Discover Montserrat on an early-morning group tour with round-trip transportation from Barcelona. Enjoy free time to discover the secrets of Montserrat after the guided tour.

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Duration 5 hours: Check availability to see starting times.
Live tour guide: English
Wheelchair accessible

Highlights

Transfer from the center of Barcelona to the monastery
Take a small-group tour with a professional tour guide
Enjoy fee time to visit la Moreneta, enter the museum, take the cable car, and enjoy the breathtaking views
Receive discounts for activities and tickets in Montserrat

Full description

Begin by meeting your guide in the center of Barcelona, from where your unique experience begins. Join your group in an air-conditioned private vehicle for the journey up the mountain of Montserrat. Enjoy the views as you hear about Montserrat’s Basilica and Monastery, home of la Moreneta (Black Madonna). Unlike other tours, this experience allows you to gain early access to visit the Montserrat Monastery, well before the crowds arrive. Upon your arrival, enjoy a 45-minute guided tour throughout which you learn about Montserrat including its secrets. This tour also sees you visiting the farmer’s market and entering the basilica. You guide then explains all the fun activities you can do with your 2 hours of free time following the guided tour. You can visit la Moreneta (Black Madonna), enter the museum, taste the monastery’s homemade liquor, go to an easy walk to the Saint Miguel, take the Sant Joan Funicular, and much more.

Includes

Round-trip private transfer from central Barcelona
Early access to the Monsterrat Monastery, before the crowds arrive
Guided small-group tour
Free time
Discounts on activities and tickets in Montserrat

Food and drinks
Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Covid-19 precautions

Safety measures in place

All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
You must keep social distance while in vehicles
The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds

Meeting point

Look for your tour guide who will be holding a red burgundy umbrella.

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Important information

Know before you go

Please note that Montserrat is a mountain that stands at 1,236 meters, therefor the temperature differs from that of Barcelona (it is recommended that you wear comfortable clothes)

Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.8 /5

based on 111 reviews

Review summary

Guide
4.9/5
Transportation
4.9/5
Value for money
4.7/5

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This was a wonderful tour. Our guide was knowledgeable, funny, and helpful. Unfortunately, school is out for the summer holiday so we did not hear the boys choir and at the time of our visit (a Sunday morning), they were holding mass so we were unable to go inside the sanctuary.

August 16, 2022

My family and I really enjoyed this tour to Montserrat. We especially liked our knowledgeable guide Daniel and the private bus transfer. Our guide gave us a ton of information about the mountain on the way there and then led us on a walking tour to see the basilica and the Moreneta before the crowds arrived. Then we had free time so our family split up...some went to shop and grab a snack, others went for a hike, and others explored the museum. Caught a quick nap on the bus ride back to Barcelona. I would definitely recommend this tour.

August 5, 2022

It was so nice to have all the logistics handled and to just walk right in to see the Black Madonna. Our guide was fun and knowledgeable and we had the perfect amount of time to explore on our own. I liked how he gave us the option of staying with him to learn more or doing our own thing.

July 14, 2022

Barcelona: Half-Day Montserrat Experience

Barcelona: Half-Day Montserrat Experience

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