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Extended Montserrat, Tapas & Wine with Cogwheel Train
7h 30mFree cancellation
Late-start Montserrat, Food & Wine with Cogwheel Train
9hFree cancellation
Montserrat, Tapas & Wine
7hFree cancellation
Montserrat, Food & Wine
10hFree cancellation
Premium Montserrat Half-Day Tour from Barcelona
5hPrivate option availablePickup availableFree cancellation
Barcelona: Montserrat Half-Day Tour
5h 15mFree cancellation
Montserrat Cable Car: Ascent and Descent
5m
From €15
Tot Montserrat Card: Public Transport from Barcelona
From €54.30
Montserrat: Mountain Experience
From €23More experiences in Barcelona
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There is no single ticket to Montserrat. The mountain itself is open, and what you pay for depends on how you get up and what you want to see at the top. A day usually adds up from three parts: the journey from Barcelona, the last climb by rack railway or cable car, and any paid visits on the mountain.
One rule catches many visitors. Since May 2023, people who are not resident in the EU need a tourist ticket to enter the sanctuary: the atrium, the basilica and the chapel of the Black Madonna. Residents of Catalonia, the rest of Spain and other EU countries enter free, unless they come with a group or an organised trip.
About Montserrat Tickets
Rack railway or cable car. Both climb from the valley to the monastery. The rack railway, the cremallera, takes 15 minutes and stops in the middle of the monastery complex; a return is from €15 (2026 prices). The cable car, the Aeri, takes five minutes and runs every 15 minutes; a return is also from €15 (2026 prices). On both, children aged 4 to 13 pay half.
Trans Montserrat. A combined ticket from €50 (2026 prices) that covers a Barcelona metro ride, the train from Plaça d'Espanya, the rack railway or cable car, the Sant Joan and Santa Cova funiculars when running, the Audiovisual Space, and entry to the sanctuary and the Black Madonna without a separate booking. It can be used on any date until 31 December of the year you buy it. There are no discounts on this fare.
Tot Montserrat. From €71.50 (2026 prices), it adds the Museum of Montserrat and lunch at the buffet restaurant to everything in Trans Montserrat.
Paid on their own: the museum (from €12, reduced €10, 2026 prices) and the two funiculars. For the story of the abbey and the Black Madonna, see our Montserrat page.
What to expect on a Montserrat Tickets experience
If you book a sanctuary ticket, the time you pick is for the Black Madonna's chapel. Plan the basilica, the museum and the funiculars around it. The chapel is open from 8:00 to 10:30 am and from 12:00 to 6:25 pm, and the basilica from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.
The museum opens at 10:00 am and closes at 5:45 pm on weekdays and 6:45 pm at weekends. The Holy Grotto, reached on foot or by the Santa Cova funicular, is open from 10:30 am to 5:00 pm.
The Escolania, the monastery's boys' choir, sings on weekdays at 1:00 pm and on Sundays at the main Mass. They break after midsummer until the end of August, after Christmas and in Easter week, so check their calendar before planning around them.
On a guided day trip from Barcelona, transport is arranged for you. Trips differ: some include the rack railway, some drive up the mountain road, and some add a winery or lunch. Check each card for what is included, and whether sanctuary entry is part of it.
Best time to visit
Combined tickets with transport do not tie you to a date, but sanctuary and Black Madonna times do. Bookings for those open one month ahead, so book as soon as you know the day, especially for weekends and holidays.
Mornings are the easiest time. The basilica opens at 7:00 am, and the chapel's first opening ends at 10:30, so an early start gives you two chances to see the Black Madonna.
The last rack railway and cable car down change with the season and are earlier in winter. Check the last departure before you go up.
Getting around
On your own, take the FGC R5 train from Plaça d'Espanya. Trains run hourly, and the whole trip to the monastery takes about an hour and a half. For the cable car, get off at its own stop; for the rack railway, change at Monistrol de Montserrat.
If you bought a package with the train from Barcelona, you may need to collect your tickets at the FGC office in Plaça d'Espanya station, open from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Outside those hours, tickets cannot be exchanged. When you buy there, you choose the rack railway or the cable car.
Coming back, rack railway trains that leave Montserrat at a quarter past the hour connect with the R5 to Barcelona.
By car, there is free parking at the rack railway station in Monistrol and at the cable car station on the C-55. The trains and the rack railway are accessible for people with reduced mobility.