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Montserrat Monastery and Sagrada Familia Tour with Liquor Tasting
Badge of ExcellenceBarcelona, Spain
- 11 hours (approx.)
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Visit two of Barcelona’s highlights on a full-day tour to Monserrat Monastery and Sagrada Familia, a pair of religious sites founded more than 1,000 years apart. Explore art and archeology in the Museum of Montserrat, tour the dramatic monastery, then learn the history and design behind Gaudi’s Basilica of the Sagrada Familia. This full-day tour includes entrance fees and a liqueur tasting, with round-trip transport from central Barcelona.
- Full-day tour of two religious sites from Barcelona
- See the 1,000-year-old Monserrat monastery and museum
- Taste locally made liqueur
- Visit the UNESCO-listed Sagrada Familia
- Learn about history, art, and architecture
- Entrance fees included
What's Included
- Round-trip shared transfer
- Professional guide
- Rack Railway Ticket
- Food and drinks
- Access to the Sagrada Familia Towers
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Av. del Marquès de l'Argentera, 6, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
The guide will be waiting on the "Estación de Francia" with a sign of Amigo Tours. You can arrive on the subway line L4 to the "Barceloneta" station, once there, take the exit to "Plaça Pau Vila". You can arrive also on bus line 47. The meeting point is at the main entrance of the station.
Start time
08:00 AM
End point
- Sagrada Família, Eixample, Barcelona, Spain
What To Expect
Meet your guide at a central meeting point for an early departure, then travel to Montserrat Monastery, just northwest of Barcelona. Upon arrival at the monastery, visit the Museum of Montserrat, whose collections include art and artifacts from the monastery’s long history.
See paintings from the 13th through the 18th centuries, including works by El Greco, Caravaggio, and Berruguete. The tour of Montserrat Monastery also includes a liqueur tasting—like many European monasteries, Monserrat once produced a distinctive herbal liqueur. Following your time at Montserrat Monastery, make the return trip to Barcelona, where you’ll have free time for lunch.
After lunch, meet back to visit the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, the magnificent cathedral that Antoni Gaudi designed with a characteristic blend of Gothic and Art Nouveau Styles. Explore the outside and inside of the cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and learn about the symbolism that’s woven into the building’s design. This full-day tour concludes with drop-off at the original departure point.
See paintings from the 13th through the 18th centuries, including works by El Greco, Caravaggio, and Berruguete. The tour of Montserrat Monastery also includes a liqueur tasting—like many European monasteries, Monserrat once produced a distinctive herbal liqueur. Following your time at Montserrat Monastery, make the return trip to Barcelona, where you’ll have free time for lunch.
After lunch, meet back to visit the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, the magnificent cathedral that Antoni Gaudi designed with a characteristic blend of Gothic and Art Nouveau Styles. Explore the outside and inside of the cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and learn about the symbolism that’s woven into the building’s design. This full-day tour concludes with drop-off at the original departure point.
Montserrat
8 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Abadia de Montserrat
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Montserrat Museum
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Basilica de la Sagrada Familia
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Please note that you need to cover you arms and legs to go into the church
- The Sagrada Familia is not wheelchair accessible
- The Montserrat tour has a duration of 5 hours and the Sagrada Familia tour has a duration of 1 hour and 30 minutes. You have some hours of free time between both tours
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Buddy H
We had a great time doing this tour. Both tour guides were amazing.
Reviews
4.5
31 reviews
Lynne_G, Aug 2022
The guide for Montserrat Monastery was excellent and enjoyed the tour. What Viator doesn't tell you is the monastery tour starts at 8am, you see the monastery and then you are dropped off around 12ish and the Sagrada tour doesn't start until 3:30 so you need to figure out how to get to the next meeting place near the cathedral.... however the location they give that is a bar doesn't exist, the guide who we found after 39 minutes didn't have any identification, we walked around trying to find anyone who could tell us where to meet the guide, would not recommend that tour
Response from Host, Aug 2022
Dear Amig@ Lynne_G
We are very sorry to hear that this experience was not ideal for you. We went out of our way to provide a great experience. We will find out what happened to our equipment.
