Barcelona adventures

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 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 nicely up to now, too.

For immediately’s put up, I needed to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed if you happen to’re planning on reserving a visit. We had been capable of spend a number 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 fashionable kinds, 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 below are a number of the highlights from our journey.

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 loads of recent substances and produce, it’s seasoned nicely, parts are good (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 positively set us off on the suitable 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 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 put up 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 in all probability 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 best 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 positively advocate 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 the very 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 good friend Sara! We used to show collectively at Canyon Ranch and have stayed in contact regardless of strikes everywhere in 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 now we 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 so forth. The meals was wonderful and the corporate was the very best half 🙂

If you happen to 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 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 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 guide our resorts 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 Wonderful Accommodations assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. If you happen to’re curious about getting one, my referral hyperlink is right here and I’m pleased to assist with any questions! Extra about how we use factors for journey on this put up.

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There are loads 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 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 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 had been there. I felt a lot safer than I do in lots of components of the US and I believe 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 helpful 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 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 improbable 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 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