Sharing a few of our favourite Barcelona adventures.
Hello buddies! 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, purchasing, 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 at this time’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 a number 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 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 may have spent a number of weeks there, and listed below 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 contemporary elements and produce, it’s seasoned nicely, parts are excellent (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 correct 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 ladies and I shared fairly a number of various things: rooster skewers, Greek salad, sardines, and tortilla. P additionally bought a burger and it was perfection.
Gluten free meals tour
I’ve a whole 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 in all probability in listing of prime 10 finest issues I’ve ever eaten. Barcelona has SO MANY gluten-free choices and devoted gluten-free kitchens. Our information informed us that it’s among the best locations to journey and stay 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 contemporary elements. I might eat right here weekly if we lived in Barcelona. They’ve a few places so should 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 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 everywhere in the nation. OG weblog reader buddies would acknowledge her from our Soli Beat video, weblog exercise movies and Summer season Form Up! She’s completely wonderful — one of the crucial constructive individuals I do know and I really like any probability we have now 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 one of the best half 🙂
Should you 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 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 nearly all the time guide our lodges at no cost utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for every thing, and it provides us so many perks, like lounge entry, purchasing credit, factors again for on a regular basis purchases, credit for his or her Superb Accommodations assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. Should you’re excited about getting one, my referral hyperlink is right here and I’m comfortable to assist with any questions! Extra about how we use factors for journey on this submit.
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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 might 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 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 youngsters and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely advocate it.
Is Barcelona secure?
Our cab driver warned us about pickpockets and informed 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 believe 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 hold your belongings near you. (I’ve been sporting this useful Amazon bag this complete 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 youngsters, seeing new locations, and taking a while to totally recharge after a fairly grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey on the lookout for… a spot to stay. I felt like I may need readability with *one excellent spot* and Barcelona has been the closest. It has the massive metropolis really feel we love (tons of purchasing, handy, so many gluten free choices and incredible 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 retaining our eyes open. 🙂
Have you ever been to Barcelona? What’s your #1 favourite place to journey in the summertime?
xoxo
Gina