Sant Miquel Hermitage – View of the Montserrat Monastery loop from Santa Cova

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Monistrol De Montserrat

Sant Miquel Hermitage – View of the Montserrat Monastery loop from Santa Cova

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Sant Miquel Hermitage – View of the Montserrat Monastery loop from Santa Cova

03:21

9.57km

530m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc Natural de la Muntanya de Montserrat

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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297 m

View of the Llobregat Valley from Montserrat

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Beautiful path with beautiful views

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1.29 km

Apostles' Viewpoints at Montserrat

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From here you can see a beautiful view of the valley that surrounds Monserrat and the entire course of the Llobregat to the sea.

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1.80 km

Monastery of Santa María de Montserrat

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One of the most beautiful places in Catalonia. Trekking, hiking, mountain biking, climbing, a little bit of everything. To enjoy nature alone or accompanied. Including to charge energy spiritually.

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2.85 km

View of the Montserrat Monastery from the Cross

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From this point you have a nice overview of the entire monastery with outbuildings and the surrounding area with the mountains and the valley

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2.86 km

Sant Miquel Hermitage

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From this vantage point you get the famous postcard motif of the Monastery and the mountains of Montserrat.

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3.89 km

Viewpoint

4.58 km

Sant Joan funicular station

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As Martin Villaverde says, a great rest stop with stunning vistas. The station has refreshments available so that was handy too.

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4.65 km

View of the Montserrat Monastery

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5.43 km

Sant Onofre Hermitage

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The Hermitage of Sant Onofre is a hermitage located in the area of Thebes, in the Montserrat massif. It is next to the hermitage of San Juan, a little more …

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9.57 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.33 km

2.12 km

912 m

124 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.08 km

1.45 km

968 m

457 m

334 m

186 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,050 m)

Lowest point (610 m)

Weather

Friday 6 November

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Comments

April 21, 2024,Montserrat 🇪🇦 - ⛰️☀️🏫👬🥾☕️

Today was our last excursion with the tour group. We went to Montserrat by bus and cog railway. At the monastery, we had not booked the tour plus the Black Madonna, but wanted to spend the 4 hours of free time outside.
We took a steep cable car to the Sant Joan station, then hiked a bit towards the summit. …

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January 16, 2022,Montserrat Easy

Very accessible route to get to know Montserrat, have good views and visit some of the hermitages used by the monks. The best thing is that you slowly progress in height along a wide track and leave the descending stairs to the monastery for the end. There's no water. And if you want to shorten the journey, you can take …

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June 2, 2025,🇪🇸 Montserrat

On our first day in Spain, we experienced a very beautiful highlight: Montserrat in the Catalan foothills. The Montserrat monastery itself is nestled in the mountains. It was rather crowded for my taste. More impressive was the walk up to Sant Joan. Here, the exciting path offers various beautiful views of the mountains, some of whose peaks rise like pillars. …

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