Plan the Route
Itineraries
Pick an itinerary by length
Start from the days you can take off: model itineraries with budget and transport already worked out — the order of stops and the reasoning included, ready to use.
Weekend – 3 days
One city, in depth — compressed routes that fit a Friday-night departure.
4–7 days
One country done properly, or two neighbors on one route.
8+ days & grand tours
Multi-country grand tours, where route planning pays off most.
Articles on this theme
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Morocco: 9 Top Attractions — Out and Back from Marrakesh
Jemaa el-Fnaa transformed at dusk, haggling in the souks and a riad behind one door, the Tizi n’Tichka pass into a three-day Sahara run, and the blue boats of Essaouira. Three in the city, four in the desert, two on the coast, with prices and going rates.
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Italy: 10 Top Attractions — Rome and Venice in One Route
The Sistine Chapel on an early slot, a €18 ticket that is really a day pass for ancient Rome, gold mosaics in St Mark’s, and the choice between a €90 gondola and a €2 traghetto. Five in Rome and five in Venice, with release dates, prices and the access fee.
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Netherlands: 7 Top Attractions — Amsterdam and Its Day Trips
The largest Van Gogh collection in the world and The Night Watch on one square, a water village with no roads where you steer your own boat, windmills 17 minutes away by train, and the double-decker canals of Utrecht. Three in the city and four day trips, with prices and timings.
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Greece: 11 Top Attractions — Mykonos and Santorini in One Route
Blue domes and an empty Oia before 8 am, a Bronze Age city under a roof at Akrotiri, the Kato Mili windmills and a meltemi that explains them, and Delos, an island that is all ruins. Six on Santorini and five on Mykonos, with prices, timings and the order to take them in.
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Belgium: 10 Top Attractions — One Night in Bruges, End to End
A 366-step belfry above a sea of orange rooftops, 30 minutes on the canals, the Begijnhof and the Lake of Love, and waffles, chocolate, mussels and beer inside a ten-minute walk. Seven to see and three to eat, with prices, timings and the walking order.
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Germany: 12 Top Attractions Along the Rhine — Cologne to Frankfurt
Cologne Cathedral and its 533-step south tower, castles and the Loreley on a boat downstream, a chairlift over the great bend, and apple wine in Sachsenhausen. Three in Cologne, six in the valley, three in Frankfurt, with prices, timings and how the route joins up.
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Vietnam: 9 Top Attractions — a Four-Day Route from Ho Chi Minh City
Five colonial-era sights inside a 700 m radius of District 1, a river cruise and the water puppet theatre after dark, and two day trips in opposite directions: the Mekong sampans and the 250 km Cu Chi tunnel network. With prices, timings and how the route joins up.
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Netherlands to Germany Itinerary — Amsterdam to the Rhine by Rail
One ICE train links Amsterdam’s canals to Cologne’s cathedral and the castled Rhine Gorge — how to plan the two-country rail trip in 6-7 days, night by night.
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Slow Travel Destinations — Places Where Doing Nothing Is the Point
Where to go when the goal is to slow down: villages you can walk around end to end, boats slower than walking, and cultures where standing still is respectable.
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Belgium and Netherlands Itinerary — Bruges to Amsterdam by Rail
Bruges and Amsterdam are three hours apart by rail. How to build a 4-5 day Belgium-Netherlands trip: open-jaw flights, timed tickets and where to add nights.
