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Day Trip: Montserrat, Barcelona
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Day Trip: Montserrat: Montserrat!
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Day Trip: Montserrat: MUST GO! Nature at its best...
Very memorable for the cable car ride up. Even the train journey is very picturesque

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    Day Trip: Montserrat: Montserrat
    We weren't there because we did not have time but if u have and if u like the nature go! For more informations www.cremallerademontserrat.com

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    Day Trip: Montserrat: When people come to spend some...
    When people come to spend some time in or around Barcelona, they sometimes forget to discover the outskirts of the city. About 50kms (50miles) NE of Barcelona is the town of Montserrat. This Medevial & Religious location is a MUST for anyone who loves scenery & music. Here you will not only see the Statue of The Black Madonna,( Jesus & his Mother Mary), but also hear the beautiful and angelic voice of the Boys Choir in the Monestery in Montserrat. These boys range from the age of 10 to 14 years of age and come from all parts of the world to get their schooling and singing training(all in Spanish) here. This place will leave you totally spellbound. There are also accomodations here in this town 10,000ft above sea level. On a clear day you can see out into the Meditteranian Sea from here.

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    Day Trip: Montserrat: Incredible Scenery at Montserrat
    While I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone with only a few days in Barcelona, I'd say this is a must-do for anyone spending at least a week in the region. It's not that far away, and you can do it in half a day too. Basically, Montserrat is a monastery that is built into the side of a mountain. The best part, the mountain basically juts out of the earth in the middle of a flatland, so you see for miles and miles on a clear day. Also, if you get lucky you'll be able to literally walk through a cloud...it's damn fun!

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    Day Trip: Montserrat: Great Day Trip
    You have to make sure you have to go in through the right Metro entrance at Espanya station, you need the R5 line on FGC.
    The train & cable car combined ticket is around 13 Euros. A train/funicular ticket is available also. Both can be purchased from the ticket machine in the station. Machines coins, notes and credit/debit cards.
    The trains leave every hour to Montserrat at 36 minutes past the hour. The journey takes just under an hour. The destination and line number are displayed on the front of the train and the side of each carriage.
    Trains leave Monsterrat at around 39 minutes past.

    On reaching Montserrat Aeri (cable car stop) its a very short walk to the cable car. Keep hold of your ticket!!
    The cable car itself can get very full so it is worth waiting a bit to get a later cable car up and leave earlier to get a cable car down 20 -30 minutes before the train is due then you are more likely to get a decent spot by the window without getting an elbow shoved down your ear.
    We took a short peek round the monastery but didn’t bother joining the huge queue to see the black virgin statue. You can see it from the monastery and you can take a picture from there with a decent enough zoom!
    There is a hotel, a couple of restaurants and several shops at the top. The main cafeteria almost opposite the cable car entrance sells everything from soup and sandwiches to three course hot meals with wine. There are also vending machines dotted around selling ice cream, pop (Coke etc), water and the rather nice alcohol free, low calorie Spanish beer Free Damm.
    Montserrat was a lot more built up than I thought but there are a lot of walks up and around the mountain and its woods which get you away from the crowds. Paths are marked and paved making for easy walking albeit up some steep gradients.
    The Sant Joan funicular rises 820 feet above the monastery (Just over 6 Euros return) from the funicular station its about a 20 minute walk to Sant Joan chapel another funicular heads towards Santa Cova - the holy cave.

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    Day Trip: Montserrat: View from the mountains
    from Barcelona, by train

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