VELTRA tours & activities, fun things to do

Nice Birthday Trip

The weather was too cold to enjoy this tour completely.

Outside of that it was a lovely experience

Times are not accurate

I chose this particular tour because it would give me time to listen to the boys choir as well as do shopping before we had to scout out at 1:45. Instead we were told to be back by 1:20. That’s a difference of 25 minutes. A big deal.

I pointed out the discrepancy to the tour guide and she didn’t budge.

Also, we left late because one tour guide didn’t show up. I own my own business so I get it. So we had one tour guide for a bus load.

One more thing... I ‘thought’ when they said tour it meant they gave us a tour of the basilica. Not true.

She tour guides on the bus and then points out what you can do during your free time.

Unless you’re a superhero, you’ll only be able to go and touch the black Madonna (which is what I did) while others took the tram up to the top and others drank liquor.

I wanted to go to the museum that there was no extra time.

So if you truly want to see everything, you need a longer tour.

Need more time

I expected the tour to be more “guided”. Although our tour guide provided information about Barcelona, I feel like not enough information about Montserrat and the basilica were provided. The tour is also not long enough. Could’ve definitely used at least a couple of more hours there.

It was a very nice ride up to the mountains, however, we had to wait on line for over an hour and a half just to see the Black Madonna, only to have to leave before seeing it because we had to return to the bus to return to the city.

If you have more than two days in Barcelona, then it is worth going to Montserrat and seeing the lovely view from the mountains. We could have spent more time exploring the top of the mountain though. If less than 2 days I would spend more time on the attractions in Barcelona. The guide did not really guide us, she told us a little bit of information on the bus and then we did not see her again until we got back on the bus. You are really just paying for transport and so you could probably find a cheaper option to do this by yourself.

it was a foggy day and we could not see anything about the scenery. the cog-wheel train is not really a recommendation though.