Barcelona adventures – The Fitnessista

Sharing a few of our favourite Barcelona adventures.

Hello pals! 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 proper mixture of actions and chill time. I hope that your summer season goes properly up to now, too.

For as we speak’s publish, I needed to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed in the event you’re planning on reserving a visit. We have 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 attractive mixture of structure, from Gaudi’s iconic designs to extra trendy 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 a number of weeks there, and listed below are among 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 contemporary substances and produce, it’s seasoned properly, parts are good (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 positively set us off on the best 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 number 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 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 high 10 finest 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 dwell when you’ve got 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 substances. I’d 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 positively advocate 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 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 pals would acknowledge her from our Soli Beat video, weblog exercise movies and Summer season Form Up! She’s completely wonderful — one of the vital optimistic folks I do know and I like any likelihood we have now to catch up.

We met up along 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 🙂

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

(had the resort fitness center 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 price mentioning right here that I virtually at all times e book our motels without spending a dime utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for every little thing, 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 Superb Lodges assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. For those who’re fascinated 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 quite a 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 lovely seashores. I’d have beloved to have a museum day, however the youngsters have 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 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 youngsters and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely advocate 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 have 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 preserve your belongings near you. (I’ve been carrying this handy Amazon bag this complete 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 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 good spot* and Barcelona has been the closest. It has the large metropolis really feel we love (tons of procuring, handy, so many gluten free choices and unbelievable 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 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