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 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 to date, too.

For in the present day’s put up, I needed to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed if you happen to’re planning on reserving a visit. We have been capable of spend just a few 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 might have spent just a few weeks there, and listed below are among 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 a whole lot of contemporary substances 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 positively set us off on the fitting 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 just a few 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 complete 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 most likely in listing of prime 10 greatest issues I’ve ever eaten. Barcelona has SO MANY gluten-free choices and devoted gluten-free kitchens. Our information advised us that it’s top-of-the-line locations to journey and dwell 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 contemporary substances. I’d eat right here weekly if we lived in Barcelona. They’ve a few places so if you happen to’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 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 all around the nation. OG weblog reader buddies would acknowledge her from our Soli Beat video, weblog exercise movies and Summer time Form Up! She’s completely superb — some of the constructive individuals 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 so forth. 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 completely different resorts in Barcelona: Royal Ramblas earlier than the cruise, and Room Mate Carla after the cruise.

(had the lodge gymnasium 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 virtually all the time e book our resorts totally free utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for every part, 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 Wonderful Accommodations assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. In the event you’re focused on getting one, my referral link is here and I’m comfortable 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 lovely seashores. I’d have liked to have a museum day, however the children have been toast after the cruise. (I’m slightly bummed that we missed our Sagrada Familia tour, however we’ll positively be again!) We shopped, visited just a few 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 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 components of america 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 sporting this handy Amazon bag this complete 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 reasonably grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey searching 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 procuring, handy, so many gluten free choices and incredible 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 maintaining our eyes open. 🙂

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

xoxo

Gina