Tours, sightseeing tours, activities & things to do | Viator.comMontserrat and Artistic Barcelona Day Trip
based on 14 reviews
Duration: 9 hours (approx.)
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Product code: 2140JTEBA08
14 reviews of Montserrat and Artistic Barcelona Day Trip
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No trip to Barcelona would be complete without seeing Montserrat. Ensure you go when the boys' choir is singing in the Basilica!
Reviewed by: Robert F, Canada, April 2009
The trip was beautiful. My only complaint was that it was too short! I really wanted more time in Montserrat.
Reviewed by: Alexandria K, United States of America, November 2006
I thought this tour was excellent.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States of America, November 2006
Definitely a good all day trip. Two very good guides. The only downside was that the boys' choir was away when we were there, and the guide was not told this prior to our visit. We waited in the church for the choir, and we could have done something else with our time there. Overall, a good informative trip.
Reviewed by: Sharon B, United States of America, May 2009
This trip is worth doing if you are spending 3 or more days in Barcelona. It was lovely to get out the city for a morning and it's really beautiful. The trip doesn't get you on the monorail up there, which apparently is quite fun - this trip is on a bus, which is quite fun too.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United Kingdom, April 2009
Loved the Montserrat portion, we were able to follow the guide and after a while they let us go to do whatever we wanted and meet back up at the bus at a specific time. The artistic portion was worth it. However, we did not like that there was only one guide. Speaking four different languages was difficult for us, as we would pass whatever it was they were talking about we would miss it do to them speaking so many languages.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States of America, April 2009
Great tour - loved Montserrat - a must do while in Barcelona. Just need to add some extra time at Montserrat to see the statue of the Virgin and some extra free time to visit the shops in the area.
Reviewed by: Elizabeth A, United States of America, July 2007
The Montserrat tour takes you to a mystical place, high atop a mountain. The scenery is breathtaking and the Benedictine abbey is beautiful. I would have put the tour in the absolutely fantastic category had it been about an hour longer. We did not really have enough time at Montserrat to fully appreciate it.
The afternoon Barcelona tour was absolutely fantastic, doing a wonderful job of fully exposing the group to two of Gaudi's most important works. The guide, in particular, made the tour very special. She was the best I've encountered in taking twelve tours in Europe this year.
Due to pickpocketing of my wife's passport, drivers license and other documents, we were forced to miss the first half of this tour. The second half or the city portion was fairly good. Because it was a Monday, we did not see the Picasso Museum, but the 13th century church with the 20th century stained-glass window was very unique. Not enough time in the older section and too much time hanging around the souvenier shop next to the Sagria Familia.
Reviewed by: Neal S, United States of America, May 2007
Montserrat fantastic, modernists tour ok but could be done on your own just as well.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United Kingdom, March 2007
Montserrat was great but the English spoken by the guide on the Modernist Tour was hard to understand in a large group setting.
Reviewed by: Luanne M, Canada, August 2006
This tour was very good.
Reviewed by: Wee S, Singapore, August 2006
The trip to Montserrat was good but the afternoon was not worth the time or money. My travel partner wanted to go inside the Gaudi church and we we told that the church was part of the trip and it turned out the gift shop across the street was the real destination. She and another couple decided to leave the tour and pay to go into the church and they were not told by the guide that the church was only open another 15 minutes. So then she had to get back to the hotel by herself from there.
Reviewed by: Nancy S, United States of America, March 2008
The guide spoke more Italian than English and time was very tight for both tours.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, Singapore, January 2007
