Barcelona Gyms

October 6, 2009 10:33 AM

Where can I work out during a week in Barcelona?

I'll be in Barcelona for a week and need to find a decent gym where I can get in a few workouts to counteract the debauchery. What I'm looking for in particular is simple: a clean facility with good elliptical machines and decent isolated exercise machines.

I want to hear from people with first-hand experience only, please.

posted by yellowcandy to travel & transportation (3 comments total)

Hmm...you can try searching google earth or google maps for area businesses.

What is Spanish for Gym?
posted by Aegean at 12:41 PM on October 6

Gym in Spanish is "gimnasio." At the risk of being pedantic, Spanish is widely understood in Barcelona, but the local language is actually Catalan.

I've been to Barcelona, but my only workout consisted of a lot of walking. So while I don't have any first-hand experience, I will offer that DiR Gracia has mostly positive reviews.
posted by tomwheeler at 5:22 PM on October 6

Update: I wound up going to DiR and criminally overpaid for a day pass (18 euros). It turns out there is a much nicer, much cheaper municipal fitness center right off of La Rambla: Fronto Colom.
posted by yellowcandy at 1:19 AM on October 20