Spain · Religious & Spiritual

Montserrat Day Trip Private or Small Group with Basilica Tickets

6 Hours Round trip from Barcelona Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Visit Montserrat and its Benedictine Monastery from Barcelona
  • 02 Basilica and La Moreneta tickets included
  • 03 Light hike to the Creu de Sant Miquel viewpoint
  • 04 Taste regional products at the Montserrat farmers’ market
  • 05 Choose a private or semi-private small-group experience
  • 06 Travel by car with a local guide
  • 07 Family-friendly experience suitable for children

Discover Montserrat on a half-day trip from Barcelona and explore one of Catalonia’s most iconic mountain landscapes. Travel by car with your guide to the Benedictine Monastery, admire the architecture of the Basilica, and visit La Moreneta with included tickets.

Along the way, enjoy a light hike to the Creu de Sant Miquel viewpoint for sweeping mountain views, and browse the local market where farmers offer regional products such as cheeses and hams. Choose between a private experience with hotel pick-up and drop-off or a semi-private small-group option with a designated meeting point.

Enter the Monastery with your Skip the line tickets, to admire the famous virgin of the Moreneta and the unmissable children's choir.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 6 Hours
Tour type Private
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access No
Cities Barcelona, Montserrat
Languages English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Montserrat

Your guide will either pick you up at your hotel (Private Option) or meet you at the designated meeting point (Semi-Private Option). Then, you'll head to Montserrat, approximately an hour’s drive away.. Enjoy the landscapes that surround Catalunya while your local guide tells you all about the magical mountain and its Benedictine Monastery. Take a short hike to one of the most beautiful panoramic spots in the area, the Creu de Sant Miquel Viewpoint.

Abadia de Montserrat

Have the best views of the Montserrat Monastery Benedictine and its spectacular architecture.

La Moreneta

Enter the Monastery with your Skip the line tickets, to admire the famous virgin of the Moreneta and the unmissable children's choir.

Mercat de Montserrat

Taste cheeses, hams and a lot of regional products of Catalonia that local farmers offer for sale. Learn how they produce them.

Creu de Sant Miquel

Take a short hike to one of the most beautiful panoramic spots in the area. Enjoy the incredible views of the mountain.

Heading back to Barcelona

Your guide will drive you back to Barcelona, where you will be dropped off at your hotel (Private Option) or at the designated meeting point (Semi-Private Option).

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Barcelona 2 cities · 6 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Pick-Up/Drop-off at your Hotel in Barcelona Area (Private Option)
  • Meet your guide at the Meeting Point (Semi-Private Option)
  • Montserrat Private Guided Tour by car (Private Option)
  • Montserrat Semi-Private Guided Tour by car (Semi-Private Option)
  • Tickets to the Basilica and 'La Moreneta' (The Black Madonna)
  • 5.5 hs private tour with a local guide

What's Not Included

  • Lunch
  • Child car seat (€8)
  • Admission to the Children’s Choir.

Know before you go

  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • INFANT SEATS AVAILABLE
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not stroller accessible
  • Not suitable for pets
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Pick-Up/Drop-off at your Hotel in Barcelona Area (Only Private Option)
  • Meet your guide at the Meeting Point (Mandatory - Semi-Private Option)
  • In high season the availability for some attractions are subject to the number of people in Montserrat as there could be long queues.
  • If there are children in the group, they will have to ask for a child car seat upon request, with an extra cost.(€8)
  • If there is a last-minute tour, please keep in mind that access to La Moreneta will be subject to availability. In case it is sold out, you will still be able to enter the monastery and complete the rest of the tour as planned.
  • Attendance at the Boy's Choir is subject to availability and must be requested in advance directly with your guide.
  • If you choose the Private Option, the guide will pick you up at the door of your hotel in Barcelona. For the Semi-Private Option, the guide will pick you up at the meeting point.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Barcelona, ES
Tour start
Barcelona, ES
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 6 hours finish where they began, in Barcelona.

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