Transport, tours, viewpoints, hiking routes and practical visitor tips.
There are two Montserrat funicular lines. Both depart from the path leading to the Creu de Sant Miquel and serve opposite purposes. The Sant Joan funicular takes you to the Sant Joan area, where much of the mountain’s trail network begins. The Santa Cova funicular takes you to the sacred cave, saving you the legwork … Read more
The Montserrat Museum is the mountain’s main art museum and houses more than 1,300 works spread across seven permanent collections, ranging from Middle Eastern archaeology to Caravaggio, Picasso, and Dalí. Most visitors who come to spend the day walk right past the entrance on their way to the basilica and never realize the impressive cultural … Read more
Montserrat Boys Choir, L’Escolania, is one of the oldest boys’ choirs in Europe. For more than 700 years, the voices of its choirboys have filled Montserrat with sacred music and Renaissance polyphony. Today, more than fifty boys continue this extraordinary tradition, singing every day inside the spectacular Basilica of Montserrat. It lasts just fifteen minutes, … Read more
The Black Madonna of Montserrat, known locally as La Moreneta, is the spiritual heart of Montserrat and one of the most important religious images in Catalonia. Located inside the Basilica of Montserrat, this 12th-century Romanesque statue of the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus is a symbol of faith, Catalan identity, pilgrimage and centuries of … Read more
