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If you come in Barcelona for your holidays, don't miss the mountain of Montserrat, with its stangely shaped crags if rick, its monastery and ruined hermitage caves. It stands just 40km northwest of Barcelona, and is one of the most spectacular of all Spain's natural sights, a sawtoothed outcrop left exposed to erosion when the inland sea that covered this area around 25 million years ago was drained by progressive uplifts of the earth's crust. Legends hand easily upon it.
The place is magical and you can avoid the crowds by striking out onto the mountainside. You could also stay the night, though the hotels and restaurants within the complex are overpriced, and the campside and mountain refuges often very busy.
The "Black Virgin", the icon supposedly brought here by St Peter, is responsible for the existence of the monastery of Montserrat. Miracles abounded and the Virgin of Montserrat soon became the chief cult of Catalunya and a pilgrimage centre second in Spain only to Santiago de Compostela. For centuries, the monastery enjoyed outrageous prosperity, having its own flag and a form of extraterritorial independence along the lines of the Vatican City. In recent decades, Montserrat's popularity has again become established and today, there are over 300 brothers, in addition to the tourists, tens of thousands of newly married couples come here to seek La Monereta's blessing on their union. Only the Renaissance Basillica is open to the public and free, which has its museum. After you've pocked around the monastry grounds, it's the mountain walks that are the real attraction. Following the tracks to various caves and the 13 different hermitages. There is also 2 funiculars. If you are interested in what Goethe was used to say "nowhere but in his own Montserrat will a man find happiness and peace", we can find you the perfect place Barcelona apartment or a Barcelona hotel. Near the Plaza Catalunya, there is one of the Barcelona apartments awaiting for you, a magnific designer apartement which can sleep up to 6 persons.