Best places: Monasteries in Catalonia

Mountain monastery with a vast basilica, iconic virgin sculpture & a museum with world renowned art.

Sprawling 9th-century monastery featuring a bell tower, tranquil Romanesque cloister & museum.

Imposing, medieval, Romanesque monastery & church ruins set on a mountain top.

👍👍 Very beautiful place with history. Very interesting and beautiful. I was with children. 7 years old, 9 years old and 17 years old. We took the audio guide and it was very interesting. I recommend for the whole family.

Grand 1100s Cistercian monastery, with Aragonian royal graves & ornate cloisters, plus guided tours.

Gothic monastery with an elegant, 3-storey cloister & a chapel decorated by Bassa, plus a museum.

Monastery complex dating to the 12th century featuring simple Cistercian-style architecture.

Carthusian monastery founded in 1194, now a museum complex with cloisters, gardens & churches.

Medieval Benedictine monastery with elaborate carvings & art, 5 naves & an interpretive center.

Clifftop 11th-century Benedictine monastery with an interactive tour depicting monastic life.

Cross-shaped Romanesque monastery known for its compact cloisters with elegant Moorish arches.

Medieval church & monastery now home to an archeological museum showcasing historic relics.

👍👍 Actually very good stop before Montserrat Monastery. Great view all around and the little church and parking. Enjoyed my time there

👍👍 Joia del modernisme i no gaire coneguda pels barcelonins.Situat davant del Cosmocaixa. S hi respira pau , el silenci forma part del recinte.La seva història és molt moguda! Millor consultar bibliografia.Tot l entorn està molt ben cuidat.La petita botiga és una delicia.Els dijous a les 17hrs visita...

👍👍 Remote location specially recommended for hikers. The hills around the old monastery are offering beautiful views on both the French area and the Spanish one. Not an easy walk though : bring some water and sun cream ☀️

👍 Very interesting Romanesque monastery to visit, with a small but beautiful cloister, where the capitals of the columns are authentic works of art. A few of them recreate the life of Christ, others are passages from the Bible or animal scenes. The church, with a Latin cross and a barrel vault, is als...

👍👍 Es una de las iglesias románicas más bonitas que existen y, sin embargo, es casi anónima. Cuesta encontrarla y cuesta conocer de ella, pese a tener detalles tan espectaculares como el campanario. En comparación, la Vall de Boí es Patrimonio Unesco. Consideramos que podría estar dentro del catálogo...

👍👍 On Sundays it is usually open, in the summer NOT, and on some Saturdays, you can have barbecues (free), reserve tables and spaces inside Sant Caterina (paid), they also have bar service NO FOOD, no need to book with days,

👍 Place situated in the Natural park of la Serralada de la Marina whit great views over the city of Badalona and the Mediterranean sea. The place is communicated whit non-asphalted road were the people walks and runs or goes whit bicycle. There are a lot of different routes you can reach the Monastery...