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, procuring, 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 this point, too.
For right now’s put up, I wished to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed when 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. After all it has the attractive 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 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 a variety of recent components and produce, it’s seasoned effectively, parts are good (particularly when 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 ladies and I shared fairly a number of various things: hen skewers, Greek salad, sardines, and tortilla. P additionally obtained 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 most likely in checklist of prime 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 finest 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 components. I might eat right here weekly if we lived in Barcelona. They’ve a few places so when you’re planning a go to, I positively suggest checking it out.
Lokal Bar
This was near our lodge, and had nice opinions and Spanish tortilla on the menu – I used to be on a mission to search out the perfect 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 everywhere in 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 constructive folks I do know and I really like any probability we’ve got 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 wonderful and the corporate was the perfect 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 accommodations 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 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 guide our accommodations without cost utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for every thing, and it provides us so many perks, like lounge entry, procuring credit, factors again for on a regular basis purchases, credit for his or her Nice Accommodations assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. If you happen to’re involved in 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 a variety 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 just a little 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. If in case you have youngsters and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely suggest 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 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 hold your belongings near you. (I’ve been carrying this helpful 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 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 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 holding our eyes open. 🙂
Have you ever been to Barcelona? What’s your #1 favourite place to journey in the summertime?
xoxo
Gina
