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Language: English

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Duration: from 4 hours to 8 hours

Entrance Fees Included

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Why you’ll love this…

This full-day guided tour shows off the history and legend of the Monastery of Montserrat

The Benedictine abbey is filled with vaulted ceilings, intricate carvings and gilded panels

You'll get skip-the-line viewing of the 12th-century statue of La Moreneta – the ‘Black Madonna'

The monks will offer you a taste of their homemade liqueur, blended from over 40 aromatic herbs

Your expert local guide will share all the facts and fables behind the Monastery of Montserrat

What we expect

As the spiritual heart of Catalonia, Montserrat is one of Europe's top pilgrimage sites. This famous Benedictine abbey occupies a striking location at the foot of towering rock formations in the Montserrat mountain range near Barcelona, Spain. You'll have the chance to visit the Vestry and see the statue of La Moreneta. Hugo, one of our expert local guides, says, ‘Thought to have been carved in Jerusalem in the early years of Christianity, the famous ‘Moreneta' or Black Madonna is a sacred wooden statue of the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus. The Black Madonna is one of the most...

✔Transport
✔Guide
✔Train ride
✔Liqueur tasting
✔Audiovisual presentation
✔Entrance fees

What to remember

Not suitable for guests with reduced mobility

Lunch and drinks not included

Optional funicular to the summit not included

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Reviews

Excellent

4.8/5

Based on 94 reviews from verified customers

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Dave

November 2025

From Reino Unido

Traveled as With family - 54 years old

Sisters

A must excellent experience, our guide Treasa was amazing and knowledgeable. So glad we did this.

Jaime Tercero

October 2025

Traveled as Alone - 59 years old

Great package and plenty of free time to have a wander round some of the walks

Aaron

Traveled as As a couple - 33 years old

The trip was perfect and with all the included extras definitely value for money. The coach pick up was on time and prompt the driver was happy and helpful. The TUI representative and guide, Tracey was extremely knowledgeable and a again very helpful. Montserrat it's self is a fantastic place so calm and peaceful and with the tour of the basilica beautiful - brought a tear to the eye

Alan/lina

Traveled as As a couple - 44 years old

Fantastic experience nothing to dislike tour guide was very knowledgeable and answered any questions my wife and I had cant wait to visit salou again and would definitely go to monsteratt the monastery was outstanding and great value for money

Leidnic

From Alemanha

Olivia

Traveled as As a couple - 9 years old

Poor

It was great that tui offered excursions to places that would otherwise be difficult to travel to but it was very poorly executed. THe tui guide talked at us for 30 mins on the bus about what we were going to see then left us when we arrived, would have been much better to give us the information when we are looking at the things she’s talking about ie rock formations, basilica Tui guide kept repeating the same points, we ended up following a different tour guide who was alot more knowledgable

db

September 2025

Traveled as As a couple - 45 years old

Margaret from cork .

Our guide Teresa was brilliant. The information she gave us was great. Invited us to ask questions was. patient and king giving us information of where to meet.where was good to eat and she made it fun as well. Couldn't fault Teresa in any way Excellent guide. Nothing negative to say. Thank you

BHIKHUBHAI

Traveled as As a couple - 57 years old

very much enjoyed the tour, defintaly worth the visit,

Jan M

Traveled as With friends - 47 years old

Great

Sandra Francis

Traveled as With friends

Negative: Guide had incredible knowledge but it was too much to take in. A leaflet to read after maybe would be good. Felt overwhelmed by info. Lots of pick ups. Thought we were never going to leave Salou. Positives: On time pick up. Assuming views and great organisation.

R Tindall

Traveled as With family - 28 years old

Our tour guide Micheal was absolutely fantastic, friendly, witty couldn’t have asked for a better tour guide. Very informative not only about our Montserrat tour but also about the Catalan region and history. Antonio safely drove us and couldn’t have felt more secure considering the height of the mountain. Overall tour definitely one for the memories a A star tour.

