Northwest of Barcelona is Catalonia's most beautiful mountain retreat. Montserrat is a multi-peaked, jagged mountain range famous for its unique rock formations, monastery, and national park. Montserrat literally means “saw mountain” in Catalan. When viewed from afar, it does look serrated and reminds one of the carpenter's tool. It has three main peaks – Sant Jeroni, Montgros, and Miranda de las Aguilles. It is also Spain’s first national park. People visit Montserrat for v