Montjuic Cemetery: Gothic Graves Tour

Explore Montjuic Cemetery’s stunning graves, mausoleums, and Civil War memorials on a guided tour. Discover Europe’s hidden gem of historical beauty.

Duration: 3 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Columbus Monument - Our meeting point, from which we will take a car to the cemetery.
  • Cementerio de Montjuic - The tour will be entirely inside the Montjuic Cemetery, exploring the most beautiful graves and interesting people buried there. This includes a guided tour to the Civil War memorial at the Fossar de la Pedrera.
  • Columbus Monument - Where we return to the city after the tour.
What's Included
  • Transport to the cemetery by bus or car
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities for the Tour guide
Additional Information

• Ensure you visit the remarkable graves in the expansive cemetery
• The most authentic, hidden gem in Barcelona
• Transportation provided to and from the cemetery
Explore the magnificent gothic-style Cemetery of Montjuic on this guided tour.
Meet your guide in the city near the Columbus monument, where you’ll travel by car or bus to the cemetery.
Enjoy…

Location
Portal de Santa Madrona
Avinguda del Paral·lel
at "Portal de Santa Madrona" In front of the big wooden door in the old city wall, your guide will be there with a white umbrella.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Krystle_m
Nov 5, 2024
Something cool and different! - Onno was great! Started at the top and worked our way down the hill. He went at our pace (5 of us including kids aged 12 & 14) and walked for almost 3 hours. Answered the kids questions along the way. Almost no tourists around. Beautiful sculptures and monuments and my daughter took very cool pictures.
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John_v
Oct 16, 2024
Would recommend this tour. - Montjuic cemetery is a major part of the history of Barcelona, and offers insights into how Barcelona residents over the decades have commemorated the deaths of their friends and families. To my knowledge, this is the only cemetery tour offered in English. The tour is paced to permit extended viewing and wandering around pre-selected parts of the cemetery. A lot of stairs, but almost all downhill, since the tour starts at the top of the cemetery. Tour guide was well-informed and personable.
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Johnlately
Oct 15, 2024
Well-designed tour, and the only one in English as of Oct 2024 - The Montjuic Cemetery is a fascinating place with a rich history and many works of art. Our tour guide was very well informed. The tour went at a leisurely pace that allowed us to wander a bit and take time to get a good look at the monuments and sculptures. It was great that the tour included transportation to and from the cemetery to a convenient meeting place, since the cemetery is not all that accessible by public transport, especially for visitors to Barcelona. Also good that we started near the top, so most of the walking was downhill. Highly recommend.
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Goway4fun
Oct 13, 2024
Unique experience - We spent a lovely morning touring the cemetery with Onno. Beautiful views of the city and very peaceful as we walked through listening to the history and about the lives of the people buried there. Very impressive variety of statues and elaborate mausoleums. Having a guide allowed us to see the best of the cemetery. It is so large that you could wander all day and not see some of the best sites. There are a lot of stairs but the pace is leisurely I was able to complete the tour and enjoyed it all. Thank you Onno for a very enjoyable and impressive day.
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Charlotte_h
Oct 13, 2024
Beautiful and peaceful place to visit - My guide, Onno, was excellent. The cemetery is very large so it was great to have someone who knew both the history but also the more interesting places to visit. If you like the beauty and the architecture of old cemeteries this one is definitely worth a visit. Plus it's a nice break from the crowds of Barcelona.
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Andreas_s
Oct 9, 2024
Cementerio Montjuic - Thank you very much for this very interesting new tour to Montjuic. The information given during the tour and the impression one got were outstanding
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Meledee_n
Oct 7, 2024
Stunning - Where to start? Overwhelming architecture and beauty of the entire Cemetery! My favourite tomb was for the man who created the city planning was unique. The large trees framed the areas Onno is so informative and interesting I’ll recommend this tour to everyone! We were picked up by cab met Onno to start our tour. We finished and continued to a lunch that Onno had recommended!
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Biancamh2000pa
Oct 6, 2024
Off the beaten track in a place with history - Great tour with great guide. 🚶🏻‍♀️‍➡️🚶🏻⍀��️🚶🏻‍♂️‍➡️ We were looking for a tour of the beautiful cemetery with sea views in Barcelona. Most of the time you only see it sparkling in the sunlight when you drive through Barcelona - at least as a passenger 🕊️ Our guide Onno started with us right from above, as the cemetery is located on the mountainside of Montjuïc. The transfer was by taxi. It can be said that the cemetery is getting more and more beautiful from top to bottom. We think it would be a wonderful place to visit his deceased loved ones. We passed by the graves of Barcelona's famous people and learned a lot about their lives. Valuable tips for one or the other photo included. Death is part of life. 🌹 We can definitely recommend this tour and are also considering booking other tours from our guide - for example the photo tour. 📸
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Alys0n63
Sep 27, 2024
Great tour, take a drink and a hat. - I did this tour with Onno today and was pleasantly surprised to find I was the only customer. This is a great tour which includes some Spanish history, lovely views of Barcelona and interesting burial sites with dramatic sculptures of people mourning the dead, except one seductress with a smile on her face. I also got some iPhone photography tips from Onno along the way.
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104elto
Sep 24, 2024
A deeply moving experience, thank you Evan - The Montjuic Cemetery tour was a deeply moving experience. The guide’s (Evan) stories brought the history and the people buried there to life. The graves are incredible, each with its own story. The beauty and peace of the place were overwhelming. An unforgettable part of my trip to Barcelona.
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