Majella

Traveled as With family - 43 years old

Ran out of time to see everything

Annie

Traveled as Alone - 38 years old

Really enjoyed the views. Didn't like the food options there. It was the same options in all locations there. I am gluten free so nothing for me there. That was the only disappointing thing about the trip. Mike is an excellent tour guide. One of the best I have ever come across & so easy to listen to. A lovely easyvti listen to voice.He's a gem in your company to be sure. Felt very safe on the roads with the bus driver Antonio too.Excellent driver.

Patricia Graham

Traveled as With friends - 55 years old

Marie

Michael and Antonio the driver were excellent. Having the Monseratt guide take us in to Sacristies and crypt was excellent. She was very knowledgeable. Being able to go straight to viewing of Madonna was brilliant too.

JacquiT

Traveled as With family

Montserrat is wonderful. Our guide and driver were great

Jerome

Traveled as As a couple

john toner

Traveled as As a couple - 48 years old

we thoroughly enjoyed our day .The last time we went with tui we had time to get to the post office to sent a card , you just don't seem to have a enough time to see everything .We got picked up at 8-45 so by the time you pick up every one else it's seems to to take a will to get there otherwise its a great day out

Jen

Traveled as As a couple - 51 years old

Our guide, Theresa , was amazing. Informative, funny and looked after us very well. The trip was fantastic, very interesting. Unfortunately, we went to the wrong hotel for pick up. There are two hotels in close proximity with almost identical names. We didn’t realise this and went to the wrong one. This maybe could be noted on the pick up instructions.

Kora

August 2025

Easy transportation, good guide, nice location and just something really different for the family

Noel Garland

You have excellent people on the ground .in fact your service is 2nd to none .TUI for me just does a great holiday experience for me. I will always try to use TUI going forward on holidays Many Thanks Noel Garland

Anonymous

Really enjoyed the day.

Andrew

Perfect

Chris

Traveled as With family - 23 years old

Jon

Traveled as Alone - 53 years old

A very moving and spiritual experience

Sally Stewart

Traveled as With family - 51 years old

Loved everything about start to finish

LK

Maybe include a snack

Sarah

July 2025

It was a privilege to experience the tour of the cathedral and to touch the holy Virgin Mary statue and make a wish. There wasn’t much place to sit and relax as I was anticipating.

Friesin

We were lefby Teresa. She was very competent, super friendly and herEnglish was quite fluent. At Montserrat there was enough time to be onyour own. Although there were many visitors it was not crowded. The organisation was perfect, everyone acted as there were asked to, and Teresa ' sense of humour made this trip marvelous.

Tetiana

lynsey nicholson

Traveled as With family - 30 years old

SARAH

An absolutely stunning place...Our guide, Michael, was excellent. He was very personable, approachable, informative and helpful. We really enjoyed the day, and with Michael as our guide, we felt confident and assured that if we had any problems, we could approach him. Thankfully the day was perfect. The views are amazing and the architecture is breathtaking. I would definitely recommend this trip for all ages.

Margaret

Traveled as As a couple - 53 years old

Excellent trip. Excellent guide from tui and also local guide for “ behind the scenes “ tour of monastery Lovely trip on rack railway at Montserrat. ( paid extra for funicular to go higher up mountain ) Also worthwhile to go to audio visual presentation / music from boys choir on video - tickets included with trip

Norma Robertson

June 2025

Our guide on the coach Tracy her knowledge was excellent

Jackie

Traveled as With friends - 42 years old

Well organised, lovely staff.. was a quick visit to see everything. Fenicukar railway was a waste of time and prices very expensive but a fab trip!

Traveled as As a couple - 58 years old

Excellent experience, probably the best tour we have ever been on.

Traveled as With family - 34 years old

Nigel Turner

The guide wasn't good she didn't make sure everyone could hear what she was saying we were at the back the only thing we all heard was what time to be on the coach, ,only when we returned to the coach did we realise the tickets she gave us were for the tasting had no idea about this ,the scenery and basilica were fantastic but not impressed with Tracy

Jim

Traveled as As a couple - 59 years old

Looked after from pick up to drop off. Information given on route and back was very good. Tour guide in Basilicaa although Spanish was excellent. Information was first class

Jim/Mary

the reason why I booked my trips.pick up on time.the tour guide on the coach gave us a lot of information about the area and about the trip itself.coach driver was very good.and we were drop off outside our pickup point.door to door.going on holiday again.so I will be booking my trips again thanks

Cags57

Traveled as As a couple - 50 years old

Very enjoyable and interesting visit, would’ve liked a little longer to fit it all in and also grab a bite to eat.

