Montserrat Tour
Duration: ½ day (5 hours)
Type: chauffeured (separate driver)
Interests: nature, history, art, and spirituality
Montserrat is a beautiful mountain with an impressive monastery located just one hour away from the city, so it makes for a great half day trip outside Barcelona. The bizarre rock formations in Montserrat create a unique universe in stone. The landscape and the view are absolutely breathtaking!
Perched on the mountain, the magnificent Benedictine monastery keeps the revered wooden statue of the Black Madonna inside its basilica. Montserrat is also famous because of the "Escolania", Europe's oldest singing choir. Enjoy the children's beautiful voices before returning to Barcelona!
Breathtaking Montserrat
Tour variations:
Montserrat + Wine cellars (Penedes wine region): After visiting Montserrat, the excursion will continue with a visit to the cellars in the beautiful region of Penedes, where you will enjoy the landscape and learn how wine is produced or even have a private wine tasting!
Lovely wine country
"Sant Ignasius of Loyola" tour (Montserrat + Manresa): Saint Ignasius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, visited both Montserrat and Manresa in 1522. In Manresa, we'll visit the Holy Cave, where the Spanish Saint wrote his Spiritual Exercises.
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Girona And Dali Museum Private Tour
Duration: 1 day (10 hours)
Type: chauffeured (separate driver)
Interests: Dali, medieval history, Jewish heritage, countryside
The first part of your full day excursion to northern Catalonia will take you to Girona. Girona is a beautiful medieval town north of Barcelona, with an impressive cultural heritage and a magnificent and well preserved medieval historical center. Girona is also known for the town´s long and rich Jewish history. In the middle ages, Girona's Jewish quarter flourished. Today's Museum of Jewish History perfectly recreates that period.
I will take you on a fascinating trip back in time, as you immerse in the mysterious tiny alleys of the old town, where the walls are said to whisper the secrets of hundreds of years of history.
In the afternoon, your private tour will continue with a guided visit to the Dali Museum in the town of Figueres, to admire the works of this universally admired genius.
Beautiful Girona
Tour variations:
Double Dali Tour: Dali Museum + Dali house in Portlligat
Jewish Heritage Tour: Girona + Besalu (medieval mikwe)
Costa Brava Highlights: Girona + Empuries, Pals or Calella
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Greek and Roman ruins in Empuries
Medieval Besalu
Charming Calella de Palafrugell
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