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“Montserrat” The Magic Mountain is the only mountain in the world with such grace and unique shape.
The name of Montserrat means the serrated mountain, and it is the birthplace of legends traditions and place of pilgrimage. To be enjoyed for the beauty of the mountain and surrounding area. Also for the fact that it has always been the religious center of Catalonia. It is the sanctuary of the “Moreneta” and also it has a Benedictine sanctuary with more than thousand years of history, which is situated in the center of the mountain.
“La escolania” is a boy’s choir. You can listen at them from Monday to Friday
You can access the magic mountain of Montserrat from different villages placed at the base of the mountain (El Bruc, Monistrol, etc.).
To visit the Sanctuary Area, you should use the access through the village “Monistrol de Montserrat": Once you arrive to this village, you are almost there and you can make the last kilometers by car or by Cremallera Train (cog railway).
There are different routes to get to Monistrol de Montserrat by car, and we recommend the route by the Highway C-32, which takes approximately 1h and 15m (69km / toll cost 3.70€). When you arrive in Monistrol, you can park your car there and take the Cremallera Train and enjoy nice panoramic views, or just continue with the car until the Sanctuary.
To arrive to the Sanctuary there are two options: