll through the modernist cemetery

Embracing the fisherman's wife

Beautiful gardens of Santa Clotilde

Diversity of the beaches in Lloret de Mar