This route is ideal for People that want to spend two hours exploring the Montserrat Monastery before completing a 7Km EASY Montserrat hiking route starting and finishing at Montserrat Monastery.
For a guide of what to do and see in Montserrat Monastery, This page gives detailed information.
Allow 3 to 4 hours to complete this route.
For a more challenging route to the top of Montserrat mountain try Sant Jeroni from Montserrat Monastery.
The route starts at Montserrat Monastery which can be visited before starting the hike from Plaça de Abat where you will find a large drinking water fountain. This is the only place to find drinking water along the route so I highly recommend taking at least two litres of water.
Follow the steps behind the fountain up to a statue in an alcove and turn left crossing the bridge onto pas de francoeses. This path follows the Santa Maria River valley passing via concrete steps through a mountain cutting before getting to Santa Anna hermitage, a ruin with views looking down the valley towards the Montserrat monastery.
From Santa Anna the route follows a forestall trail towards Sant Joan Funicular upper station passing via anta Ana Cova vella, a series of small hermit caves.
When you reach Sant Joan funicular it is worth going inside to the upper floor which has an outside patio viewpoint. Also there is a vending machine that sells drinks and snacks.
Take the Right gravel and concrete road towards Sant Joan Capella (chapel) which is a a gradual incline. You can follow the Gravel road around and up some stairs to what are Santa Onofre and Sant Joan hermitages ruins built on the side of a cliff face. At the end of the hermitage ruins the path takes steps down to the concrete and gravel road where you came from.
Return back to Sant Joan Funicular upper station and follow the trail round to the right into Cami de las hermitages via a gravel and concrete rural road. Follow the rural road up the small incline followed by a gradual decline down to Sant Miquel chapel. Note that to the right of the gravel road there is a footpath that goes along the top of the ridge and gives great views down the mountain towards Colbató. You can take this path rather than the gravel road.
At Capella de Sant Miquel the trail continues on down the mountain. A little past the chapel there is a narrow track of about 100 metres on the right that leads to the Creu de Sant Miquel Iron cross monument which has spectacular views of the monastery complex. This is an unmissable part of the route and I advise not to skip it even if you are tired.
Return to the main trail and continue following it down via various monuments back to the monastery.
The trails are well marked although there is a possibility of taking a wrong turn in a few areas so I recommend following the Wikiloc hiking trail map that you can find bellow.
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I recommend getting to the monastery around 10h because it gets really busy. It is best to visit the monastery first and if you want you can visit the Black Madona statue behind the altar. To visit the Black Madona you have to use an access door to the right of the basilica and pay a small fee of 3.50€.
It is extremely dry in Montserrat mountain range, the rivers only fill up with water briefly after a heavy rain storm.
Do not throw cigarettes on the ground. it is prohibited to start fires i.e. for cooking or other purposes.
Take plenty of water, minimum 2 litres and use sun cream.
This is a good route to do with a dog. The first quarter is a path that has fewer hikers. Around the Sant Joan funicular and Jant Joan chapel gets very busy with hikers so make sure your dog is fine with other people and other dogs. The return via Sant Miquel chapel has a ferrel cat colony. Take care at the Creu de Sant Miquel viewpoint because there is high falls from unprotected ledges.
Montserrat mountain is covered with a mixed variery of trees and ocasional pines so the risk of finding poisonous Pine Processionary Caterpillars in spring and summer is low.
leaving the main square by the descending ramped street with the orange trees goes down through a gate into Plaça Abat Oliba where you will find Queviures supermarket that sells sandwiches, drinks, and food gifts like honey. Opposite is another cafeteria.
In Plaça Abat Oliba there is also a drinking water fountain.
Opposite the Cremallera Station is the Montserrat Buffet Restaurant. This is a cafeteria style restaurant that offers meals of traditional Catalan food as well as sandwiches, cakes and drinks.
This is an easy walking route. I always do it with a small rucksack of the essentials including optional Emergency waterproof jacket depending on the weather forecast.
Take 2 litres of water because there is nowhere to top up water bottle along the route.
Discover Montserrat from the sky with a unique view of the mountain using the Aeri Cable car to visit the Benedictine Abbey of Santa María de Montserrat and its famous statue of the Virgin of Montserrat.
Return and one way tickets available.
Note: This ticket is for the cable car only so a separate ticket for the FGC to Aeri de Montserrat needs to be purchased.
Address: Monestir de Montserrat, Monistrol de Montserrat. 08199
I recommend the Trans Montserrat ticket using the Cremallera to ascend to Montserrat Monastery. Alternatively the Aeri de Montserrat Cable car can also be used. For a comparison of the different Montserrat tickets available visit the Montserrat day trip prices section.
A circular walk from Montserrat monastery via Santa Anna Hermitage ruins, Sant Joan Chapel and hermatige, Sant Miquel chappel and cross viewpoint.
Distance: 7.07 Km
Difficulty: Easy
Return Travel Fare: €33.45
Transport Network: FGC & cable car
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