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Mountain and Monastery of Montserrat and Gaudí’s Colonia Güell (approx. 8 h.)

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On this tour visit the mountain of Montserrat, where you will be able to enjoy the strange rock formations created by erosion, and see the impressive views from the summit. Take a tour of the monastery, where the Virgin of Montserrat is held.

Continue by visiting Gaudí’s Colonia Güell industrial village, with its church crypt that was declared UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005 and that is considered one of Gaudí’s most original works.

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Mountain and Monastery of Montserrat and Gaudí’s Colonia Güell

On this tour, visit the mountain of Montserrat, where you will be able to enjoy the strange rock formations created by erosion, and see the impressive views from the summit. Take a tour of the monastery, where the Virgin of Montserrat is held.

Continue by visiting Gaudí’s Colonia Güell industrial village, with its church crypt that was declared UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005 and that is considered one of Gaudí’s most original works.

Itinerary:

Barcelona
Montserrat Natural Park
Sanctuary (monastery, basilica and the chapel of the Virgin of Montserrat)
The children’s choir
Free time for lunch
Colonia Güell industrial village (the work of Gaudí)
Return to Barcelona

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Duration: Approx. 8 hours

Included in the price:

Pick-up and drop-off at your hotel or at the meeting point by our official tour guide.
The services of an official tour guide (approximately 8 hours).
Travel in a private vehicle with driver (maximum 8 hours).

Not included in the price:

Lunch.
Entrance to the Colonia Güell industrial colony.

Comments:

This tour does not run on Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays.
On this tour it is not possible to hear the children's choir singing from 1 November to 30 April.

Included in the price:

Pick-up and drop-off at your hotel or at the meeting point by our official tour guide.
The services of an official tour guide (approximately 8 hours).
Travel in a private vehicle with driver (maximum 8 hours).

Not included in the price:

Lunch.
Entrance to the Colonia Güell industrial colony.

1. Barcelona Leaving your hotel, you will travel to Montserrat Natural Park, approximately 61 km from Barcelona.
	2. Montserrat Natural Park Arriving in Montserrat Natural Park, you will be able to marvel at the extraordinary rock formations in the mountain created by erosion caused by atmospheric agents, making the mountain of Montserrat unique in the world. The summit of the mountain provides breathtaking views of the whole region.
3. Sanctuary (monastery, basilica and the chapel of the Virgin of Montserrat) Going up the mountain, reaching the Sanctuary of Montserrat at 725 meters above sea level, you will visit the monastery. Its origins date back to the year 1025. Today around 80 Benedictine monks live in the monastery. You will also visit the basilica, where you can go inside the chapel housing the image of the Virgin of Montserrat, the patron saint of Catalonia, commonly known as “La Moreneta” or the Black Madonna due to its dark color.
	4. The children’s choir The children’s choir of the Monastery of Montserrat is very well known. It consists of 50 child singers who are also educated in the monastery. They sing the famous Hymn of Montserrat every day. Depending on the time and day chosen for the excursion, you may be able to enjoy a performance by the children’s choir.
	5. Free time for lunch You will have free time to enjoy the spectacular setting.
6. Colonia Güell industrial village (the work of Gaudí) After visiting Montserrat, you will travel to the town of Santa Coloma de Cervelló in the Penedés region to visit one of the Modernist gems designed by Antoni Gaudí: the Colonia Güell industrial village, which was owned by Gaudí's patron.
	The Colonia Güell was designed as an industrial village consisting of a factory, offices, houses, shops, a theater, schools and, most importantly, the church crypt designed by Gaudí.
You will visit the museum, take a walk through the colony and visit the crypt, a spectacular work by Gaudí that was declared UNESCO World Heritage in 2005.
7. Return to Barcelona will be dropped back to your hotel or the meeting point.