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Sagrada Familia
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Interior of Sagrada Familia
Interior of Sagrada Familia

One Day Combo: Montserrat Monastery and Sagrada Familia Afternoon Tour

By Amigo Tours
6 out of 10
Features
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Overview
  • Enjoy the views from the Montserrat Rack Railway
  • Avoid the crowds to Montserrat and enjoy the sunrise
  • Discover cultural heritage & the Black Virgin of Montserrat
  • Learn the history of the Basilica and the Museum
  • Be amazed by the beauty of Gaudi's Sagrada Familia

Activity location

  • Montserrat
    • montserrat monasterio
    • 08199, Montserrat, Cataluña, Spain & Canary Islands

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Carrer de Mallorca 416. Look for our logo of Amigo tours on the showcase of the shop. The guide will have an Amigo Tours sign.
    • 416 Carrer de Mallorca
    • 08013, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain & Canary Islands

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport from meeting point to Montserrat Monastery and back to Barcelona
  • What's includedWhat's includedExpert Bilingual Guide (simultaneously in English and Spanish)
  • What's includedWhat's includedMontserrat Rack Railway
  • What's includedWhat's includedMontserrat's Museum Entrance, Throne of the Virgin, Audiovisual Room and Liquor tasting included
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance to Sagrada Familia
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAccess to the Towers of the Sagrada Familia
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTransport between Estación de Francia and Sagrada Familia is not inlcuded

Know before you book

  • This activity is two separated tours, the guide at Montserrat may be different to the guide at Sagrada Familia
  • You will have some free hours between tours where you can go to have lunch on your own
  • You must go from Estación de Francia to Sagrada Familia by your own

What you can expect

Get to know two important places while you are visiting Barcelona city. This tour not only invites you to know the spirituality of living in Montserrat and the amazing architecture of Sagrada Familia but also to have the opportunity to learn about the beautiful culture of Catalonia.

First, you will depart from Barcelona to Montserrat Monastery. The first part of the trip will be by bus and afterwards, you will reach the Monastery by a 15-minute ride on the Rack Railway, which will allow you to enjoy wonderful views.

Once you arrive up, fall in love with the architecture of the Basilica which combines Gothic and Renaissance styles, and get the chance to see the beautiful atrium and sacristy, and get an appreciation of the talents of the singers, composers, and teachers through the explanatory audiovisual showing of the choir line. Visit the Museum of Montserrat and marvel at its cultural heritage. Here you can learn all about the archaeology of the East given by Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Egypt, and Palestine, you can also admire old paintings from the thirteenth to eighteenth centuries by artists such as Morales, El Greco, Caravaggio, among others. Finish you visit with a liquor tasting on the Botiga Shop.

In the afternoon, when you get back to Barcelona, you will have free time to eat (on your own) before heading to the Cathedral of Sagrada Familia. Meet your guide near the Sagrada Familia to start the tour. Get to see the façades and the interior of the basilica, you will acquire essential knowledge that only your guide can give about the symbolism representing the Holy Family as an expression of Christian ideology and faith through the construction in stone. In this temple, you’ll identify an exaltation of the Family of Nazareth as a model for a united family, and Christians.

Do not miss the opportunity to make the most of your day in Barcelona and visit two of the most important places of the city.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESMontserrat
    • montserrat monasterio
    • 08199, Montserrat, Cataluña, Spain & Canary Islands

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLECarrer de Mallorca 416. Look for our logo of Amigo tours on the showcase of the shop. The guide will have an Amigo Tours sign.
    • 416 Carrer de Mallorca
    • 08013, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain & Canary Islands
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEAv. Marquès de l'Argentera, 6, Estación de Francia
    • 6 Avinguda del Marquès de l'Argentera
    • 08003, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain & Canary Islands