{"id":43863,"date":"2015-04-03T00:20:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T22:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=43863"},"modified":"2020-09-10T13:55:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T11:55:13","slug":"vegan-sitges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/vegan-sitges\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Sitges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"A day trip to Sitges from Barcelona\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/daytrip-sitges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sitges<\/a> is a lovely little seaside town less than an hour from Barcelona, famous for having a vibrant LGBT scene. <strong>Sitges<\/strong> is also a great day trip regardless of your sexuality, it has a beautiful long <a title=\"The best beaches in Barcelona (and around)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/best-beaches-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">beach<\/a>, terraces to die for, and a great selection\u00a0of food. However, if you\u2019re a <strong>vegan<\/strong>, it\u2019s a whole\u00a0other story, although things are definitely improving.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Ticketbar-Widget\" data-widget-guid=\"c24bb26d-142b-4d72-9bf1-82cda3f42a6f\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_83199\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/4946023433_2c1691f3bb_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frodrig via VisualHunt.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being an hour away from the big city\u00a0it\u2019s a pretty good place to hang out. It\u2019s fairly modern in attitude but has some beautiful <a title=\"Modern Architecture in Barcelona\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/modern-architecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">architecture<\/a> and the kind of twisty residential streets, that make Spain so much prettier than many other countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While it used to be solely synonymous with the LGBT\u00a0scene\u00a0(like the Brighton of Spain) it has now more of a combined gay, heterosexual, family vibe. What it doesn\u2019t share with England\u2019s Brighton, apart from the weather, is the number of <strong>vegetarian<\/strong> and <strong>vegan<\/strong> options available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are a <strong>vegan<\/strong> in <a title=\"One day trips near Barcelona: Sitges\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/one-day-trips-near-barcelona-sitges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sitges<\/a>, well, you wont to be blown away by the options available \u2013 luckily, you won\u2019t starve either. There is not much imagination applied when it comes to feeding <strong>vegans<\/strong>. I\u2019m not sure they\u2019ve even heard of it in some places, so eating out is going to be difficult for you, unless you are happy to eat patatas bravas (fried potatoes in spicy sauce or pan con tomate (white bread with garlic and tomato). You may also find gazpacho, which is a cold tomato and aubergine soup, and despite sounding pretty horrendous, is actually pretty tasty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/sitges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sitges \u2013 the perfect seaside town<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/vegan-sitges\/#Good_luck_with_that\" title=\"Good luck with that\">Good luck with that<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/vegan-sitges\/#Shopping\" title=\"Shopping\">Shopping<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/vegan-sitges\/#Drinks\" title=\"Drinks\">Drinks<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_luck_with_that\"><\/span>Good luck with that<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_82992\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82992\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-82992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/heart-1608664_1280-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-82992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can also try and get yourself a <strong>vegetarian<\/strong> paella but you will need to make sure that they understand that you don\u2019t just want a <strong>vegetable<\/strong> paella (verduras) as sometimes this also means tuna-fish or chicken \u2013 which I don\u2019t think is strictly <strong>vegan,<\/strong> or wasn\u2019t last time I looked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, some good news: there is a <strong>restaurant<\/strong> (that used to be <strong>vegetarian-friendly)<\/strong> but is now just <strong>vegetarian<\/strong> called<strong> Lady Green<\/strong> that serves <strong>bio vegetarian<\/strong> food. And they even have an option or two for <strong>vegans<\/strong> and <strong>raw vegans.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shopping\"><\/span>Shopping<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other than that, you need to get yourself to <strong>Veritas<\/strong> on passeig Villa Franca or to the market (Calle Salvador Meravent) to pick up some <strong>vegan<\/strong>\u00a0delicacies.\u00a0My favourite grocery store is on Paralles (the main shopping street of Sitges) and is called <strong>Carme Miranda<\/strong>. The fruit and vegetables there aren\u2019t the cheapest, but the quality is good and they also have prepared fruit salads, that you can take on the beach with you (as long as you don\u2019t have your dog with you).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/vegetarian-restaurant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 5 vegetarian restaurants in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Drinks\"><\/span>Drinks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For a great granizado de limon (like a snow cone but runnier) head to<strong>\u00a0Llao Llao<\/strong>\u00a0on the same street, where they serve the greatest. It\u2019s just lemon, sugar and water and so thoroughly <strong>vegan<\/strong> (unless lemons have been reclassified as sentient since I last looked).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There\u2019s a small juice bar called <strong>Disfruta!<\/strong>\u00a0which complies with\u00a0the typically erratic Spanish opening times, but does a number of fruit combos \u2013 including one with acai berries, although these smoothies are made from pulp and not from fresh fruit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Looking for a flat to rent during your stay in Barcelona?\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1484057742029000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGel0R_bR20K8VBr0GA3tO9Wl1Pgg\">ShBarcelona<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is the answer.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"43863\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate us!<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitges is a lovely little seaside town less than an hour from Barcelona, famous for having a vibrant LGBT scene. Sitges is also a great day trip regardless of your sexuality, it has a beautiful long beach, terraces to die for, and a great selection\u00a0of food. However, if you\u2019re a vegan, it\u2019s a whole\u00a0other story, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":83200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4423],"tags":[1350,2111,2208,2124,2129,2209,2210],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43863"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104320,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43863\/revisions\/104320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}