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 right mixture of actions and chill time. I hope that your summer season goes effectively up to now, too.
For at this time’s put up, I needed to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed in the event you’re planning on reserving a visit. We had 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 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 might have spent just a few weeks there, and listed below are a number 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 plenty of recent components and produce, it’s seasoned effectively, parts are excellent (particularly in the event you like sharing), and allergens are sometimes clearly marked.
Prado de Flores
This was our first meal in Barcelona and it undoubtedly set us off on the proper 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 just a few various things: rooster skewers, Greek salad, sardines, and tortilla. P additionally received a burger and it was perfection.
Gluten free meals tour
I’ve a whole put up 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 in all probability 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 advised us that it’s the most effective locations to journey and stay 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 components. I might eat right here weekly if we lived in Barcelona. They’ve a few places so in the event you’re planning a go to, I undoubtedly advocate 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 one of the 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 buddies would acknowledge her from our Soli Beat video, weblog exercise movies and Summer time Form Up! She’s completely wonderful — one of the optimistic folks I do know and I really like any likelihood 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 many others. The meals was glorious and the corporate was one of the best half 🙂
When you stay 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 gymnasium 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 at all times ebook our accommodations 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, purchasing credit, factors again for on a regular basis purchases, credit for his or her Nice Accommodations assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. When you’re excited about 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 put up.
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There are plenty 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 liked 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 undoubtedly be again!) We shopped, visited just a few 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. When you have youngsters and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely advocate it.
Is Barcelona protected?
Our cab driver warned us about pickpockets and advised 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 components of america 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 preserve your belongings near you. (I’ve been sporting this useful 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 youngsters, seeing new locations, and taking a while to completely recharge after a reasonably grueling begin to 2025. I additionally began off this journey searching 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 large 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 totally different choices and protecting our eyes open. 🙂
Have you ever been to Barcelona? What’s your #1 favourite place to journey in the summertime?
xoxo
Gina