Port Liligat and Salvador Dali's home

Dali Port Lligat House Exterior —- for sizes and prices CLICK HERE — Dali Port Lligat House Exterior —- for sizes and prices **CLICK HERE**

Salvador Dali was attracted to Portlligat by the landscape, the light, and the isolation of the place. "Portlligat is the place of production, the ideal place for my work. Everything fits to make it so: time goes more slowly, and each hour has its proper dimension. There is a geological peacefulness; it is a unique planetary case."

The house that Dali built was his only lasting home and studio he ever had. The "house" was a small hut he purchased. After repairing the roof, he lived and worked in the small space. Eventually, he bought other fishermen's huts and slowly combined them all to form the current labyrinthine structure that is his home today. As he defined it: "[it is] like a real biological structure. Each new pulse in our life had its own new cell, its room."

Anna Massot, from Dali’s museum in Figures, contacted Dali’s home and managed to get us into it before the home opened to the public. Thank-you Anna!

Tripods aren’t allowed in the house, but because we didn’t have a lot of people around, they allowed Clyde to use his tripod. And, yes, Dali had a giant polar bear in his living room!

Dali’s studio —- for sizes and prices CLICK HERE — Dali’s studio —- for sizes and prices **CLICK HERE**

The nude on the wall to the right is where he painted his VERY large works. There is a hole across the floor where the canvas can be moved up and down so he can reach the top of the canvas here on the second story, and go downstairs to paint the bottom part of the canvas. Clever!

This room was filled with photographs of Dali with famous people from all over the world

Dali’s back yard ~ Clyde and Anna sitting near the sculpture dedicated to Pirelli tires

Port Lligat House 5 —- for sizes and prices CLICK HERE — Port Lligat House 5 —- for sizes and prices **CLICK HERE**

Lion in Dali’s Swimming Pool Grotto —- for sizes and prices CLICK HERE — Lion in Dali’s Swimming Pool Grotto —- for sizes and prices **CLICK HERE**

Castor and Pollux, Dali’s Garden Wall —- for sizes and prices CLICK HERE — Castor and Pollux, Dali’s Garden Wall —- for sizes and prices **CLICK HERE**

Because there were eggs everywhere Jackie and I couldn’t resist having our photos taken in a Dali egg!

Boat with Cypress Tree —- for sizes and prices CLICK HERE

As we left Dali's home with a new appreciation about how he viewed his life, we entered the courtyard where we saw this image of a tree Dali had planted many years ago in the center of an old boat. Clyde couldn't resist taking a photograph of it. If you look closely at the image, you'll see a man in the dark doorway behind the boat. Clyde doesn't like to have people in his images, but he didn't realize this man was there until he made the image very large.

When we returned to Casques, Clyde decided he wanted to sit on the balcony of our hotel and enjoy the view. Jackie and I decided on another walk around town. Once again, we got lost in the small alleyways and came across more galleries.

As we headed back to the hotel we saw that there was a swap-meet along the edge of the bay. There was so much great stuff there, especially the old camera equipment. It was fun seeing what kind of things swap-meet folks display in a foreign country.