Montserrat means serrated mountain, and from a distance the name explains itself — the ridge looks like it was cut with pinking shears. The Benedictine monastery on it has been there since the eleventh century and holds La Moreneta, the black Madonna that is Catalonia's patron saint; the queue to see her moves slowly and is worth joining anyway. The boys' choir, the Escolania, is one of the oldest in Europe and sings most weekday afternoons, though not in July. Getting there is half of it: the rack railway and the cable car both climb from the valley, and the cable car is the shorter, steeper, better one if heights do not bother you.
Ways to do it
• Barcelona
Montserrat Tour with Golf, Food & Wine
1 hour 30 min
starting from
₹15,303₹12,752
• Barcelona
Montserrat National Park Horseback Riding Tour from Barcelona
Flexible timing
starting from
₹12,394₹10,328
• Barcelona
Montserrat half-day tour by cogwheel train
Flexible timing
starting from
₹7,405₹6,170
• Barcelona
Montserrat Cable Car: Ascent and Descent Day Tours
Flexible timing
starting from
₹2,103₹1,752
• Barcelona
Montserrat & Sagrada Familia: Guided Tour from Barcelona Day Tours
Flexible timing
starting from
₹15,524₹12,936
• Barcelona
Barcelona: Montserrat, Coghwheel, Black Madona and Wine Tasting
Flexible timing
starting from
₹8,830₹7,358
• Barcelona
Guided Tour to Montserrat Monastery from Barcelona
Flexible timing
starting from
₹5,021₹4,184
• Barcelona
Combo Tour • Montserrat Monastery & Sagrada Familia
Flexible timing
starting from
₹15,355₹12,796
• Barcelona
Private Tour to Montserrat Half Day
Flexible timing
starting from
₹74,255₹61,879
• Barcelona
Private Excursion to Montserrat with Cog-Wheel Train
Flexible timing
starting from
₹74,536₹62,113