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 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 time goes effectively to this point, 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 have been in a position to spend just a few nights earlier than and after the Disney cruise and fell in love with Barcelona. In fact 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 might have spent just a few 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 lots of the eating places we tried. They use a whole lot of contemporary substances and produce, it’s seasoned effectively, parts are good (particularly should you like sharing), and allergens are sometimes clearly marked.
Flower meadow
This was our first meal in Barcelona and it undoubtedly set us off on the correct foot. I used to be craving a Tinto de Verano (crimson 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: 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 record 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 top-of-the-line locations to journey and reside you probably 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 undoubtedly advocate checking it out.
Bart Bars
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 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 pal 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 wonderful — some of the constructive folks I do know and I like any likelihood 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 on. The meals was glorious and the corporate was the very best half 🙂
When you reside 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 resorts 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 resorts without cost utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for all the pieces, 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 Tremendous Accommodations assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. When you’re all for getting one, my referral hyperlink is right here and I’m glad 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 beautiful seashores. I’d have cherished to have a museum day, however the children have been toast after the cruise. (I’m a little bit bummed that we missed our Sagrada Familia tour, however we’ll undoubtedly 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. 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 elements of the USA and I feel 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 sporting this helpful Amazon bag this complete 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 children, seeing new locations, and taking a while to completely recharge after a fairly grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey in search of… a spot to reside. 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 implausible eating), however with smaller charming neighborhood pockets. We have been particularly keen on the Grácia neighborhood. I don’t know if we’ll really ever extra from Tucson, however we’ve been contemplating completely different choices and conserving our eyes open. 🙂
Have you ever been to Barcelona? What’s your #1 favourite place to journey in the summertime?
xoxo
Gina