Dulce, Amigo Tours
Dennis L, Mar 2018
Montserrat Monastery was beautiful. Great architecture, along with the murals, stained glass, and all that goes into these old cathedrals. The mountain views and walking paths provided an opportunity to appreciate the area and Monastery from multiple sites. We ended up passing on the Sagrada part of the tour.
Buddy H, Mar 2018
We had a great time doing this tour. Both tour guides were amazing.
Donald O, Feb 2018
This is a great combo. Monserrat was amazing. It had snowed the night before so the roads were difficult to deal with but the bus driver knew what he was doing and performed perfectly. The views are outstanding. Then the tour at Sagrada Familia was great. cut the line was key. Tour guide was excellent and knowledgeable. But it was a bi-lingual tour so it took twice as long as it needed to be. Also if people took the option to go up to the tower the rest of the group basically waited. They showed us some other stuff that was less interesting during this time but went over it again briefly for the others when they returned from the tower. I would recommend that they do the tower after the tour was done so if people wanted more free time they could have it or if they were done they could leave while the tower portion took place.
Pam_S, Feb 2018
The trip to Montserrat was fine. Guide was nice and knowledgeable. However, having to wait over 2 hours between drop off back at Catalunya and then taking a metro to Sagrada was inconvenient. In addition, the Sagrada tour was given in both Spanish and English which meant one needed to stand through both explanations to get through the tour. The tour should be in only one language.
Maria_D, Feb 2018
The trip up to Montserrat was lovely. I would do this leg of the trip solo and not include it with La Sagrada Familia. We were up very early to drive up to Montserrat, which took about 1 hour. We arrived sometime around 7:45am-8:00am. The bus left to return at 11:45am so it really want a full day there at all. Only about 4 hours. The tour guide took us around and did a good job but we had no time to do any of the walks. Truth be told, it was too cold regardless. But if going during a warmer season, you may want this option. Then the tour of La Sagrada Familia didnt begin until 3:00pm, in which we had to provide our own transportation to get there and just meet the guide at the site. The tour was in Spanish and English, which meant that the tour guide had to say everything twice. So the time that he was touring in Spanish, we just stood around and waited. You are much better off buying tickets for an audio tour on your own. Definitely not worth it. They should have the tours in all languages but they should not be done at the same time. Very disappointing.
James W, Jan 2018
A wonderful surprise! Couldn't appreciate the early morning departure until seeing the sunrise atop Montserrat. Breathtaking views, very comfortable ride with knowledgeable and energetic guide. Sagrata Familia in it's vastness and age still contrast the traditional european cathedrals with modern art and architecture. A well run tour with private listening devises that allows everyone to hear the history even in the large crowds.
edward_g, Jan 2018
tour guide ok but have had better. did not feel that safe with bus driver for Montserrat. The guide for Sagrada started good very good But half way through got very very boring way too much technical could have cut it down somewhat to keep it interesting
Limcy, Jan 2018
Early start was good if you can get up. Finished most experiences by noon and back in town around 1.15pm. Our disappointment was that Sagrada Familia was closed at 2pm,and they cancelled last minute, so we missed getting into the place. Not really their fault but could have make more effort to contact us earlier. Would have done the Sagrada tour earlier if we had known. We had to miss it because we flew home the next morning, hopefully the promised refund is smooth.
krishanth6666, Nov 2017
It was a great tour covering Montserrat and Sagrada but with the only disadvantage of 2 1/2 hours break in between.
I had a chance to feel the Monastery because of the early morning access as we turned up earlier than others.
Our Montserrat guide was awesome, informative and helpful ...
It would have been great if we had 1 1/2 more hour to visit the caves so that we would have 1-hour break rather than the 2 1/2 hours.
Sagrada was a great building under construction. The trip guide tries his best to give most of the information about the history of the building and all.
It's really a nice package for this price
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