Salvador Dalí House Museum

Super charm full and elegant house. We enjoyed the view from different positions. Unfortunately, the Monday in October we visited the house, the museum in the house was closed for visitors. For me it was impressive. Take the different view and just move around getting inspired by the nature and its phenomena’s, the crisp sun light, the calm or stormy sea or the strong or soft wind. All together kiss the landscape surrounding this place.

The museum was great, impressive Life of Dali. Only the tour Gide could be a little more elaborate the time for each room was quite limited. I understand that small rooms and lot of visitors is causing this relative short time for each room. Anyway a great experience

Recommend booking the tickets in advance. It is a guide tour with a detailed explanation about the house history and each section of the rooms. Personally we enjoyed this house more than the Dali Museum. You could feel the glimpse of his life not only as a genius artist but also as a lover.

Super busy. We arrived on a Wednesday and were told we couldn't get a ticket for entering the house (EUR 16) until Sunday. So did only the garden (EUR 8) instead. Okay with nice views over Costa Brava.

We flew in and then drove through the mountains to see the area and the museum. When we arrived we were told all tickets to the museum were sold out (we had checked online in advance so we knew it) but we still turned up hoping for some return tickets. We needed to go to the loo urgently and asked if we can use the museum loo. We were told: ‘No, as there is no capacity.’ We asked: ‘where can we find the loo in Portlligat’? We were told: ‘Nowhere. Everywhere is closed.’ Great! So are we supposed to pee behind the bush?!

Thanks to the museum staff for the interesting story about Salvador Dali's house. Small groups of 6-10 people are allowed into the museum, which is very convenient.

Dali's holiday home located in picturesque surroundings of sea and mountains. Well worth visiting. Amazing views from it's garden😍

A short walk from Cadaques. The house is as unusual as the artist himself. Well worth the visit. Order tickets in advance, select time slot.

I flew from California all the way to Spain just to see Salvador's Dalis house. I was staying in Barcelona and I drove to Figueres, which is about 2 Hour drive. It was raining. It's a one-way road and it's very narrow road going up a hill. I was there 20 minutes before my appointment time and I was declined entrance because I wasn't there 30 minutes before. I bought two tickets just in case I was late after I showed her my other ticket that I was on time and they still didn't let me go inside. The staff was very rude and did not have compassion towards humanity. I am also handicapped and cannot walk fast and they did not care. I am very disappointed with the staff. I tried to buy another ticket for the next day, but the entire month was booked already. Shame on these people. I had other staff saying that they will let me in, but it's not up to them and that they agreed that the people in the front behind the glass were wrong Hijos de puta Los trabajadores de la entrada. No tienes compasión con la gente. I am a you tuber and letting me inn would have helped business instead millions will know my experience!

Salvador Dali is my favorite artist and I've always been so fascinated by his life and artwork before I even went to art school. Going to his museums and galleries is a must...but going to his house was the highlight of my trip to Spain. It's about 2 hours away from Barcelona but the views on the way to Portligat was absolutely gorgeous. You'll know you're reached the right place when you see this white house by the lake with eggs on the rooftop. Every space in and out of the house if filled with quirky stuff which is very Dali. Don't miss the polar bear when you go in the house. The pool area is bizaare as well. Did you expect anything else? There's a secret room he designed for his beloved Gala. How he met her and how much he adored her is unbelievable. They were not your ordinary couple and you'd see that when you get to their bedroom. I can go on and on but you just have to go there and see for yourself!

After Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, this was without a doubt the single next biggest highlight of my trip to Catalunya and Balearic Islands. Make reservations well in advance online. Small groups of 6 to 10 are lead through the house by knowledgeable, multilingual tour guides. It felt like a very exclusive opportunity...because it was. In many ways, Dali's house is somewhat "normal" compared to what you might expect. While you get to see his work studio as it was, there are no "melting clocks" to be seen anywhere. It's so well preserved that it looks like he just ran out to run an errand. The village of Portlligat remains an exquisite working fishing village. Allow plenty of time to get there if you are coming in from Cadaques. We got lost on the way in and really lost on the way out.

