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, 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 effectively thus far, too.

For at this time’s submit, I needed 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 number of nights earlier than and after the Disney cruise and fell in love with Barcelona. In fact it has the beautiful mixture of structure, from Gaudi’s iconic designs to extra fashionable 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 number 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 most of the eating places we tried. They use loads of recent substances and produce, it’s seasoned effectively, 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 correct 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 number of various things: hen skewers, Greek salad, sardines, and tortilla. P additionally acquired 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 in all probability in checklist 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 among the best locations to journey and dwell if in case you have 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 substances. 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 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 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 all around 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 optimistic individuals I do know and I really like any probability now we have 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 forth. The meals was glorious and the corporate was one of the best 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 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 price mentioning right here that I nearly all the time ebook our lodges totally free 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 High-quality Lodges assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. In case you’re taken with 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 loads 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 might have liked 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 positively be again!) We shopped, visited a number 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 advocate it.

Is Barcelona secure?

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 had been there. I felt a lot safer than I do in lots of elements of the US and I feel 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 preserve your belongings near you. (I’ve been carrying 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 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 implausible eating), however with smaller charming neighborhood pockets. We had 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