The best Barcelona day trips

Montserrat is the most popular day out from Barcelona: a monastery set among jagged mountain peaks, home to the Black Madonna and a famous boys' choir. Tours on this page reach it in different ways, by coach with the rack railway, with a winery stop, or as a half-day small-group trip. Girona, with its medieval walls and old Jewish quarter, is often combined with the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, and some longer days add the coastal village of Cadaqués.

Before you book

Montserrat is about an hour from Barcelona, so a half-day tour is enough to see the basilica and walk a little. It is noticeably colder at the top in winter, so bring a warm layer. Check whether a tour includes entry to the Dalí Theatre-Museum, which needs a timed ticket, and whether the Black Madonna is part of the visit, as queues for her chapel can be long. Girona and Figueres are also easy to reach by high-speed train if you prefer to go independently.