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 an incredible 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 nicely up to now, too.

For right this moment’s publish, 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 just a few nights earlier than and after the Disney cruise and fell in love with Barcelona. In fact 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 just a few 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 lots of recent components and produce, it’s seasoned nicely, parts are good (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 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 just a few various things: rooster skewers, Greek salad, sardines, and tortilla. P additionally acquired a burger and it was perfection.

Gluten free meals tour

I’ve a whole publish 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 among the finest locations to journey and stay 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 recent components. I might eat right here weekly if we lived in Barcelona. They’ve a few places 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 most effective 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 buddy 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 season Form Up! She’s completely superb — one of the vital optimistic individuals 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 an incredible vegan sushi, gluten-free choices, ramen, pad thai, and so on. The meals was glorious and the corporate was the most effective half 🙂

In the event you stay 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 inns 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 price mentioning right here that I nearly at all times e-book our inns without cost utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for all the things, and it offers us so many perks, like lounge entry, procuring credit, factors again for on a regular basis purchases, credit for his or her Tremendous Lodges assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. In the event you’re inquisitive about getting one, my referral hyperlink is right here and I’m comfortable to assist with any questions! Extra about how we use factors for journey on this publish. 

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There are lots 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 liked to have a museum day, however the youngsters had been toast after the cruise. (I’m a bit of 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 have youngsters and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely suggest it.

Is Barcelona secure?

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 had been there. I felt a lot safer than I do in lots of elements of the US 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 helpful 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 youngsters, seeing new locations, and taking a while to completely recharge after a fairly grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey on the lookout for… a spot to stay. 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 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 protecting our eyes open. 🙂

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

xoxo

Gina