5 Ways to Travel When You Have No Enough Time
“Work fills your pockets, but adventures fill your soul,” has been told American actress Jamie Lynn and she’s definitely right. Therefore in recent years traveling near and far has become a mania for many people. Once you have discovered this magic, you do not want to stop and continue to search for new and unknown places.
However, what to do if your work defines your daily life and you don’t have enough free time for adventures?! Well, there are different options. Here you are some useful tips.
Weekend Escape
These are two whole days and you can have unforgettable memories with your loved ones. It’s not enough time to go to the other end of the world, but you can start with a closer destination. If you focus on the native beauties, you can fly from one end of Bulgaria to the other in no time.
Go somewhere close
According to some theories, our civilization has started here (from Bulgaria). Even if this is not right (we don’t know), it is a fact that interesting people lived on our lands, who left us a rich heritage. So it is enough to search for curious entertainments around the place where we lives, and we will certainly be able to make an interesting list of activities a step away from us.
Become a local tourist
Do you know enough for the city where you live?! Take advantage of some free time and rediscover the beauty around.
Optimize your time
Don’t try to see everything – it’s impossible. You can go to the same destination second time, right?! You will be surprised how rested you will be if you choose one or two places to visit on your trip. This is one of the traveling purpose, isn’t it?! To take a break from the daily rhythm, to discover new beauties, to learn new curious things and to accumulate interesting memories?! In this regard, you shouldn’t forget that the great things are difficult for planning.
The Rhodope narrow-gauge in the top 10 of the best train journey
Here you are one good reason for national pride for all bulgarians. The Rhodope narrow-gauge is included in the Top 10 best train travel in Europe of the prestigious British newspaper The Guardian. It is also getting one more recognition – the most scenic train journey on the Old Continent according to the readers.
If you have not yet travelled on the this line – Septemvri-Dobrinishte, Bulgaria, which is the only working narrow-gauge line in Bulgaria, you have to do it. The distance between the stations is 125 km and it takes about 5 hours at an average speed of 25 km/h. The slow travelling gives you the way to enjoy the magical nature. The railway pass through 3 mountains, 2 valleys and 6 rivers.
Narrow gauge in Bulgaria
“Time moves slow on the Septemvri-Dobrinishte railway in south-west Bulgaria (150km south of Sofia). Two weeks into a fairly austere trip in the Balkans, we found ourselves whisked away by the slow, narrow-gauge train that connects the Upper Thracian Plain with the Rhodopes, Rila and Pirin mountains, winding its way through narrow gorges and idyllic river valleys for five hours. The line features suited station-masters ushering families into the spartan carriage: it was a rare treat to stand in the open-air passages between them. We stopped for the night in the spas of Velingrad (2½ hours from Septemvri), imagining ourselves as extras in a Wes Anderson rip-off, before continuing on to Razlog”, The Guardian.
- Tickets (€9) bought at stations, not available online, bdz.bg
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