A place to begin
Find your next destination.
Spencer Davis
Paris
Give the Louvre its own morning and leave the rest of that day for the streets around it. Add a day if Versailles matters more than another Paris neighborhood.
Explore Paris
With Paul
Italy
Pick two or three bases. Rome and Florence make a first route. Choose Bologna if food is the point; choose Venice if you cannot imagine leaving it out. A week is too short for the whole country.
Explore Italy
Aleks Habarovs
Japan
Start with Tokyo and Kyoto and make one hotel move. Add Osaka as a separate base only if its evenings and food are a reason for the trip.
Explore Japan
Alex Azabache
Madrid
Give the Prado a morning, then walk Retiro and Barrio de las Letras. Save the Royal Palace for another day instead of stacking two major interiors.
Explore Madrid
Oleg Brovchenko
Barcelona
Put Sagrada Família and Park Güell on the calendar first. Keep the Gothic Quarter and El Born together on another day instead of crossing town between bookings.
Explore Barcelona
Alano Oliveira
Lisbon
Use separate days for Alfama, Belém and the neighborhoods uphill from Chiado. Sintra takes one of those days unless you stay longer.
Explore Lisbon
Ian Mackey
Amsterdam
Book Anne Frank House first if it matters to you. Then choose one major art museum and leave a full stretch for canals and neighborhood wandering.
Explore Amsterdam
First visit
A route for the time you have
Three full days in Paris: the Louvre, the Marais and the Left Bank, arriving the night before.
Ten days in Japan: five nights in Tokyo, four in Kyoto and one hotel change, flying home from Kansai.
Three days in Rome: an arrival afternoon and two full days, with departure the following morning.
Start with a planning decision
Useful answers before you book
Choose a route, museum, day trip or base before adding reservations. These guides solve the decisions that change the rest of the itinerary.
Copenhagen: choose your accommodation · London: stay with teenagers · French Riviera: choose your base · Mallorca: city or seaside? · Greece: choose your island
SiefkinDR
Paris day trip
Fontainebleau from Paris
The exact train and bus route, château timing, lunch and gardens.
Cosmin Serban
Tokyo decision
teamLab Borderless or Planets?
Choose by experience, location, clothing, children and accessibility before buying.
john Applese
Tokyo museums
Which Tokyo museum should you choose?
Compare Japanese art, contemporary art, architecture and Ghibli before booking.
tommao wang
Tokyo food
Two food days in Tokyo
Markets, tempura, soba and coffee, organized into routes that make sense.
Andrew Leu
Kansai planning
Kyoto or Osaka as your base?
Choose around temple mornings, food nights, day trips and hotel changes.
Jimmy Hu
Italy route
Ten days in Italy
Rome, Florence and Bologna, plus Venice and slower two-city alternatives.
Raymond Octavian
Rome first visit
Three days in Rome
Separate the Colosseum and Vatican, then give the historic center its own day.