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The Grandeur of Montserrat Spain

August 22, 2015 by Dave5 Comments

Montserrat-Spain (3) Montserrat-Spain (1)When I find a place such as Montserrat in Spain that combines an inspirational human element with certainly a natural one, I pause for reflection. I try to absorb as much of this beauty as I can through all my senses. When visiting places like this it helps to be alone (not always possible at places of such grandeur). But fortunately I arrived late in the day mid week and the buses and most of the tourists had already left.

The drive on the north face of these sculpted rocky mountains is inspirational before you even reach the town of Montserrat. Such a drive calls for some music to match the mood so I soon tuned to 104.2, billed as Catalonia’s classical music station.

This place can become very popular if the long parking lot that spirals around the rock cliffs next to the main road is any indication.

When one visits Montserrat one should hike – a lot. The views become even better as you walk through town and choose from a number of trails that lead from the rear of the town. These trails are popular with day trekkers and rock climbers alike and after some significant increase in altitude one is rewarded by excellent views of both Montserrat, sculpted natural rock formations and the valley far below.

Besides walking there are other ways to see this area; tickets for a train, a gondola and a very steep funicular can be purchased on site. While this funicular visually appears to extremely steep (and it is) it is not the steepest one in Europe. That distinction belongs to the Gelmerbahn funicular in Bern, Switzerland.



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Filed Under: Europe · Tagged: Art, Bus Travel, Europe, Mountain Climbing, Music, Rocky Mountains, Spain, Switzerland, Walking tour

Comments

  1. Barcelona Segway says

    August 27, 2015 at 5:06 am

    Hey Dave,

    I was searching for Barcelona travel forum and I stumbled across your article about Montserrat. I love this place as I live in Barcelona and have visited it many times. It makes a nice day trip from Barcelona and a great place to explore and to relax 🙂

    Thank you for the article

  2. Jim Bones says

    August 30, 2015 at 8:22 pm

    Thanks for sharing this. Barcelona is a beautiful city with plenty of tourists. The city has already organized the Olympics and has beautiful scenic background and lovely mountains.

  3. Dave says

    September 7, 2015 at 1:26 am

    Thanks for your comments – yep, whenever I look at these photos I am ready to return to this part of Spain 🙂

  4. Penelope says

    September 19, 2015 at 12:29 am

    Such a regal place so close to Barcelona … what a special corner of the globe!

  5. Dave says

    September 21, 2015 at 5:39 am

    Yea, next time I’ll bring a few good books and take a few days here in the back country.

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