Barcelona adventures – The Fitnessista

Sharing a few of our favourite Barcelona adventures.

Hello associates! 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 time goes nicely thus far, too.

For right now’s submit, I wished 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 fashionable 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 might have spent a number of weeks there, and listed here are a few 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 lots of the eating places we tried. They use a variety of recent substances and produce, it’s seasoned nicely, parts are excellent (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 best 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 women and I shared fairly a number of various things: hen 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 listing of prime 10 greatest issues I’ve ever eaten. Barcelona has SO MANY gluten-free choices and devoted gluten-free kitchens. Our information informed us that it’s the most effective locations to journey and reside 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 recent 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 undoubtedly suggest 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 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 associates would acknowledge her from our Soli Beat video, weblog exercise movies and Summer season Form Up! She’s completely superb — one of the optimistic folks I do know and I like any likelihood now we have to catch up.

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

When you reside 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 motels in Barcelona: Royal Ramblas earlier than the cruise, and Room Mate Carla after the cruise.

(had the lodge 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 virtually all the time guide our motels at no cost utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for every little thing, 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 Effective Inns assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. When you’re inquisitive about getting one, my referral link is here and I’m blissful 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 beautiful seashores. I’d have beloved 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. In case you have children and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely suggest it.

Is Barcelona secure?

Our cab driver warned us about pickpockets and informed 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 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 hold 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 totally recharge after a fairly grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey searching for… a spot to reside. I felt like I may need readability with *one excellent spot* and Barcelona has been the closest. It has the massive metropolis really feel we love (tons of purchasing, 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 truly ever extra from Tucson, however we’ve been contemplating totally 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