Barcelona adventures – The Fitnessista

Sharing a few of our favourite Barcelona adventures.

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

For in the present day’s publish, I needed to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed when you’re planning on reserving a visit. We have been capable of spend a couple of nights earlier than and after the Disney cruise and fell in love with Barcelona. In fact 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 a large metropolis (as a result of it’s one lol) with sooooo many issues to see and do. We simply may have spent a couple of weeks there, and listed below 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 have been blown away by so lots of the eating places we tried. They use numerous contemporary substances and produce, it’s seasoned nicely, parts are good (particularly when you like sharing), and allergens are sometimes clearly marked.

Prado de Flores

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

Gluten free meals tour

I’ve a whole publish about this expertise, however we had the chance to check out six completely 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 in all probability 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 advised us that it’s among the finest locations to journey and dwell in case you have Celiac or are gluten delicate/illiberal.

Bloome by Sasha

That is a wholly gluten-free brunch spot with pancakes, avocado toast, bowls, and pastries, utilizing natural and contemporary substances. I might eat right here weekly if we lived in Barcelona. They’ve a few areas so when you’re planning a go to, I positively advocate checking it out.

Lokal Bar

This was near our lodge, and had nice critiques and Spanish tortilla on the menu – I used to be on a mission to search out the most effective 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 buddy Sara! We used to show collectively at Canyon Ranch and have stayed in contact regardless of strikes everywhere in the nation. OG weblog reader mates would acknowledge her from our Soli Beat video, weblog exercise movies and Summer time Form Up! She’s completely superb — one of the constructive folks I do know and I like any probability we’ve got to catch up.

We met up along with her and her husband for a tremendous vegan sushi, gluten-free choices, ramen, pad thai, and many others. The meals was glorious and the corporate was the most effective 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 completely 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 value mentioning right here that I virtually all the time e-book our accommodations without cost utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for every part, and it offers us so many perks, like lounge entry, buying credit, factors again for on a regular basis purchases, credit for his or her Effective Motels assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. In the event you’re occupied with getting one, my referral hyperlink is right here and I’m completely happy to assist with any questions! Extra about how we use factors for journey on this publish. 

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There are numerous completely different excursions and locations to go to in Barcelona, together with the well-known Boquat de Mercaria, La Sagrada Familia, tons of museums, and beautiful seashores. I might have beloved to have a museum day, however the youngsters have been toast after the cruise. (I’m just a little bummed that we missed our Sagrada Familia tour, however we’ll positively be again!) We shopped, visited a couple of completely 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’ve got youngsters and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely advocate it.

Is Barcelona protected?

Our cab driver warned us about pickpockets and advised us which areas to keep away from, however I by no means felt unsafe whereas we have been there. I felt a lot safer than I do in lots of elements of the USA and I feel like something, it’s about being conscious of your environment and staying the place are different folks 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 helpful 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 youngsters, seeing new locations, and taking a while to completely recharge after a fairly grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey on the lookout for… a spot to dwell. I felt like I might need readability with *one good spot* and Barcelona has been the closest. It has the massive metropolis really feel we love (tons of buying, handy, so many gluten free choices and improbable eating), however with smaller charming neighborhood pockets. We have been particularly keen on the Grácia neighborhood. I don’t know if we’ll truly ever extra from Tucson, however we’ve been contemplating completely different choices and protecting our eyes open. 🙂

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

xoxo

Gina