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, purchasing, 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 at the moment’s publish, I wished to share some out Barcelona adventures + the place we stayed in case you’re planning on reserving a visit. We had been capable of spend a number of 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 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 number 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 had been blown away by so most of the eating places we tried. They use plenty of recent substances and produce, it’s seasoned effectively, parts are excellent (particularly in case 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 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 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 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 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 instructed us that it’s top-of-the-line locations to journey and reside 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 substances. I’d eat right here weekly if we lived in Barcelona. They’ve a few areas so in case you’re planning a go to, I positively 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 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 pal 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 vital optimistic individuals I do know and I like any probability now we have 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 on. The meals was glorious and the corporate was one of the best half 🙂
Should you 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 lodges 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 women 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 guide our lodges without spending a dime utilizing bank card factors. We use our Amex Platinum for all the pieces, and it offers us so many perks, like lounge entry, purchasing credit, factors again for on a regular basis purchases, credit for his or her Wonderful Inns assortment, Uber credit — I LOOOOVE this factor. Should you’re interested by getting one, my referral hyperlink is right here and I’m joyful to assist with any questions! Extra about how we use factors for journey on this publish.
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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 lovely seashores. I’d have cherished to have a museum day, however the children had been toast after the cruise. (I’m a little bit 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. When you have children and are touring to Barcelona, I extremely advocate 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 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 maintain 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 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 reside. 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 purchasing, handy, so many gluten free choices and implausible 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 retaining our eyes open. 🙂
Have you ever been to Barcelona? What’s your #1 favourite place to journey in the summertime?
xoxo
Gina
