Sharing a few of our favourite Barcelona adventures.
Hello pals! 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, buying, scrumptious meals, and some tourist-y issues. It’s been the right mixture of actions and chill time. I hope that your summer time goes properly to date, too.
For right now’s submit, I needed to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed for those who’re planning on reserving a visit. We have been capable of spend a couple 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 trendy 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 couple of weeks there, and listed here 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 have been blown away by so most of the eating places we tried. They use a whole lot of recent components and produce, it’s seasoned properly, parts are excellent (particularly for those who 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 (pink wine with citrus spritzer, like a sangria however much less candy) and Spanish tortilla. The women and I shared fairly a couple 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 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 checklist of high 10 greatest 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 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 for those who’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 search 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 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 superb — one of the crucial optimistic folks I do know and I really like any probability we now 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 on. The meals was glorious and the corporate was the perfect half 🙂
In case 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 motels 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 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 motels free of charge utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for every little 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 Nice Resorts assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. In case you’re fascinated with 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 submit.
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There are a whole 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 lovely seashores. I might have beloved to have a museum day, however the children have 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 couple 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 children and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely advocate it.
Is Barcelona protected?
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 have been there. I felt a lot safer than I do in lots of components of the US 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 preserve your belongings near you. (I’ve been sporting this helpful 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 completely 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 might need readability with *one excellent spot* and Barcelona has been the closest. It has the massive metropolis really feel we love (tons of buying, handy, so many gluten free choices and unbelievable eating), however with smaller charming neighborhood pockets. We have 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
