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Montserrat Tour: Sanctuary, Black Madonna, and Liquors
4.3
1,653 Ratings
Barcelona
Embark on a captivating 4.5-hour tour from Barcelona to Montserrat Monastery. Ride the cog-wheel train, explore the sanctuary, and encounter the revered Black Madonna. Indulge in local liquors for a truly enchanting experience.
Duration:
4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Cremallera de Montserrat - After a 1h drive on the highway, board the cog-wheel train or the Aeri cable car up the mountain and enjoy the amazing views over the area
- Abadia de Montserrat - During the first part of the tour you will enjoy an introduction to the history of the monastery. Once the guided tour has ended, you will have free time to enjoy de fabulous land scape by yourself, to visit the local food market, to visit de audiovisual exhibition and to taste some typical liqueurs.
- Montana de Montserrat - Montserrat is a rocky mountain located 50 km to the southwest of Barcelona. It is considered the most significant and important mountain of Catalonia. The etymology of Montserrat comes from Catalan Mont (mountain) and serrat (serrated).
The importance of this mountain is due to the legend of the miraculous appearance of the Madonna and Child in one of the caves. This cave received the name Santa Cova (The Saint Cave). To this day the wood carving of the Madonna and Child are kept in the Church of the monastery and it is possible to visit it. This image of the Madonna is popularly known as La Moreneta (The Black Madonna) for its dark color.
- La Moreneta - Enjoy the priority access to the Black Madonna.
What's Included
- Entrance to the audio-visual exhibition “Espai Audio visual Montserrat”
- Transportation on an air-conditioned coach
- Access to the Basilica and the Black Madonna
- Taste of 4 typical liquors of the area
- Cog-wheel train up to Montserrat or Cable Car (depending on the option selected)
- Local guide, operating in both Spanish and English
- Radio guide system
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
Discover one of the most mystic Catalan wonders on our 4-and-a-half-hour tour. Take the cog-wheel train or the cable car and enjoy a breathtaking ride up the mountain. Walk around the sanctuary and imagine the many lives lived by the monks at the site through the centuries. Finally, visit the Black Madonna known as La Moreneta in the Basilica or taste some of the local liquors made in the area.
- Infants travel free provided they do not occupy a seat
- Note that the La Escolania children’s choir does not perform in the afternoon
- Correct dress code is requested to enter the Basilica at Montserrat. It is not permitted to enter with tank tops, strapless shirts, short shorts or sandals
- The duration of the tour includes the round trip to the destination.
- Queues to see the Black Madonna may occur depending on season.
- Please note that there are different departure times depending on the seasons.
- Please, be at the meeting point 15 minutes before departure time
- The Cable car facilities are not adapted for people with reduced mobility. In this case, it will be necessary to make the reservation with the ascent to Montserrat by the cog-wheel train.
Location
Julià Travel
Please find the Julia Travel Office in Ground floor, Carrer d'Alí Bei, 80, 08018 Barcelona, Spain. It is mandatory to check-in in the counter and after we will go to platform 19
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Manuelre3191jj
Sep 22, 2024
Super satisfied customer - Spectacular sacred place, view. Excellent tour guide Jessica. Amazing driver. Excellent tour overall. Me and my wife were so happy…
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729mirnac
Sep 22, 2024
Amazing experience! Great experience - The tour was absolutely amazing we took lots of pictures. Our guide explain lots of things to us. History, legend stories. She is very friendly and has sense of humour.
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Jacintak281
Sep 22, 2024
Beautiful experience - Breathe taking views! Really beautiful and serene. Our guide Anna was amazing, she explained everything clearly, really happy person as well.
The liquor tasting was great and got to buy some too.
Wish there was more time though, I will definitely come back with my friends.
Highly recommend
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G7398qyelizabethp
Sep 22, 2024
Spectacular views great guide wonderful experience. - Anna did an amazing job giving bilingual information for more than 50 people and kept track of us all! Lovely tour. Amazing liquor tasting. Very yummy.
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B9005lhalexandrar
Sep 22, 2024
Excellent - Fantastic view and fantastic guide! Anna was the best! I only wish the tour was longer, we needed more time to visit and shop
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9cezarp
Sep 22, 2024
Very nice experience! - Awesome tour! Excellent guide ( Anna), extremely driven and a lot of passion in doing her job. Congratulations for hiring her!
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Jessiewa3805sg
Sep 22, 2024
Wish there was more time! - Anna was a great guide! Very helpful and knowledgeable.... just wish we had more time as waiting in line for the black Madonna was very long.... beautiful place to see though!
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U5360tomelodyb
Sep 24, 2024
Find another company with better customer service for when things go wrong - Seems like when things go right this tour is fine…but my review has to do with how things are handled when things don’t go right. First of all, the meeting point for this excursion was not explicit in the email. There are multiple Julia Travel locations in the city; we went to the wrong one and had to take a taxi 10 min away to get to the correct location and almost missed out tour; which may have been better. When we voiced our issue with their lack of proper direction, they simply told us, “It’s ok, you still made it!”! Clearly no plans to change that in the future to help customers find them easier! After that, we started the trip on the bus, and to no fault of their own, we were stuck in traffic from an accident for hours and the trip took 2.5hrs before we got to our destination. Unfortunately, that meant we did not get to ride the cable cars up, which was what we were going for in the first place. And because we got there so late, the black Madonna access was pointless because the line took as long to get through as the return time back to the bus; we had no free time there; and we didn’t even have time to get our free items from the shops. We were told to send our complaints to a certain email, who then gave us back less than a 1/3 of our money back. When this many things go wrong…I expect a full refund from the company. I didn’t pay $67 for hours and hours on a bus.
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Northstar64928077537
Sep 22, 2024
Rushed and Crowded - The Julia Travel Tour to Montserrat had as its number one highlight, Anna, the tour guide. Anna is very organised, professional, courteous, enthusiastic and knowledgeable.
The company that employs her is doing both her and the tour a disservice by having a group of 52. The advertised group size was 30 and this was ignored!
A group of this size of 52, cannot see all the tour offers in the allotted time. The tour soon gets off-schedule if any individual (in an oversized tour) strays and holds up the tour. The line to the Black Madonna moved at an incredibly slow pace due to the large group size.
The attractions at Monserrat speak for themselves. The tour size should be reduced and the time at Montserrat increased by 30-60 minutes so you can visit the points of interest mentioned.
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Alin_b
Sep 24, 2024
Great tour, horrible ppl - You need a little bit nicer tour guides and FD personal that are willing to help people and not be in a rush to finish their "talk" so they can relax
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