Montserrat, Spain Travel Blogs

Calatayud and Montserrat
Mar 25, 2006 (10 photos)

... that day she changed her mind and allowed the signora to cut her hair in the style of the Ronnettes. We were due to leave Montserrat and Spain the next day and, for the first time since we left our gite in the Dordogne, I was sorry to be moving on.

Ms. Montserrat
Sep 10, 2009 (16 photos)

We're a little behind on our blogging, but here's a report on Day 4 and our excursion to Monserrat (which, interestingly, is a very common woman's name here).  We had planned to head out on the first train to Monserrat, but encountered a little ...

Pilgrimage to Montserrat
May 4, 2007 (54 photos)

... worked out well and we again scored four seats together for the 20 or 30 minute ride up the Rack Railway to the base of Montserrat.  As we climbed higher the clouds kind of rolled in and it started to sprinkle a bit - but we didn't let that bother us ...

At the base of a mountain
Oct 25, 2005 (4 photos)

... oil and local herbs. The day ended with a picturesque train ride through and down the mountain and ending at the outskirts of our town. Montserrat is definitely one of the most unique places in the world. A natural wonder that we will never forget.

Another hilltop monastery
May 29, 2006

... train you catch straight to Montserrat and a combined ticket you can buy for E18. This ticket includes return train fare to Montserrat, unlimited use of the funiculars (there are 2 that go to places away from the main monastery), an audio guide and my ...

Montserrat mystique
Jul 12, 2008 (19 photos)

... finally decided that we'd better try exploring other landscapes as well. On July 12 we decided to take the train to Montserrat, where mountain and monastery meet. Part of the fun of the excursion is the transportation. The train journey on FGC was ...

Montserrat
Feb 15, 2008 (26 photos)

... monastery is surrounded by weird and beautiful looking rock formation that is not found anywhere else in Spain but here in Montserrat.  Not only is Montserrat Monastery of significant religious importance but the natural beauty surrounding the ...

Montserrat
Jul 3, 2007

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Intangible
Sep 3, 2009 (28 photos)

... snacked on some crappy nut/rice cracker mix, which probably nullified the hydration by the OJ, because of the excessive sodium.  Montserrat has a couple of funiculars, the Sant Joan and the Santa Cova ones.  I first took the Sant Joan, where you ...

The Serrated Mountain
Aug 29, 2006

... to legend an image of the Black Madonna was found at 'Santa Cova' cave, so now it is the home of Our Lady of Montserrat and a Benedictine monastery with almost a thousand years of history. After arriving at the station we took a cable car ride up to the ...

Montserrat
Jun 2, 2007 (5 photos)

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Knocking on Heaven's door - Montserrat
Oct 3, 2009 (11 photos)

... we are ready to stop at the large souvenir shop that sells hundreds of black Madonna tchotchkes and religious charms.  Since the Montserrat Boy’s Choir is world famous, we buy a CD as a souvenir.  Then we head to the bakery next door ...

Spain
Aug 27, 2007

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Montserrat The Great
Jan 5, 2008

Montserrat: The Church, The Cross Path, St Nova, The Aire Cable, The train...

Montserrat, Spain
Jun 23, 2007 (16 photos)

... the most popular day trip from Barcelona and it was easy to see why. The spectacular scenery makes Montserrat one of the most amazing sights in Spain (and most anywhere). The mountains rise to 1236 meters but seem so much higher because of the sheer, ...

The Pilgrimage
Jul 6, 2006 (48 photos)

... school kids. (Sorry no one from Hong Kong bothered to come up.. I only saw some Japanese girls) Ignoring the disappointments, Montserrat and the monastery still gave me a sense of sacredness and tranquility. At least the air was a lot cooler on ...

Montserrat
Jul 17, 2009

Visited Montserrat today, a nice and peaceful monastery on top of a rock. It was a great break from the crowds of Barcelona, so we took it slowly and relaxed a bit. There's a famous statue of Black Madonna in the monastery, which they supposedly couldn't ...

hiking Montserrat with the black lung
Feb 15, 2008 (6 photos)

Montserrat was incredibly beautiful. I just got over being sick so I was really attractively hacking up a lung when we went up steep inclines but nobody got annoyed enough to throw me off a cliff, which would have been a loooonnng cable car ride, a ...

Half day on Montserrat
Apr 10, 2007 (5 photos)

One has to take a cableway to the convent. The queue to see the virgin was very long but worth it. The view and atmosphere are great. I had lunch up there and took a walk from one of the hiking roads near the convent. In the after noon I took the train ...

10 Day Ignatian Pilgrimage through Spain & France
Oct 28, 2008 (37 photos)

... out to the Monastery of Montserrat.  It was here that he gave up his vanities and surrendered his arms to Our Lady of Montserrat, a beautiful statue of the Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus, to put on the armor of Christ.  After this, he walked to Manresa, ...

One good mont deserves another
May 29, 2008 (28 photos)

... get so many visits?  Well, besides the beauty of the location, there's a special lady there to see. The church at Montserrat (which means "serrated mountain") houses the Virgin of Montserrat - a statue of Mary and the inftant Jesus.  Nothing strange so far, ...

Living on the Edge
Dec 29, 1998 (7 photos)

... and joy of Catalonia and one of the holiest places in Spain. Founded in 1025 to celebrate an apparition of the Virgin, Montserrat gained increased popularity with the discovery of a hidden statue of a Madonna and child. Both mother and child's skin had ...

Day excursion to Montserrat
Jul 4, 2005

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Day Five, Montserrat and the Wineries
Mar 6, 2007 (11 photos)

... come as no surprise that day two of my acclaimed trip to Spain should involve a monastery and a winery. The monastery at Montserrat has been around since the 10th century, no small feat for a ...

Montserrat
Jun 1, 2007

Die Schwarze Madonna Berge Rückweg

A day outside Barcelona
Apr 29, 2007 (22 photos)

... family - a fun tool for Torres to sign up potential customers for their database and web-based marketing activities. On to Montserrat (transl.  saw mountains due to the terrain at the mountain tops resembling a jagged edge).  Went up by tram/ ...

Montserrat Monastery - Trip above the clouds
Sep 30, 2004 (4 photos)

Montserrat Monastery - Trip above the clouds

Montserrat in the Clouds
Sep 16, 2006 (5 photos)

Had to get a steep rack railway up through the clouds, to the top of a mountain to get to Montserrat. It is a monastery that was built because a traveller had the vision of the Virgin Mary whilst hiking up there. Magnificent rock formations and view. The ...