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Montserrat: Make your Own Custom Tour
4.9
234 Ratings
Barcelona
Create your perfect Montserrat tour: scenic train rides, free time, traditional lunch, wine tasting, and choir performances. Customize your adventure today!
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Abadia de Montserrat - Embark on this well-paced full-day experience that will take you from Barcelona city center to the heart of Barcelona’s countryside. Departing early in the morning from Barcelona’s North Station, your first destination will be the scenic Monastery of Montserrat. A whole morning of astounding landscape, views and history await in there. After enjoying a one-hour-long tour through the highlights of Montserrat Monastery, you will have more than two hours of free time. Your guide will advise on all your options depending on your interests and, so that you can make the most of your time in Montserrat.
- Oller del Mas - Those who select the options with wine will enjoy a full traditional catalan lunch, a visit to a 10th century castle turned into a wine cellar and a tasting of their wonderful production.
What's Included
- Cogwheel Train up to Montserrat (if option selected)
- Local English-speaking tour guide
- Shared transportation in a comfortable air-conditioned bus
- Possibility to buy the wines tasted (shipping available)
- Extended free time at Montserrat
- Guided visit to a boutique winery (if lunch option selected)
- Guided visit to Montserrat Monastery
- Multi-course Catalan meal with wine (if lunch option selected)
- Taste of 3 organic wines (if lunch option selected)
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
Welcome to this tailor made experience!
Choose exactly what to do:
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Montserrat + Cogwheel Train: Enjoy a late departure (9.45am), a scenic ride up the mountain and a guided visit and an hour of free time in Montserrat.
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Montserrat + Extra free time: This tour departs a bit earlier (8.45am) and leaves you with two hours of free time after your guided visit in Montserrat.
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Montserrat + Lunch +Wine: This tour departs at 8.45am, includes two hours of free time in Montserrat, a traditional catalan lunch at the winery and a guided visit of the cellar followed by a wine tasting.
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Montserrat + Cogwheel Train + Lunch + Wine: With a 9.45am departure, it includes a scenic train ride up the mountain, an hour of free time in Montserrat, lunch at the winery and a guided visit of the cellar followed by a tasting.
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Afternoon Montserrat + Choir: Enjoy the magic of Montserrat with no crowds and the performance of The Boy’s Choir! (except fridays and saturdays)
- Castlexperience Office (1st Floor - Section B - Ticket office A, B or C) Estación de autobuses Barcelona Nord (North Bus Station) Carrer d’Alí Bei, 80 (5 min from Arc de Triomf) YOU MUST CHECK-IN IN THE FIRST FLOOR BEFORE GOING TO THE BUSES AREA (GROUND FLOOR)
- Tour starts at 8:45 a.m or at 9.45 am (depending on the option). Please arrive at the meeting point 20 min before the start of the tour.
- There is a limit of 20 people per guide, although transportation will be shared with other groups. Under exceptional situations, the group may increase up to 22 people.
- Comfortable clothes and shoes are recommended as there is some walking involved.
- Temperatures in Montserrat and the winery tend to be more extreme than in Barcelona. Please check the weather forecast the day before and dress accordingly. We advise bringing water, especially in the summer season.
- Infants aged 3 or less may join the tour free of charge, but note that no car seat or meals are provided.
- If you have reduced mobility, please contact us before booking. We do our best to welcome everyone on board!
- We cater for any dietary allergies or restrictions – no need to warn us beforehand.
- We work daily with different low-production, family-owned boutique wineries. Due to logistic reasons, you might visit another cellar instead of Oller del Mas.
- Our company is composed of a deeply committed team of people. We are working hard in our team, and with all our partners, to be up to the current circumstances. When operating, all our services will abide by all health and security policies issued by the competent administrations. Our top priority is and will be ensuring a safe environment for all our customers and our team.
- The tour is led in English.
Location
Castlexperience | Wine tours
Carrer d'Alí Bei
Meet at the pink Castleexperience office, upstairs on the first floor inside the North Bus Station: First Floor - Section B - Ticket office A, B, or C.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(234 Ratings)
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3stac5
Jun 16, 2024
Excellent tour company, great guides - Easy to find meet up location at train station in Barcelona. Bus was a nice, comfy ride with great air conditioning. Our guide was Toni and he was fantastic. His English is excellent and the history he shares is fascinating and entertaining. He has great enthusiasm and does a wonderful job of keeping track of everyone to stay on track with the tour yet we felt we had plenty of time to do what we wanted. It was a great balance. He amazed us remembering faces of the groups on our tour. The information provided at each stop added to our ability to appreciate the beauty and significance without being elaborate and boring. I wish every tour and guide was like Toni. Monseratte is a must see and this is the company to go with, ask for Toni!
