September is one of our favorite months to travel. High season is over and crowds finally return home. The weather is still nice but milder and every landscape seems quieter, waiting for Autumn to arrive. It’s the perfect time to enjoy a relaxed getaway. Travelling off season has only perks in our books. It’s not about the money, though it helps. It’s about the feelings and experiences: the melancholy of a lonely beach in November or the happiness of those warm first rays of sunshine in an empty little cove in April. The silence of a city like Venice in Winter or a sunset all for yourself in otherwise crowded Mykonos. The sensation of plenitude, loneliness, uniqueness. That feeling of being a traveler more than a tourist. Who doesn’t love it? We certainly do… and it’s a feeling that can be addictive. What about you? Are you off season junkies like us?
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Great idea! I travelled to Italy the first week of December last year and got the best deals! It was great not to have to fight the crowds!
Michele
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Hi Michele! One of the best getaways of my life was a fantastic long weekend in Venice… in December! It was absolutely stunning and tehre were almost no torurists.
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I love traveling off season – as you guys said it yourself you’re more alone in the place. I find it much easier to relax when there not too many other tourists around, you don’t have to worry about lines and crowds.
xx Cheyenne
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Absolutely!
You hit the nail on the head. That’s why we went to Prague in March and we would love to see Paris in the winter.
Paris in Winter is fantastic! We’ve never been to Prague, though.
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