Meg

May 2025

From Polónia

Traveled as As a couple - 34 years old

It's amazing and beautiful place! Highly recommend

Tracy C

Traveled as Alone - 37 years old

Detty

Traveled as With family - 49 years old

Guide very informative and helpful. Very good command of the English language . She was able to explain everything in an interesting manner. The bus trip was a very pleasant and enjoyable experience. The bus driver turned up on time and was a good driver. Overall we had a lovely day out. Montserrat i s a beautiful place, spectacular scenery no doubt.

S. Oliver.

Traveled as As a couple - 37 years old

The excursion was incredible, fantastic sightseeing once in a lifetime experience at that monastery, really good value for money with train ride adventure thrown in too. Really nice Rep throughout the day very good in explaining the history and very friendly and funny throughout the day, highly recommended the trip and Teresa our fab guide.

Katherine

Traveled as As a couple - 32 years old

Ann

Traveled as With friends - 52 years old

I had a great experience it was a lovely day out and our representatives Stefan vollmer was amazing with information that was provided by stefan

June M.

Traveled as As a couple - 56 years old

Enjoyed the whole experience, but if we had known once we got off the funicular railway we would have a walk along the cliff to Saint Joan, we would not have gone on the funicular. Please let other visitors be aware of that.

David

Traveled as With family - 37 years old

Neil Crayford

November 2024

Traveled as With family - 33 years old

Everything went very well. Teresa, our guide was fantastic and was a superb day out.

Michael

October 2024

The guided tour at the monastery was excellent as was the service provided by our tour guide.

Michelle

Traveled as As a couple - 40 years old

The whole day was excellent from beginning to end

James McPake

Traveled as Alone

A bit earlier to take it all in

Watson L

Excellent guide with great knowledge and a sense of humour

Sharon

Traveled as With family - 50 years old

Our guide Teresa was very knowledgeable and gave us lots of information.

Liz

Phil

Traveled as As a couple - 46 years old

The tour guide Mike was extremely knowledgeable and paid attention to detail. He realised that some of the party were less mobile than others and was very patient and understanding. Overall a good day out

Traveled as As a couple - 35 years old

Zoe

Traveled as As a couple - 24 years old

Excellent day on the whole. Very interesting. The place was amazing. Thought we got a lot included for the price. Only niggle would be that we were first pick up, and by the time the last people were collected, we'd already been on the bus for an hour. This made for nearly 5 hours on the bus in total with the return journey. Maybes needs to be mentioned at the time of booking, so expectations can be managed.

Meath

Traveled as As a couple - 31 years old

Amazing experience, definitely a must do. Views are breathtaking.

Laura

Traveled as As a couple - 28 years old

Fantastic experience. The views from the top of the mountain were amazing. Teresa the guide was brilliant, gave out lots of very interesting information.

Amanda

September 2024

Traveled as As a couple - 38 years old

Great day

Debs

Traveled as As a couple - 43 years old

Darthdave

Traveled as As a couple - 41 years old

Mike the guide was great very thorough made it easy to understand where to go and what times to be where you needed to be also very nice chap ,the place itself is beautiful amazing views it's a must do to go on the funicular railway to the top the views are breathtaking one thing to note if your legs aren't great it is a little hard up there

Daniel Vanmeerbeek

From Países Baixos

Zie mijn evaluatie Barcelona ivm de service TUI representative in het hotel.

Hazel North

Would have maybe preferred another hour at the monastery site to do the mountain top hike. Otherwise a very enjoyable trip.

Octopus189

Traveled as As a couple - 61 years old

I enjoyed my visit to Montserrat the view was spectacular and the Cathedral was beautiful, the guide was very informative and answered all our questions.

