Barcelona
Private Montserrat Half Day Tour
An hour out of Barcelona to a Benedictine abbey on a 1,200-meter mountain
Sightseeing, Local Culture
Why We Love it
The Black Madonna draws the crowds, but the monastery's own museum — Dalí, El Greco, Monet, Giordano — is where your free time is best spent.
The Experience
Five hours from your hotel lobby in Barcelona with a private vehicle and a licensed guide, an hour's drive through the Catalan countryside to the Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria de Montserrat.
You see it from a distance: a 1,200-meter ridge of separate peaks rising out of the countryside. Your guide starts at the monastery entrance, works through the surroundings and the history, then the shrine of the Madonna of Montserrat — the black Virgin who is Catalonia's patron saint. After that the time is yours. The museum holds Dalí, El Greco, Monet and Giordano alongside rooms on liturgy and archaeology, and there is mass, lunch, the shops, and the funicular to the top.
My pick for travelers who want one half day out of Barcelona rather than a full one, and for anyone who likes a guide for the history and then time alone to wander.
From $243 per person
5 Hours
Private
8:00 am or 9:00 am
Highlights
What's Included
Private vehicle
Licensed guide
Entrance fee to Montserrat
What's Not Included
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Need to Know
5 hours, departing 8:00 am or 9:00 am
Private — your party only
Hotel guests are met in the hotel lobby by their Live Barcelona guide
Cruise guests are met at the exit of the terminal building by a guide holding a sign with your name
It can be booked as a pre- or post-cruise tour — tell us before you book
Wear comfortable shoes
Entrance to Montserrat is included; food and drinks are not
Free cancellation up to 7 days before
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Need to know
Five hours from your hotel lobby in Barcelona with a private vehicle and a licensed guide, an hour's drive through the Catalan countryside to the Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria de Montserrat.
You see it from a distance: a 1,200-meter ridge of separate peaks rising out of the countryside. Your guide starts at the monastery entrance, works through the surroundings and the history, then the shrine of the Madonna of Montserrat — the black Virgin who is Catalonia's patron saint. After that the time is yours. The museum holds Dalí, El Greco, Monet and Giordano alongside rooms on liturgy and archaeology, and there is mass, lunch, the shops, and the funicular to the top.
My pick for travelers who want one half day out of Barcelona rather than a full one, and for anyone who likes a guide for the history and then time alone to wander.