Barcelona adventures – The Fitnessista

Sharing a few of our favourite Barcelona adventures.

Hello mates! How are you? I hope that your week is off to a tremendous 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 properly thus far, too.

For right this moment’s publish, I needed to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed for those who’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 attractive mixture of structure, from Gaudi’s iconic designs to extra fashionable 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 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 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 properly, parts are good (particularly for those who 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 precise foot. I used to be craving a Tinto de Verano (pink wine with citrus spritzer, like a sangria however much less candy) and Spanish tortilla. The ladies and I shared fairly a couple of 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 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 in all probability 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 advised us that it’s among the best locations to journey and dwell you probably 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’d eat right here weekly if we lived in Barcelona. They’ve a few areas so for those who’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 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 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 mates would acknowledge her from our Soli Beat video, weblog exercise movies and Summer time Form Up! She’s completely wonderful — one of the constructive folks I do know and I like any likelihood we now have 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 the perfect half 🙂

When 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 lodges 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 value mentioning right here that I virtually all the time e book our lodges without cost utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for all the pieces, and it provides us so many perks, like lounge entry, procuring credit, factors again for on a regular basis purchases, credit for his or her Positive Resorts assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. When you’re desirous 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’d have beloved to have a museum day, however the youngsters had been toast after the cruise. (I’m a 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. If 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 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 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 carrying this handy Amazon bag this complete 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 youngsters, seeing new locations, and taking a while to completely recharge after a reasonably grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey on the lookout for… a spot to dwell. 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 unbelievable 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 holding our eyes open. 🙂

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

xoxo

Gina