Theresa was an excellent guide. Very knowledgeable and very helpful Had an amazing day from beginning to end. Bus collected and dropped off on time Plenty of free time. Lots of advice on what to do which helped plan the free time. Thank you TUI

Liam

Loved the whole experience

Traveled as With family - 38 years old

Guide was amazing . It was amazing to go behind the scenes, would have been nice to see crypt

Sarah A

We loved this excursion. Very well organised. Our rep Teresa is an exceptional guide. She has so much knowledge. The only thing we didn't get told was the funicular ride to the very top was an extra £16 each. Teresa took payment on coach in cash only. I did voice my concerns about not being told about this and she did say we could pay by card at ticket office when we got there. The whole day was thoroughly enjoyed and would highly recommend.

Depaul

Cece

Superb trip. Teresa a fantastic guide. Service we got was fantastic. Fastpass was great. We had a fantastic day. Trip around Monsteraat fantastic. Would recommend. If you have difficulty with steps it might restrict what you can do but overall it was a fantastic trip and day out. both guides were very knowledgable and a lovely driver. Would recommend for all ages. Had a fantastic tour behind the scenes of the cathedral

Patrick.

A thoroughly enjoyable day out. Teresa, the Tui guide was so knowledgeable and informative. Every aspect of the day ran to perfection. Totally recommend this trip.

Ellen O'Dea

Teresa was an excellent guide and Manel was an excellent driver! I just wish we had driven back to Salou starting at 3 PM. Leaving at 4 PM made the day too long.

Jon L

Traveled as With family - 41 years old

Stacey

Traveled as With friends - 23 years old

The guides were great. They knew their stuff and gave enough information. Very easy to understand and Theresa was easy to understand find and ask questions when needed.

Callum

Traveled as With family - 32 years old

The whole trip was fantastic, the service was great and the guides were very informative. My only gripe was the cost and I wish we had a bit more time there.

Geraldine Farrington

August 2024

We liked all very good day,great imformation on all aspects of tour,Tui Rep was excellent and gave lots of imformation before we arrived so we had a lot to start with.would visit again deffently.

Declan Mcguckian

Traveled as With family - 39 years old

Theresa, our tui guide was professional, entertaining, kind, funny, informative and highly motivated. She clearly had a great knowledge and deep respect of Monseratt and its historic, cultural and religous signifiance. Our bus driver also (manell, i think) was a true gentleman and professinal, safe driver. Great trip.

Edward

Traveled as With family - 1 years old

Dont hesitate, book!

Traveled as With family - 15 years old

An incredible trip with impeccable service from driver and guide. Our guide made sure we knew everything we needed, even when temp handing us over to monetary staff for the tour. The scenery here is magical, plenty of places to sit and explore. The little market was wonderful too. Loved we got to go up on train and drive down so we saw the whole mountain more or less too. Absolutely recommend!

Carl

We could not fault anything about this trip teresa our guide was amazing 10/10

Heather Smith

Traveled as With family - 47 years old

Our party of 6 enjoyed absolutely everything about the trip, don't think there's any improvement needed. The driver Harry made you feel safe when he was driving & Mike the tour guide made it an enjoyable & informative trip. A special mention must be made about Mike who looked after our Mum when she became unwell during the trip due to the heat.

Bandsman

Mike the tour guide welcomed us on the coach and explained the day clearly and we felt safe in his hands . The driver also drove very safely in some winding roads down the mountain . Amazing views and an excellent day out .

Julieanna Maguire

July 2024

The day was excellent, so interesting and Michael was a fantastic, attentive guide. Everything was well planned and explained

Donna

Just not enough time to fit everything in.

gygyorgy

Traveled as As a couple - 17 years old

Elizabeth

A kirándulás és az idegenvezetés kiváló volt! Azonban a buszon az ülés háttámasza eltört, a buszon az ülésrend egyes utazó/turisták szerint elore le volt fixálva. Kellemetlen volt, hogy más helyére ültünk, mintha másnak a helyét foglaltunk volna el...