Holidays at home, are they holidays? Yes, if you use some little tricks to feel good and not miss the holidays that this year, you want the crisis, you want the taxes, probably there won't be. Here are 10 tips for you.
Is the crisis blocking your holidays this year? Have you been thinking about going away for some time but the boss does not give you the week of vacation that I had marked, and so much dreamed about due to work and crisis? Or after paying the taxes you don't have a euro left to spend on travel and you want to try to save at least in September? I suggest you then 10 different ways to feel like a tourist even in your city. 
1. Try a new restaurant (possibly low cost)
I know this shouldn't be the first tip. Those who do not have a euro to go on vacation will hardly go out for dinner. But I'm not talking about the usual pizza or carbonara, I'm talking about trying a place that has been teasing you for a long time, I'm talking about finally giving yourself that pleasure you've been dreaming of for a while. Not on vacation, okay, but at least a little satisfaction must be taken off. And if you dreamed of going to a place with a particular cuisine, you can always look for a Mexican, Indian, or Japanese restaurant :) 
2. Take an organized tour
If you don't have the money to take a vacation, try to make a small investment: take an organized tour in your city. Choose well how and with whom to do it, if paid or free, if with some organization or with private agencies. Be careful where you invest your money, after all you wouldn't still be here if you didn't have a few, but do it. You will need it to feel a little more out of your reality.
3. Subscribe to the Municipality newsletter
Do you think there is nothing to do in your city? But did you know that on Tuesday evenings there are markets, that there are free yoga activities by the sea and organized photo tours to discover the gems of your locality? Sign up for the Municipality newsletter and wait for the email! 
4. Take a trip close to home
You can't leave for a week, or even for a weekend. But during the day you can also reach 50km away from your home. Have you ever thought about how many things there are to do in the surroundings? It is not important to go to London or Morocco, the important thing is to discover a new place, even if it is behind the house. They will be the best discoveries, I assure you! 
5. Make friends with some tourists
Go to the tourist bars. Pretend to be a tourist and talk to them. Make friends, meet the English guys or the Russian ones. If you can't go to them and you can't delve into other cultures, don't let this week be unnecessarily lost. Amaze yourself. 
6. Waking up at dawn
Change your routine. Set the alarm for 5 in the morning and go see the sunrise. Study the schedules, get ready. Bring your sweatshirt and maybe a thermos full of coffee. Share your experience with the people you care about and invite them, with a written note, to this sunrise date.
7. Turn the map
Be a tourist, but be a tourist all the way! Go to the tourism office of your city and find out about city initiatives. Request a map of your location and explore and visit the suggested areas. I bet there are so many things you've always wanted to do but never found the time for. Now you can do it. 
8. Wasting and taking time
You waste time. After all, what do you do on vacation? You explore, know and understand a new reality, even wasting time. Take your time and waste it as you see fit. Go for a walk on the beach, go for a bike ride in the hills, bring your sandwich and a full water bottle for a picnic with a view. Feel free to waste time as you see fit, after all you are on your vacation. 
9. Leave the car at home
The best way to explore your city is on foot, leaving your car at home. Not only to save money, but also to discover the journey from home to work that is usually done in a different way. Remember that shop you see every morning when you drive to work? Here, now you can stop and observe it. And that girl who eats breakfast at the usual bar every day? Go have breakfast with her. Leave home on foot and explore your city.
10. Invite friends
Can't you go on vacation and maybe visit your friends? Can't you reach them in Puglia, Calabria or Sardinia? Then invite them to you :) They will be happy to come and visit you, to spend some time together, even if only for a weekend even if in the city. The important thing is to be together, right? 
Do you have any other tips? Won't you go on vacation this year and have you figured out a way to feel like you're on vacation in your city too? Let us participate in your projects and help us and make the holiday at no cost.
