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 season goes properly up to now, too.
For at present’s submit, I wished to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed should you’re planning on reserving a visit. We had been capable of spend just a few 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 just a few weeks there, and listed here 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 had 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 should 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 (pink wine with citrus spritzer, like a sangria however much less candy) and Spanish tortilla. The women and I shared fairly just a few various things: hen skewers, Greek salad, sardines, and tortilla. P additionally bought 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 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 checklist of prime 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 the most effective locations to journey and dwell in case 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 contemporary substances. I’d eat right here weekly if we lived in Barcelona. They’ve a few areas so should you’re planning a go to, I positively advocate checking it out.
Lokal Bar
This was near our resort, and had nice critiques and Spanish tortilla on the menu – I used to be on a mission to seek 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 associates would acknowledge her from our Soli Beat video, weblog exercise movies and Summer time Form Up! She’s completely superb — probably the most constructive individuals I do know and I like any probability now we have to catch up.
We met up together 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 the perfect half 🙂
Should 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 completely different accommodations 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 nearly all the time e book our accommodations without cost utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for all the pieces, 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 Motels assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. Should you’re interested by getting one, my referral hyperlink is right here and I’m joyful to assist with any questions! Extra about how we use factors for journey on this submit.Â
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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 beautiful seashores. I’d have beloved to have a museum day, however the youngsters had 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 just a few 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. You probably have youngsters and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely advocate 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 elements of the USA 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 maintain your belongings near you. (I’ve been carrying this useful Amazon bag this whole 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 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 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 truly ever extra from Tucson, however we’ve been contemplating completely different choices and preserving our eyes open. 🙂
Have you ever been to Barcelona? What’s your #1 favourite place to journey in the summertime?
xoxo
Gina