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 right mixture of actions and chill time. I hope that your summer season goes effectively to date, too.

For as we speak’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. 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 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 had been blown away by so lots of the eating places we tried. They use a whole lot of contemporary elements and produce, it’s seasoned effectively, parts are excellent (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 appropriate 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 a number of various things: hen 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 record of prime 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 the most effective locations to journey and reside when you’ve got 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 areas so in the event you’re planning a go to, I undoubtedly 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 seek out one of the 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 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 — one of the vital optimistic individuals I do know and I like any probability we’ve 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 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 lodge suggestions

We stayed at two completely 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 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 e-book our motels 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 High quality Resorts assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. In the event you’re curious about 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 beautiful seashores. I might have beloved to have a museum day, however the children had been toast after the cruise. (I’m a little bit 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. When you have children and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely advocate it.

Is Barcelona secure?

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 elements 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 maintain your belongings near you. (I’ve been carrying 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 reasonably grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey searching for… a spot to reside. I felt like I might need readability with *one excellent 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 improbable 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 maintaining our eyes open. 🙂

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

xoxo

Gina