Barcelona adventures – The Fitnessista

Sharing a few of our favourite Barcelona adventures.

Hello pals! How are you? I hope that your week is off to an incredible begin! We’re right here in Sevilla having fun with the beautiful sights, purchasing, scrumptious meals, and some tourist-y issues. It’s been the right mixture of actions and chill time. I hope that your summer season goes effectively to this point, too.

For at the moment’s submit, I needed to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed if you happen to’re planning on reserving a visit. We had been in a position to spend a number of nights earlier than and after the Disney cruise and fell in love with Barcelona. After all it has the beautiful mixture of structure, from Gaudi’s iconic designs to extra trendy types, Gothic cathedrals and Roman ruins. It additionally has the texture of an enormous metropolis (as a result of it’s one lol) with sooooo many issues to see and do. We simply might have spent a number of weeks there, and listed here are a number of the highlights from our journey.

Barcelona adventures

Eating in Barcelona

The meals in Barcelona is 100%. I’d put it proper up there with Rome and we had been blown away by so most of the eating places we tried. They use a variety of recent elements and produce, it’s seasoned effectively, parts are good (particularly if you happen to like sharing), and allergens are sometimes clearly marked.

Prado de Flores

This was our first meal in Barcelona and it undoubtedly set us off on the correct foot. I used to be craving a Tinto de Verano (purple wine with citrus spritzer, like a sangria however much less candy) and Spanish tortilla. The ladies and I shared fairly a number of various things: rooster skewers, Greek salad, sardines, and tortilla. P additionally acquired a burger and it was perfection.

Gluten free meals tour

I’ve a complete submit about this expertise, however we had the chance to check out six totally different spots with tons of gluten-free choices. I’d by no means had a gf Nutella-filled croissant and it set my soul freeeeee. This was most likely in checklist of high 10 finest issues I’ve ever eaten. Barcelona has SO MANY gluten-free choices and devoted gluten-free kitchens. Our information instructed us that it’s top-of-the-line locations to journey and dwell when you’ve got Celiac or are gluten delicate/illiberal.

Bloome by Sasha

That is a completely gluten-free brunch spot with pancakes, avocado toast, bowls, and pastries, utilizing natural and recent elements. I’d eat right here weekly if we lived in Barcelona. They’ve a few areas so if you happen to’re planning a go to, I undoubtedly suggest checking it out.

Lokal Bar

This was near our lodge, and had nice evaluations and Spanish tortilla on the menu – I used to be on a mission to seek out the very best one haha – and we went and shared a bunch of tapas one evening. The tortilla had truffle oil (ommmggg) and the cheese platter was beautiful.

Roots & Rolls

One of many highlights of our journey was seeing my good friend Sara! We used to show collectively at Canyon Ranch and have stayed in contact regardless of strikes everywhere in the nation. OG weblog reader pals would acknowledge her from our Soli Beat video, weblog exercise movies and Summer season Form Up! She’s completely superb — one of the vital optimistic individuals I do know and I really like any likelihood we’ve to catch up.

We met up together with her and her husband for an incredible vegan sushi, gluten-free choices, ramen, pad thai, and so on. The meals was glorious and the corporate was the very best half 🙂

In the event you dwell in Barcelona or go to, she owns the primary assisted stretching studio in Spain: Stretch Eden.

Barcelona lodge suggestions

We stayed at two totally different accommodations in Barcelona: Royal Ramblas earlier than the cruise, and Room Mate Carla after the cruise.

(had the lodge fitness center to myself)

It was cute as a result of it was the ladies and myself, so we every ended up having our personal little mattress in every spot. It’s price mentioning right here that I nearly all the time e book our accommodations at no cost utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for all the pieces, and it provides us so many perks, like lounge entry, purchasing credit, factors again for on a regular basis purchases, credit for his or her Advantageous Inns assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. In the event you’re focused on getting one, my referral link is here and I’m completely satisfied to assist with any questions! More about how we use points for travel in this post. 

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There are a variety of totally different excursions and locations to go to in Barcelona, together with the well-known Boquat de Mercaria, La Sagrada Familia, tons of museums, and lovely seashores. I’d have liked to have a museum day, however the children had been toast after the cruise. (I’m somewhat bummed that we missed our Sagrada Familia tour, however we’ll undoubtedly be again!) We shopped, visited a number of totally different markets, explored the outside of Sagrada Familia,

and made it over to the White Rabbit museum, which was an enormous hit.

White Rabbit blends Catalan tradition with immersive experiences, together with projection rooms, digital actuality, lights, and sculptures. When you have children and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely suggest it.

Is Barcelona protected?

Our cab driver warned us about pickpockets and instructed us which areas to keep away from, however I by no means felt unsafe whereas we had been there. I felt a lot safer than I do in lots of components of the US and I feel like something, it’s about being conscious of your environment and staying the place are different individuals round. Keep in well-lit and pretty populated areas, know the place you’re going, and preserve your belongings near you. (I’ve been carrying this handy Amazon bag this complete journey.)

The objective of this exploration journey we’ve been on

I went into this journey with the intention of spending high quality time with children, seeing new locations, and taking a while to completely recharge after a reasonably grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey on the lookout for… a spot to dwell. I felt like I may need readability with *one good spot* and Barcelona has been the closest. It has the large metropolis really feel we love (tons of purchasing, handy, so many gluten free choices and improbable eating), however with smaller charming neighborhood pockets. We had been particularly keen on the Grácia neighborhood. I don’t know if we’ll truly ever extra from Tucson, however we’ve been contemplating totally different choices and retaining our eyes open. 🙂

Have you ever been to Barcelona? What’s your #1 favourite place to journey in the summertime?

xoxo

Gina