The Blue Paradise
Tossa de Mar
The walled town Chagall painted, still worth painting.
The Blue Paradise
The walled town Chagall painted, still worth painting.
Introduction
Chagall called Tossa the Blue Paradise, and the view that seduced him survives intact: a twelfth-century walled town — the only fortified medieval village left on the Catalan coast — standing over a broad crescent of sand. Climb the Vila Vella's lanes to the lighthouse at dusk, swim the quieter coves north of town, and eat cim i tomba, the fishermen's stew Tossa never bothered exporting.
Stay in Tossa de Mar
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Find your stayNot to be missed
The walled old town — enter through the towers and climb at dusk, when the day-trippers leave.
The main crescent, framed by the ramparts; the far end under the walls is calmest.
The lighthouse crowning the Vila Vella, with a small museum and the coast's best sunset terrace.
A pine-backed cove twenty minutes north on the Camí de Ronda — go on foot, not by car.
The fishermen's pebble cove tucked directly beneath the old walls.
Home to Chagall's Celestial Violinist, painted during his Tossa summers of the 1930s.
Featured stays
Plan your visit
Spring
Mar–May · The ramparts to yourself, sea warming by late May.
Summer
Jun–Aug · Full Mediterranean swing — swim before nine, dine after nine.
Autumn
Sep–Nov · Warm water and soft light; the painters' season.
Winter
Dec–Feb · Shuttered and cinematic; walk the walls in a jacket.
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