Barcelona · MONTSERRAT DAY TRIPS
The monastery sits an hour inland on a ridge of eroded conglomerate, reached by cogwheel train or cable car. These 15 sort the half-days from the full days, and the ones that bolt on a winery from the ones that leave you time to walk.
Review of Barcelona’s Montserrat tour with monastery sights, a castle winery, tapas, and three wines, plus practical tips on options and timing.
“Thais did such an amazing job showing us around beautiful Monserat. She was funny and a great teacher. The wine tasting was at this beautiful winery with great views!”
Ride Montserrat’s cog-wheel train, visit La Moreneta, taste Catalan liqueurs, and explore the monastery on a guided trip from Barcelona.
“Very nice, well organized trip! Tourist guide Jose gave as a lot of interesting information and historical facts. There was also some free time to walk around and admire the views.”
Review of Barcelona’s Montserrat cogwheel train tour with monastery visit, Catalan views, castle winery, organic wine, tapas, and lunch options.
“We had a lovely tour in montserrat today. Weather was nice, place was beautiful and our tour guide vince was magnificent! He will not bore you with his talk. Fully knowledgeable with good sense of humor. Everything was just perfect. Thanks for a very good experience.”
Review of Montserrat from Barcelona, with basilica access, free time, mountain views, guide options, costs, and practical booking advice.
“Our booking & itinerary to the Monserrat Monastery excursion included access to touch the Black Madonna. When we arrived at the monastery we were told by our tour guide, Oriol, our booking did not include touching the Black Madonna. I showed him the screenshots from our booking & itinerary which clearly showed touching the Black Madonna was included in our purchase. Oriol reviewed the screenshots and agreed we should have access and there must have been a mistake. He stated it would be difficult to have the booking changed the now. When we expressed our displeasure Oriol stated he would call his office and try to fix it. He stepped…”
Visit Montserrat’s Black Madonna, enjoy mountain views, then tour a Catalan castle winery with tapas or lunch and wine.
“The free time can be tricky if you’re seeing the Black Madonna and want to make it to the St Michael’s cross. Laia was extremely knowledgeable and a great guide!”
Review of Barcelona’s Montserrat half-day tour, with hotel pickup, small groups, the Black Madonna, mountain walks, and optional funicular.
“Javi provided a great tour experience. Our small group to Montserrat was comfortable with Javi providing good travel tips on each location along the way!”
Review of a 12-hour Barcelona day trip to Montserrat, Girona, and Tossa de Mar, with practical advice on timing, value, walking, and guides.
“I truly enjoyed my guided tour with Lucas. He was knowledgeable and thorough in explaining the locations. It was an excellent tour. I would highly recommend it to anyone who wish to explore all three locations with him.”
Visit Montserrat by cogwheel train, tour its monastery, then add Catalan wine and lunch at a 10th-century castle winery.
“We loved Carla, our guide. She made everything easy, made us feel comfortable, was very knowledgeable and friendly.”
Ride Montserrat’s cogwheel train from Barcelona, visit the Black Madonna, taste monastery liquors, and enjoy mountain views with a local guide.
“We really enjoyed this tour—Monserrat is an amazing place and the views are spectacular everywhere you look.”
Review of Barcelona's Montserrat tour, with bus transport, monastery visit, free hiking time, and optional Basilica entry.
“The trip is really worth it! Franzisco is a wonderful guide, very helpful and insightful. At the end he also shared a lot of interesting facts about Barcelona and great recommendations. Comfortable bus pick-up and enough of time to explore Montserrat. Highly recommend.”
Escape Barcelona for Montserrat’s jagged peaks, Benedictine monastery, Black Madonna, rack railway, free time, and optional choir or museum entry.
“Amazing day trip from Barcelona! Montserrat is BEAUTIFUL! Our tour guide Blanca was so kind. During our free time we were able to take another smaller train to a higher point! (This is not included but worth it!!) It’s only 6 minutes up on the train, worth the money!!”
Visit Montserrat Monastery from Barcelona, then enjoy a Catalan farmhouse lunch, dessert, drinks, and small-group guidance for $95.03.
“We had a great experience and the guide made it for a memorable day. Each part of our tour built to a great finished……5 star experience.”
Review of Montserrat’s afternoon monastery tour from Barcelona, with Black Madonna priority access, cogwheel train, views, and liqueur tasting.
“Excellent tour of Sagrada Familia with Carla as a guide. She was very knowledgeable and answered all questions from the audience.”
Pair Montserrat’s monastery and mountain views with Catalan wine, castle-cellar tastings, and a tapas brunch on this seven-hour Barcelona tour.
“Our day trip to Montserat was great and tapas and wine trip was also great, our tourgreat Wince was great.”
Review of Montserrat from Barcelona, with monastery, Black Madonna, funicular, market, hiking options, transport, costs, and practical tips.
“Omg! Best travel tour guide I ever had. Delphine Gidoin is one of the best, knowledgeable people who gave such detail of the area. The only thing I would suggest is to maybe have some of the highlights of what she told us in a pamphlet. Because a lot of noise around that area and we couldn’t hear her very well. She was awesome tho! Great tour.”
Pick a Gaudí site, a boat or a table.
