Enjoy a Full-Day trip to Montserrat, a magic place that you cannot miss if you visit Barcelona. Discover this amazing mountain and all its secrets. During the tour, you will visit the Virgin of Montserrat, known as Black Madonna “La Moreneta”, which is the patron saint of Catalonia. On the Benedictine monastery we will listen to the fantastic boys’ choir of L’Escolania de Montserrat, one of the most famous children choirs in Europe, and the oldest (fourteenth century).
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Your private tour guide will meet you at your hotel or apartment to start your experience, then you will head to the train station by public transport, where we will take the train and enjoy the Catalonian landscape on our way to Monistrol, located at the bottom of the mountain. Once there we will take the cable car to get to the popular Santa María de Montserrat Abbey. From this viewpoint, you will be able to take amazing pictures.
We will visit the Basilica and we will visit the Virgin of Montserrat, known as Black Madonna “La Moreneta”, a woodcarving from the twelfth century, which is the patron saint of Catalonia.
After this experience, we can do some hiking to an amazing viewpoint located about 25 minutes away from the monastery or watch an audiovisual to found out about the life of the monks. At the end of this experience, we will have lunch to recharge our batteries and return to Barcelona.
For those who love nature and culture, this will be a great experience, for sure!
Details
Day tour
7h
English / Spanish / Catalan / French
Included
- Private tour guide, your guide will meet you at your hotel/apartment in the city of Barcelona
- Public transport tickets
- Train tickets and cable car tickets
- Acess to the Virgin of Montserrat (Black Madonna "La Moreneta")
- Radio guide system
- Typical breakfast including coffee and a locally made Catalan pastry
- Lunch and drinks: if you opt for the hiking experience we will buy some sandwiches to eat on the train back, if not, we will have lunch in the monastery’s restaurant
- Taste of 4 typical liquors of the area
- Entrance to the audio visual exhibition in Montserrat “Espai Audio visual Montserrat
Not included
- Hotel drop-off
Product code:
BCNBDMON
Additional information
- The access to Montserrat will be by the Aeri. The days when the Aeri is closed due to weather, technical reasons, or when tickets are not available, it will be replaced by the cog-wheel train.
- Please, it is mandatory to inform at least 48 hours before the start of the tour in which hotel/apartment you will stay, in order to pick you up.
- Please note this excursion has some walking parts. Wear appropriate attire.
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately.
- Queues to see the Black Madonna may occur depending on season.
