Hotel Abat Cisneros Montserrat

All in all, it's a very nice hotel in a superb location. I had stayed there 60 years ago with my grandparents and I very much enjoyed returning there with my family. There are just a few caveats: Firstly, if you're driving there, parking is not close but you can drive to the hotel to drop off your bags. You need to be allowed in and the guard is hidden away. We wasted 1/2 hr trying to find him, so beware. Secondly, we noticed that in all the Spanish hotels we stayed at, a "double room" got us a room with two single beds, and a "single room" got us a room with one double bed! This is important here because the double rooms are on the view-facing side of the hotel and ours had air conditioning (important in August!), The single rooms our children got were on the rock-facing side and had no air conditioning. Finally, we got there late and were the last ones in for dinner. It's buffet style and the food was very good but choices were limited and they started clearing the place before we were finished. At 30 Euros per person, this was the most expensive meal of our trip (we're not big eaters).

Nothing rises to the level of "didn't like".

It’s very close to the Basillica Montserrat

Under-staffed

The location is perfect for visiting the Monastery and the mountain

The buffet dinner and breakfast were both good as far as selection was concerned but the hot food was simply not hot enough. We stayed for two nights and had two dinners and personally only one breakfast but this problem was recurrent throughout

Location

You have to park your car quite far from the property. They do let you drop off and collect your luggage but given the amount of parking spots nearby that could be utilised it feels like they are missing a trick. Be warned - there’s no air con as at July 2026. It’s was 35 outside and difficult to sleep although they did get a fan for us when we desperately requested it.