Barcelona adventures – The Fitnessista

Sharing a few of our favourite Barcelona adventures.

Hello buddies! 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 time goes nicely to date, too.

For immediately’s put up, I wished to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed in the event you’re planning on reserving a visit. We have been capable of spend a number 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 kinds, 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 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 have been blown away by so most of the eating places we tried. They use a whole lot of recent components and produce, it’s seasoned nicely, parts are good (particularly in the event 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 fitting 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 ladies and I shared fairly a number of various things: rooster skewers, Greek salad, sardines, and tortilla. P additionally obtained a burger and it was perfection.

Gluten free meals tour

I’ve a whole put up 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 record of prime 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 best locations to journey and reside in case you have 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 components. I might eat right here weekly if we lived in Barcelona. They’ve a few places so in the event you’re planning a go to, I positively suggest checking it out.

Lokal Bar

This was near our resort, and had nice critiques and Spanish tortilla on the menu – I used to be on a mission to seek out one of the best one haha – and we went and shared a bunch of tapas one night time. 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 buddies would acknowledge her from our Soli Beat video, weblog exercise movies and Summer season Form Up! She’s completely wonderful — one of the vital optimistic individuals I do know and I like any likelihood now we have to catch up.

We met up along with her and her husband for a tremendous vegan sushi, gluten-free choices, ramen, pad thai, and so forth. The meals was wonderful and the corporate was one of the best half 🙂

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

Barcelona resort suggestions

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

(had the resort health club to myself)

It was cute as a result of it was the women and myself, so we every ended up having our personal little mattress in every spot. It’s price mentioning right here that I virtually all the time guide our inns without spending a dime utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for all the things, and it provides us so many perks, like lounge entry, buying credit, factors again for on a regular basis purchases, credit for his or her Advantageous Lodges assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. In the event you’re taken with getting one, my referral link is here and I’m pleased to assist with any questions! More about how we use points for travel in this post. 

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There are a whole lot of 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 cherished to have a museum day, however the children 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 number 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 children and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely suggest it.

Is Barcelona secure?

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 US and I believe 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 sporting this handy Amazon bag this whole journey.)

The purpose 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 fairly grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey on the lookout for… a spot to reside. I felt like I might need readability with *one good spot* and Barcelona has been the closest. It has the large metropolis really feel we love (tons of buying, handy, so many gluten free choices and unbelievable 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 holding our eyes open. 🙂

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

xoxo

Gina