The visit to the Carthusian Monastery of Valldemossa follows a logical and well-organised route that allows you to discover the monument step by step and understand its historical importance.
The experience usually begins in the outer areas and gardens, where you can already appreciate the peaceful atmosphere of the monastery and its privileged setting in the Tramuntana mountains. From here, you enter the complex and access the monastery church, one of the most striking spaces, notable for its architecture and the richly decorated sacristy, which reflects the artistic and religious importance of the site.
After visiting the church, the route continues through the buildings arranged around the main cloister, the heart of monastic life. One of the first spaces you encounter is the old monastic pharmacy, a fascinating room that illustrates how the monks prepared medicines and remedies for centuries.
The visit then leads to the Prior’s Cell, the most important and complete cell in the monastery. This area includes several interconnected rooms, such as the meeting room, a small library, living quarters and an example of a monk’s cell, offering a clear insight into daily life inside the Carthusian community.
As you continue, you reach the gardens and terrace areas, from where you can enjoy beautiful views over Valldemossa and the surrounding landscape. These outdoor spaces were an essential part of monastic life, providing areas for reflection and work.
The visit is completed with access to the Valldemossa Museum spaces, where different collections help contextualise the monastery within the wider history of the village and Mallorca itself. Together, all these areas make the Carthusian Monastery of Valldemossa a rich and immersive cultural visit, combining architecture, history, art and landscape in a single experience.
Valldemossa Chopin Monastery. Opinions:
The Carthusian Monastery of Valldemossa is an impressive historical site and one of the highlights of the village. The buildings are very well preserved and walking through the monastery gives you a real sense of how life was here centuries ago. There is a lot to see, from the church and cloisters to the old cells and exhibition rooms. We booked our tickets online with Click Mallorca and the process was very easy. Having the tickets on our phone and avoiding queues made the visit much more relaxed. Highly recommended if you are visiting Valldemossa.
All was very good !
Everything was good; except the double entrance fee. It is very misleading on clickmajorca website where the customer is led to believe that they are buying a ticket to see where Chopin lived and his piano. Just highlight the fact that the ticket being sold does not include entry to Chopin’s living quarters, or of a view of his piano; and increase the price of the ticket accordingly, if necessary.
Take a bus from Palma de Mallorca bus station (Estación Intermodal) just off Plaza Espana to Valldemossa mountain town and Royal Cartuja Monastery. There is also Chopin Museum inside the monastery. Chopin spent one year in Valldemossa Monastery. There is Chopin's piano from Paris and manuscripts of compositions. Valldemossa town is one of the most picturescue towns of Mallorca. The monastery and Chopin museum is its top attractions. There are also many nice and relaxing cafés and restaurants. Narrow streets and mountain views. It is only 17 km from Palma de Mallorca. Excellent day trip!
The Carthusian Monastery in Valdemossa was once the royal residence of King Jaime II. The monks were expelled in 1835 and the monastery became rental units. Our tour began in the San Bartomeu Church, a neoclassical style church with lovely murals on the ceiling. Be sure to take a peek into the sacristy to see some unique pieces of furniture. From there, we entered the pharmacy with its old bottles, jars, pill boxes, ceramic pots, herbs etc. Herbs played an important role in curing sick monks. Some herbs were available for purchase. A painting of the physicians Cosmas and Damien can be found on the left wall. Our next stop on the tour was in the cloister to see the Prior’s cell and chapel. The Prior’s cell opens until a beautiful garden and a great view of the countryside. The Prior’s cell is much larger and includes a chapel, library, audience room, and bedroom. The Prior received visitors in the audience room. Monks ate all meals in their cells and never ate meat. Probably the most famous cells are numbers 2 and 4 as these were the ones used by Chopin and George Sand. Here you will see their original portraits, letters, manuscripts, books and photographs. Among the objects on display are Chopin’s death mask, a snippet of his hair, a violin, a chair, and children’s toys. Did you know that the left hand mask is only displayed to show it was more important since it was used to play the music while the right hand was used to write the music. The piano Chopin used is also on display. His piano from Paris arrived three days after the couple left Valdemossa. The library is full of old books and manuscripts. The monks were allowed to check out 3 books at one time. It was the place the monks gathered for their half-hour weekly discussion, the only time they were allowed to speak to each other. The admission ticket includes a 15-minute concert by an individual playing Chopin’s works. I highly recommend a visit to the Monastery and surrounding buildings. I’m sure you will agree it is worth the price of admission.
Walked from our hotel and arrived at opening time. Very interesting grounds and rooms and a photographers dream. Enjoyed the Chopin and George Sand spent time here and have very interesting exhibits. Enjoyed the Miro gallery section and overall thought it was a real pleasant way to spend a morning.
The Carthusian monastery is right in the center of Valldemossa. There are several interesting rooms such as a church, pharmacy dating to 1779, Prior's cell and a library with very old books. There is also a exhibit room with paintings as well as gardens. It was interesting to see how the monks lived. The palace of King Sancho is included with your admission. Make sure you go beyond the courtyard of the building adjacent to the monastery. I missed it and it was quite interesting.
Located on Mallorca's north coast in the village of Valldemossa is the late 14th century Carthusian Monastery with many exhibits intact from when it housed monks up to the 1830's. Entry price is cheaper in click mallorca, that's why we bought it here, and a visit should be completed within 90 mins including the Chopin exhibit. The Prior's quarters, the library with ancient books, the monks' cells and the pharmacy are all of interest. The village of Valldemossa not so much as it been made touristy with little of the original left. Plenty of eateries and shops at tourist prices for those inclined.
Stopped into the Monastery on a lovely day trip from Palma. It is easy to take the bus to/from Palma. It's worth walking through and around the monastery. My favorite areas were the outside spaces. The building itself is quite cold inside. Some rooms had signs requesting no photographs which was disappointing.
This place is full of charm and history! The fact that Chopin and Geroge Sand lived their romance here, hidden from the world, adds to the charm of the place.
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