Take a day trip to Montserrat Monastery

Take a day trip to Montserrat Monastery. Just one hour away from the city of Barcelona, Montserrat Mountains Monastery & Basilica are considered one of its main tourist attractions, with more than 3 million people visiting the site every year. The whole experience is described as breathtaking & deeply spiritual, because of the unbelievable formations of the high rocks & the serenity of the varied landscape that reaches all the way to France.

The Benedictine Abbey, Santa Maria de Monserrat which hosts the Black Madonna, Santa Maria de Monserrat is still an operating Abbey with a museum that houses work by artists like Dali, El Greco & Picasso & is identified in some stories as the secret location of the Holy Grail. Myths aside the place have a feeling of otherworldly serenity itself & is surely worth a visit if you find the time. More