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Montserrat & Oller del Mas Winery Lunch VIP Cellar Tour

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Duration10h

GroupUp to 20

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Monastery, countryside lunch, and rare barrel tastings in one full day

You’ll ride the cogwheel train up Montserrat Mountain with a local guide, explore sacred halls and legends at the monastery, share laughs over a traditional Catalan lunch at Oller del Mas winery, then step into their private cellar for exclusive barrel tastings. It’s a day trip that feels both grand and quietly personal—you might even find yourself lingering on small details long after.

10h

Step-by-step itinerary

Montserrat tour and winery experience

Depart early from Barcelona North Station
Board cogwheel train to Montserrat Mountain
Join one-hour guided monastery tour
Explore Montserrat independently for 1.5 hours
Enjoy traditional Catalan lunch at winery
Tour 10th-century castle winery
Taste three signature wines
Access VIP aging room for special tasting

The Experience

I still remember that first glimpse of Montserrat’s jagged peaks from the train window. They looked almost unreal, like someone had sculpted them by hand. Our guide Marta pointed out shapes in the rocks—she swore one looked like an elephant but honestly I just saw a pile of clouds. The cogwheel train rattled up through mist and I caught a whiff of wet stone and pine. There was this quiet up there that made my ears ring for a second, like the city noise had finally dropped away.

The monastery itself felt older than time. Marta told us about the Black Madonna—her voice got softer when she explained why people line up just to touch her hand. We wandered through candle smoke and echoing halls; I tried to whisper but my voice bounced back at me anyway. Afterward we had free time so I sat on a low wall with some locals eating sandwiches (I’d packed one but ended up sharing it with an old man who offered me dried figs in return). It’s funny how you can feel at home for a minute somewhere you’ve never been.

After Montserrat, we drove out to Oller del Mas—a castle that’s been in one family for something like 36 generations (I can’t even keep a houseplant alive). Lunch was this proper Catalan feast: hearty stews, fresh bread, olive oil that tasted green somehow. The wine tasting started easy enough but then they took us into the aging room—cool air and barrels stacked everywhere—and our host poured wine straight from the cask. I tried to swirl it like I knew what I was doing; Li laughed when I tried to pronounce “Sumoll.” Still not sure if I got it right.

I didn’t expect to feel so full—not just from food or wine but from stories and little moments all day. On the way back to Barcelona I watched vineyards blur past and thought about how quickly places can get under your skin if you let them.

What’s included

Your day includes comfortable shared transport from Barcelona North Station with pickup, entry fees for Montserrat Monastery with guided visit plus free time to explore, the scenic cogwheel train ride up Montserrat Mountain, a multi-course Catalan lunch paired with local wines at Oller del Mas (if selected), guided winery tour with three organic wine tastings (and extra premium barrel samples for VIPs), plus opportunities to buy wines for shipping home before heading back in the evening.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPets welcomeInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Castlexperience Wine Tours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want the main Montserrat sights, a proper meal in the countryside, and access to the winery's aging room—the full-day format is what fits all three into one trip from Barcelona without arranging transport or timing yourself.