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B5751qwaa
Jun 14, 2024
Amazing! Lorena was great 😊 - Lorena was a wonderful guide! She gave great information and allowed us plenty of time to do some solo stuff while in Montserrat! I loved the views and my time while there. The bonus wine was perfecto 😍
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Steven_m
Jun 13, 2024
Great experience, despite the weather! - Good news for Barcelona, bad news for us - it was incredibly cloudy and rainy. So, we couldn't see much! However, our guides were great (albeit, a little forceful on getting you to interact with their questions/answers). Our main guide, Delph, was very knowledgeable and friendly, and she was very empathetic and took care of the children from the others in our group by gathering them under her umbrella during the rain. Berta (spelling?), another guide, provided great information on the drive up and down the mountain. Despite a little chaos from the various options of the tour (some groups were there seeing the winery, others were there without the cogwheel, etc..) leading to various groups within our bus, it was organized. Everything was great, and we were glad we went with this company. Also, I want to say an extra thank you to this company. Our original tour date, the day before, was also super rainy and we could not get a taxi to get to the bus in time (due to the rain). This company was great to work with - quickly relieved my anxiety and didn't make me feel bad or guilty for missing our tour, and they were happy to reschedule us for a tour the next day (they didn't have to do that, so we are so grateful for this company to make sure we had this experience).
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Andrew_l
Jun 3, 2024
Montserrat and the grape. - One of the best days out of the holiday. Berta (our tour guide) was a fantastic, knowledgeable and extremely approachable individual who not only explained the history of Barcelona (Catalonia) in a fun and entertaining way, but also nothing was too much trouble. The trip to montserrat was around an hour but time flew, the cog wheel train was enjoyable taking us to the main site. The basilica was as traditional as it gets with the surrounding views breathtaking. Our tour was finished off by a meal at a local winery (beautiful surroundings once again ) and some obligatory wine tasting complemented by Berta’s knowledge of the location and wine produced there. Great day out and highly recommended.
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Nikki
May 30, 2024
Private Tour - Wine tasting, tapas, Montserrat, Black Madonna, Monks/Boys Choir - My daughter (20yrs) and I booked a private tour of wine tasting and a visit to Montserrat. We were picked up at our hotel by our guide, Toni. He was immediately friendly and welcoming and whisked us away in a comfortable, air conditioned van. Our first stop was the most charming, small family run winery just an outside of Barcelona. Toni gave us a fabulous tour of the estate, teaching us about wine making in Catalonia. We had amazing wine tastings and tapas…while he educated us about the culture and area. We were able to meet the lovely owner and purchase her fabulous wine to send home.
Next we drove to Montserrat. After a quick stop at the small farmer’s market (Toni kindly carried our purchases for us), we were able to see the Black Madonna (which I would highly recommend), and walk the beautiful property. Toni expertly educated us on the history and customs surrounding Montserrat. After some free time to hike and explore a bit Toni took us inside to listen to the Monks and Boys Choir. Absolutely beautiful.
We loved every minute of our tour. Toni was the BEST guide. He was so comfortable and pleasant to spend the day with and he is extremely knowledgeable about his beloved city and culture. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone wanting a more one on one experience. Truly worth every penny.
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William_s
May 29, 2024
Must see. - Awesome experience. Both nature and religious. Walk up to the crosses. Take the train up and hike down.
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784emeliac
May 28, 2024
Awesome visit and views! - The whole experience was great! Judit, our guide, was wonderful and very knowledgeable. I highly recommend this tour to everyone!
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Edgaras_d
May 22, 2024
Very informative and very well organized tour - Tour and guides were awesome. Everything was quite well organized. Guides answered all questions. Nothing to complain about.
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Victoria_e
May 16, 2024
Spectacular experience - Antony was a great guide. He gave a lot of history while also allowing us time to explore the area. The boys choir was spectacular. Worth it just to see them.
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Yuval_s
Jun 3, 2024
Montserrat - a must - First, the Montserrat is fascinating. The view is amazing and definitely a must. I wish there was more free time to spend there. The ride is pretty quick - 45 minutes, and our Guide Alfonso was informative funny and had good vibes. The reason there's only 4 starts is because the buses themselves aren't that comfortable - the bus when we returned was pretty small, and we had to switch bus in the middle of the ride. However the overall experience was really good and I'd recommend it to everyone who visits Barcelona.
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