Sharing a few of our favourite Barcelona adventures.
Hello mates! 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 proper mixture of actions and chill time. I hope that your summer season goes effectively up to now, too.
For right now’s publish, I needed to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed should 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 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 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 lots of the eating places we tried. They use a variety of recent substances and produce, it’s seasoned effectively, 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 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 ladies and I shared fairly a number of various things: rooster skewers, Greek salad, sardines, and tortilla. P additionally acquired a burger and it was perfection.
Gluten free meals tour
I’ve a whole publish about this expertise, however we had the chance to check out six totally 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 record 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 best locations to journey and reside when 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 recent substances. I might eat right here weekly if we lived in Barcelona. They’ve a few areas so should you’re planning a go to, I positively suggest checking it out.
Lokal Bar
This was near our lodge, and had nice evaluations and Spanish tortilla on the menu – I used to be on a mission to search 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 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 mates would acknowledge her from our Soli Beat video, weblog exercise movies and Summer season Form Up! She’s completely superb — one of the vital constructive individuals I do know and I really like any likelihood we’ve to catch up.
We met up along with her and her husband for an incredible vegan sushi, gluten-free choices, ramen, pad thai, and so on. The meals was wonderful and the corporate was the very best half 
If you happen to reside in Barcelona or go to, she owns the primary assisted stretching studio in Spain: Stretch Eden.
Barcelona lodge suggestions
We stayed at two totally 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 value 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 every little 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 Inns assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. If you happen to’re considering 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 publish.
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There are a variety of totally 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 beloved to have a museum day, however the youngsters had 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 totally 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. In case you have youngsters and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely suggest it.
Is Barcelona protected?
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 the US 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 hold your belongings near you. (I’ve been carrying 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 completely recharge after a reasonably grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey in search of… a spot to reside. I felt like I might need readability with *one excellent 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 really ever extra from Tucson, however we’ve been contemplating totally 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