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 beautiful sights, procuring, 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 effectively to date, too.

For at present’s publish, 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 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 types, 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 couple 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 have been blown away by so lots of the eating places we tried. They use quite a lot of recent substances and produce, it’s seasoned effectively, 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 appropriate foot. I used to be craving a Tinto de Verano (crimson 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: hen skewers, Greek salad, sardines, and tortilla. P additionally received 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 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 high 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 top-of-the-line locations to journey and stay 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 recent substances. I’d eat right here weekly if we lived in Barcelona. They’ve a few areas so if you happen to’re planning a go to, I undoubtedly suggest checking it out.

Lokal Bar

This was near our resort, and had nice opinions 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 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 buddy Sara! We used to show collectively at Canyon Ranch and have stayed in contact regardless of strikes everywhere in 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 constructive folks 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 wonderful and the corporate was one of the best half 🙂

For those who stay 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 resorts in Barcelona: Royal Ramblas earlier than the cruise, and Room Mate Carla after the cruise.

(had the resort gymnasium 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 at all times e book our resorts without cost utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for the whole lot, 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 Fantastic Accommodations assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. For those who’re desirous about getting one, my referral link is here and I’m pleased to assist with any questions! More about how we use points for travel in this post. 

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There are quite a 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 lovely seashores. I’d have liked to have a museum day, however the youngsters have 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 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. In case you have youngsters and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely suggest it.

Is Barcelona protected?

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 have been there. I felt a lot safer than I do in lots of components 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 aim 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 totally recharge after a fairly grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey in search of… a spot to stay. I felt like I might need readability with *one excellent 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 implausible 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 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