Barcelona City Break
Places Covered : Barcelona - MontserratItinerary
DAY 1 – ARRIVE BARCELONA AIRPORT, TRANSFER TO HOTEL
Arrive Barcelona airport, and transfer to your hotel on Pvt. Basis. Check-in to your hotel in Barcelona.
Barcelona, the cosmopolitan capital of Spain’s Catalonia region, is known for its art and architecture. The fantastical Sagrada Família church and other modernist landmarks designed by Antoni Gaudí dot the city. Museu Picasso and Fundació Joan Miró feature modern art by their namesakes. City history museum MUHBA, includes several Roman archaeological sites.
NIGHT STAY IN BARCELONA.
DAY 2 – BARCELONA: FULL DAY BARCELONA CITY SIGHTSEEING TOUR VISIT TO SAGRADA FAMILIA, WITH TOWER ENTRY
After breakfast, explore Barcelona city sightseeing tour. Marvel at the intriguing works by Antoni Gaudí, admire the Medieval architecture in the Gothic Quarter and soak up the sun along the beautiful Mediterranean coast. Later visit The Basílica de la Sagrada Família, also known as the Sagrada Família, is a large unfinished Roman Catholic minor basilica in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, his work on the building is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Later return back to your hotel in Barcelona.
NIGHT STAY IN BARCELONA.
DAY 3 – BARCELONA: DAY TRIP TO MONTSERRAT AND COGWHEEL TRAIN RIDE
Today after breakfast, enjoy day trip to Montserrat from Barcelona. When you get to the bottom of the holy mountain take a traditional cogwheel train ride to Montserrat Abbey, one of Spain’s most important religious sites.
Greet your English-speaking guide in Barcelona’s city center and sit back while you’re driven on an air-conditioned coach across some of the region’s most picturesque villages until you get to Monistrol de Montserrat. Upon arrival, you’ll take its famous cogwheel train up the holy mountain, where the Montserrat Abbey is perched. During the 15-minute ride up the 600 meters slope, marvel at the stunning scenery.
Once you get to Montserrat, meaning "mountain saw" in Catalan, discover the Basilica, which houses the beautiful twelfth-century ‘Virgen Moreneta’, Catalonia’s patron saint. For centuries, this temple was one of Spain’s most popular pilgrimage sites.
At the end of the tour, you can enjoy a tasting of various typical liquors from Montserrat.
NIGHT STAY IN BARCELONA.
DAY 4 – BARCELONA HOTEL TO BARCELONA AIRPORT
Today after breakfast, check-out from your hotel, and transfer to airport for your flight back home.
TOUR ENDS!!
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Tour Price Includes
- 3 Nights hotel stay in Barcelona, room with private facilities.
- Daily Breakfast at your hotel of stay.
- Full Day Barcelona City Sightseeing Tour
- Visit to Sagrada Familia Tower in Barcelona with entry tickets
- Day Trip to Montserrat and Cogwheel train ride.
- All Hotel/Airport Transfers on Pvt. Basis Included
Tour Price Excludes
- Meals other than those indicated above, drinks, tips, laundry, telephone calls & expenses of personal nature.
- Local City tax or Resort fee are to be paid directly at hotel/resort if applicable.
- Anything or any services which are not specified in tour inclusions are excluded.