Cadaqués, Spain is where hiking turns stark and elemental, with whitewashed lanes giving way to the raw headlands of Cap de Creus. From Portlligat and the coves below town, paths thread through slate hills, dry stone, and sea-facing cliffs shaped by tramuntana winds. The GR 11 reaches the Mediterranean here, giving Cadaqués a memorable finish framed by lighthouses, inlets, and the hard light of the Costa Brava.