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 attractive sights, procuring, scrumptious meals, and some tourist-y issues. It’s been the right mixture of actions and chill time. I hope that your summer time goes effectively thus far, too.

For right now’s submit, I needed to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed in the event you’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 attractive mixture of structure, from Gaudi’s iconic designs to extra fashionable 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 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 had been blown away by so most of the eating places we tried. They use a variety of contemporary elements and produce, it’s seasoned effectively, 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 undoubtedly 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 ladies and I shared fairly a number of various things: rooster skewers, Greek salad, sardines, and tortilla. P additionally bought a burger and it was perfection.

Gluten free meals tour

I’ve a whole submit 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 most likely in listing of high 10 greatest issues I’ve ever eaten. Barcelona has SO MANY gluten-free choices and devoted gluten-free kitchens. Our information instructed us that it’s among the best 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 elements. 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 undoubtedly 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 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 pal 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 season Form Up! She’s completely wonderful — probably the most constructive folks I do know and I really like any probability we have now to catch up.

We met up together with her and her husband for a tremendous vegan sushi, gluten-free choices, ramen, pad thai, and many others. The meals was wonderful and the corporate was the very best half 🙂

If you happen to dwell 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 accommodations 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 ladies and myself, so we every ended up having our personal little mattress in every spot. It’s value mentioning right here that I nearly at all times ebook our accommodations without spending a dime utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for every little thing, and it provides us so many perks, like lounge entry, procuring credit, factors again for on a regular basis purchases, credit for his or her High-quality Motels assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. If you happen to’re serious about getting one, my referral link is here and I’m completely happy 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 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 lovely seashores. I might have beloved to have a museum day, however the children had been toast after the cruise. (I’m a bit of bummed that we missed our Sagrada Familia tour, however we’ll undoubtedly 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. You probably 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 believe 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 sporting 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 totally recharge after a reasonably grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey in search of… 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 procuring, handy, so many gluten free choices and implausible eating), however with smaller charming neighborhood pockets. We had been particularly keen on the Grácia neighborhood. I don’t know if we’ll really ever extra from Tucson, however we’ve been contemplating completely different choices and preserving our eyes open. 🙂

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

xoxo

Gina