Barcelona-Andorra

• Abadia de Montserrat

  4 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  After the picking up, in our first day I will drive you to the spectacular Montserrat Sanctuary, located about 1h from the city center of Barcelona. I will explain you the history of this place, famous because Our Lady of Montserrat (880) and the Montserrat's abbey (1025). Furthermore we will take lots of pictures together and we will try the traditional cheese called 'mató' which is usually eaten with some honey. If you are fit we can even hike a bit to the Saint Michael Cross where we can take the best pictures of Montserrat. At 11 o'clock is the daily mass in the church (optional) and at 1 o'clock from Monday to Friday and at 12 pm on Sundays the boys from the choire will sing 'Our Father', 'Salve Regina' and 'El Virolai'. We will get a nice lunch in the valley near Montserrat, where we will try some local food 'vegetables' and 'meat'.

• Santuario de Meritxell

  2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free

  After the lunch we will drive to Andorra, to visit the Sanctuary of Our Lady Meritxell, Patron Saint of Andorra. If it is too late we may visit Meritxell the following day. The Old Sanctuary was burnt in 1972 but the architect Ricardo Bofill built a new sanctuary in 1976. The evening/night will be free for you. Andorra is popular because the shopping and also it is a nice balnearium called 'Caldea'. I will help you in case you want to spend a couple of hours in Caldea before going to bed. I will also recommended you where to have dinner.
• Accommodations

  Depending the availability and season. It will be usually a 4 stars hotel in Andorra to watch the snow in the morning.