Sharing a few of our favourite Barcelona adventures.
Hello pals! 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, buying, 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 effectively to date, too.
For in the present day’s put up, I wished 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 fashionable 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 most of the eating places we tried. They use numerous recent elements and produce, it’s seasoned effectively, 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: rooster skewers, Greek salad, sardines, and tortilla. P additionally received a burger and it was perfection.
Gluten free meals tour
I’ve a complete 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 checklist of high 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 probably the greatest locations to journey and dwell 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 elements. I might 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 suggest checking it out.
Lokal Bar
This was near our lodge, and had nice critiques and Spanish tortilla on the menu – I used to be on a mission to seek out the most effective 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 all around the nation. OG weblog reader pals would acknowledge her from our Soli Beat video, weblog exercise movies and Summer time Form Up! She’s completely wonderful — one of the vital optimistic folks I do know and I really like any likelihood we’ve to catch up.
We met up along with her and her husband for a tremendous vegan sushi, gluten-free choices, ramen, pad thai, and so forth. The meals was glorious and the corporate was the most effective half 🙂
If you happen to dwell in Barcelona or go to, she owns the primary assisted stretching studio in Spain: Stretch Eden.
Barcelona lodge suggestions
We stayed at two completely different inns in Barcelona: Royal Ramblas earlier than the cruise, and Room Mate Carla after the cruise.
(had the lodge fitness center 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 guide our inns totally free utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for every thing, and it offers us so many perks, like lounge entry, buying credit, factors again for on a regular basis purchases, credit for his or her Advantageous Resorts assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. If you happen to’re thinking about getting one, my referral hyperlink is right here and I’m completely happy to assist with any questions! Extra about how we use factors for journey on this put up.
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There are numerous 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 beautiful seashores. I might have cherished to have a museum day, however the children have been toast after the cruise. (I’m slightly 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’ve got children and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely suggest 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 components of america 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 maintain your belongings near you. (I’ve been sporting this useful Amazon bag this whole journey.)
The objective of this exploration journey we’ve been on
I went into this journey with the intention of spending high quality time with children, 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 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 buying, 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 really ever extra from Tucson, however we’ve been contemplating completely different choices and retaining our eyes open. 🙂
Have you ever been to Barcelona? What’s your #1 favourite place to journey in the summertime?
xoxo
Gina
