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We're spending one week in Barcelona, so we plan to do a day trip to Montserrat.
I understand there's a combo ticket I can buy in advance in Barcelona, which includes the subway trip (in Barcelona), train ticket, cable car OR rack railway, funicular, museums, and lunch.
I assume the combo ticket is good for any day and any train?
Which is better - cable car or rack railway?
I also read that the Escolania de Montserrat performs inside the basilica daily? But I have trouble figuring out what time the performance is. Some guidebooks say 1pm, can anyone confirm that? http://www.escolania.cat/
I'd appreciate if you can give me any tips you may have. Is there any advantage to visit one attraction first before another? Or just some sort of visiting order that would make the most sense?
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I wish I had some real advice to give,but I really don't. We were there in May 2008. I can say it is worth it. We were part of a bus group, which I don't normally do. It is a long winding drive up the mountain. We did get to hear the singing/chanting, but I'm sorry to say, I don't remember the time. It had to be mid-afternoon, but that's as close as I can recall. There were also dancers in the plaza there in costume. Adults and children. Very beautiful. There were sidewalk vendors with cheeses and honey. The view is spectacular. We did not have time to take the rail up the mountain. We did see it. It is a straight incline. I would have liked to but dh didn't like the looks of the height or incline. Sorry, I really can't say anything useful. Hope you have a good time, though.
Before you buy your combo ticket ask for times the trains run and that everything on the combo ticket is available.
Last fall we bought a combo ticket from Vienna to Melk only to find out when we arrived in Melk that the boat on the Danube was not making a late afternoon run. We had to purchase a train ticket back to Vienna. And we received no refund on the boat portion of our ticket.
We were given no information except that the boat left melk at 4:30 pm which it did not.