This was the highlight of my trip to Spain... What a super cool experience to walk through Salvador Dali house the way he lived in it, the way painted and room he painted in, the party rooms, his bed room the way he left it, theatre room, bathrooms, and other party play rooms, dens, yellow rm, oval rm... He slowly bought 7 old water front fishing houses next to each and turned them into his giant house... The tour takes about 1hr at cost of e11 each and worth it, during high season you must have a reservation.. They give you 15mins in each room and at the end you can hang out in the Olive orchard or poolside for as long as you want.. Dali life was so sweet in this tiny fishing village, he could only afford one tiny tiny casa but as me made his success he slowly bought all 7 and attached them. The art and crazy cool outfits and fixtures left behind are and idea on how he viewed the world, theres art around every corner inside and out... Enjoy

One of the coolest places I have ever been! The house is very special and impressive and the garden has the most beautiful views! For only €11 you visit the place with only 10 people (you need to make a reservation!) and the guide is very friendly :) Nice place!!

The house is amazing; Dali's place of work and inspiration. Because he kept adding on to the home, the architecture had no obvious flow from one room to another which added to the fun that is Dali. Schedule in advance for the house and garden. We arrived 20 minutes early and the guide allowed us a 'head start'. We were the only two in his home and gardens. If you love Dali, the Costa Brava, and beautiful beaches with glittering water; then, this place in Port Lligat , Cadaques is for you.Fall and winter travelers be cautious about hours and difficulty in reaching the place. You have to drive a narrow steep cliff to reach the area in which the home is located. If you're not comfortable with that, I suggest hiring a guide or a car for the day. If weather is bad, you may not be able to pass!

Salvador Dali was one crazy character. Exhibit A: He was obsessed with flies. For Dali, they represented the passage of time. So he would put honey in his long, thin mustache to attract the little buggers to land on it....so he could observe them more closely (I think I just threw up a little). Exhibit B: He was endlessly inspired by his muse and wife, Gala--a woman he adored and who is immortalized in many of his works, but with whom he never had an intimate relationship. Exhibit C: Anything and everything on display in the Dali Museum, located about 90 minutes outside Barcelona in the picturesque town of Figueres, his hometown. This museum sticks out like a giant, surrealist sore thumb from the vastly different, medieval architecture that surrounds it. The building is topped with large, golden eggs and weirdly fanciful characters peer down at you from parapets, rooftops and balconies: life size deep sea divers wearing their full-on, "life aquatic" gear; classical figures with baguettes where their heads should be; and an army of golden mannequins resembling Oscar statuettes. From the get-go, you have a sense of the wacky, otherworldly mind that Dali had, and the endless creativity that begat those famous melting clocks and freaky, spindly-legged horses. Once inside, you are fully immersed in Dali's world: and you have to give yourself over to it and embrace the bizarre. Only then can you appreciate how boundless Dali's artistic spirit was, as well as his prodigious talent. The central attraction of the museum is a large, open courtyard that features Cadillac plujós: a classic Cadillac that has the ultimate "hood mount:" a giant, nude fertility goddess with a large rowboat floating in the sky above her. Inside the car sits a driver, with two companions in the back seat. Insert a Euro coin into the car...and the interior becomes bathed in an eerie green light. Rain begins to fall INSIDE the car, and one of the mannequins has an umbrella that pops open over its head. The main courtyard is surrounded by a stone wall with open archways, each one containing one of those aforementioned Oscar statuettes, all arranged in various poses. The faces of ancient looking monsters made of stone peer out at you from the walls of the courtyard. Prepare to have your mind blown further with the Mae West room, in which you'll climb a staircase and gaze through a looking glass at furnishings that have been arranged to resemble the face of the famous starlet (note the sink that's attached to the ceiling!); "double image" paintings, two-in-one masterpieces that turn into a second scene as you look more closely; and a recreation of his and Gala's bedroom, which is sheer madness (it will ruin you for any future trips to Ikea). Don't ask me what any of it means. But I really enjoyed it. My trip to Catalonia would not have been complete without paying a visit to this strange place, shrine to a strange man, whose work captivates, entertains, provokes and befuddles all at once.

This is well worth the steep hike out of town and the equally steep hike down to his home. I will not bore all with another review; just read the previous ones. They are all super accurate including acting very un-Spanish and arriving on time. The reward is a private tour of an incredible home....the pool area is coolest although that is my own humble opinion. The guides are wonderful; they run the railroad on time while providing great insight into his home.