Barcelona: Early Morning Montserrat Trip with Abbey and Hike

Highlights

• Be almost alone (sometimes alone) visiting the Black Madonna and the Abbey
• Travel with the only van going to Montserrat with 8 seats (including driver)
• Pick up & drop off in different places in Barcelona, arriving back at 13:30h
• Be in Montserrat during 5 hours and discover the monastery and the mountain
• Hike where almost only local people are hiking (there are no tourists in there!)

Description

Discover the only trip that arrives at 7:30h in Montserrat. We will set off from Barcelona by van for 7 customers from 6:15h till 6:45h from different pick up points.
First we will visit the Abbey and the Black Madonna and we won't be faced with lines to see this fantastic piece of art from the XIIth century.
After that, you'll have almost one hour free time till 9:20h. During your free time you can have breakfast, stay inside the Abbey during more time, etc
At 9:20h we will go with the van during 15 minutes to another place in Montserrat to do a hiking tour. There won't be any tourists there: only local people cause you cannot arrive there by public transport.
There will be three options of hiking. The first two ones, with me. The third one (very easy one), alone.
All the options will finish walking next to olive and almond trees fields and arriving in a small town with a bakery with a very nice terrace with views from all the Montserrat mountain south.
1-Hiking 7,67km / 4,76ml with 230m / 754feet elevation gain, 455m / 1492feet elevation loss.
2-Hiking 7km / 4,34ml with 170m / 557feet elevation gain, 395m / 1295feet elevation loss.
3-Hiking alone: 4,6km / 2,85ml with 23m / 75feet elevation gain, 250m / 820feet elevation loss.
We will walk all the time in the path forest (no stairs and not paved path).
At 12:40h we’ll go back to Barcelona to arrive at 13:30h