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, 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 thus far, too.

For right now’s submit, I wished to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed in case you’re planning on reserving a visit. We had been in a position to spend a couple 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 trendy kinds, 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 couple of weeks there, and listed below 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 whole lot of contemporary elements and produce, it’s seasoned nicely, parts are excellent (particularly in case 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 proper 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 couple 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 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 record of prime 10 finest issues I’ve ever eaten. Barcelona has SO MANY gluten-free choices and devoted gluten-free kitchens. Our information informed us that it’s probably the greatest locations to journey and dwell when 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 elements. I might eat right here weekly if we lived in Barcelona. They’ve a few areas so in case you’re planning a go to, I positively suggest checking it out.

Lokal Bar

This was near our resort, and had nice evaluations and Spanish tortilla on the menu – I used to be on a mission to search out the perfect 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 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 time Form Up! She’s completely wonderful — one of the crucial constructive individuals I do know and I really like any likelihood we’ve got to catch up.

We met up together with her and her husband for an incredible vegan sushi, gluten-free choices, ramen, pad thai, and so on. The meals was glorious and the corporate was the perfect half 🙂

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

Barcelona resort 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 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 value mentioning right here that I virtually all the time ebook our motels free of charge utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for the whole lot, 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 Effective Accommodations assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. In case you’re thinking about getting one, my referral link is here and I’m joyful 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 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 might have liked 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 positively be again!) We shopped, visited a couple 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. When 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 america 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 maintain 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 reasonably grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey searching for… a spot to dwell. 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 buying, 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 totally different choices and protecting our eyes open. 🙂

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

xoxo

Gina