Europe route planner
Build a multi-city trip
Add each place in travel order. Choose a trip length to balance the stays, add dates for a simple schedule and review the practical warnings before booking.
Starting with 8-day Malta route based on Malta Island coast route in 7 days. Every stop remains editable.
Order of stops
Order the stops before you book
The planner keeps the stops in the order you enter them, so build the list the way you expect to travel and check the shape of the trip before you add dates.
- Start with the place you arrive in and finish with the place you leave from. A long transfer is easier in the middle of a trip than on the first or last day.
- Keep the route moving in one direction where you can. A plan that doubles back usually loses a day to travel.
- Put the places you care about most where you have the most nights, and let smaller stops sit between them.
Nights and travel days
Match travel days to nights
A travel day is not usually a sightseeing day. Once a train, coach or ferry, plus the time at each end, takes a few hours, the arrival day is only a partial day in the destination.
- Two nights at a stop give one full day there. Three nights give two full days.
- Use a one-night stop for a deliberate break in a long transfer, not for a city you want to explore.
- Add a night wherever the plan puts two long transfers back to back.
- Check the stay-length note in the planner against your own list before you book rooms, because the note only reflects the stored planning profile.
Transport and distance
What the distance warnings can and cannot tell you
The planner measures the straight line between the coordinates stored for each place. That flags the legs where distance is likely to become a problem, but it is not a timetable and it does not price tickets.
- A rail, coach, ferry or road route can be much longer than the straight-line figure.
- Cross-border services are often slower and less frequent than domestic ones.
- Islands, mountain roads and valley stops need extra margin.
- Confirm the last connection of the day, any seat reservation, and the exact station or port before booking.
Cost coverage
How the cost estimate is built
The planner totals a daily range only for stops that have a current reviewed range. A place without one shows planning guidance in place of a number.
- The range is per person, per day, and assumes two people share a room.
- It covers accommodation, food, local transport and activities.
- It is a planning figure, not a live quote or a booked price.
- Open the destination guide for the assumptions, seasonal notes and what each range leaves out.
Dates and seasons
Check dates and seasons before you commit
The start date you enter only orders the days. The planner does not check timetables, public holidays or opening hours, so the schedule is a shape for the trip rather than a confirmed plan.
- Check the month for each country before you settle on fixed dates.
- Leave margin at the end of the trip for a delayed or missed connection.
- Confirm seasonal transport, closures and event dates before booking non-refundable rooms.
Compare months and seasons
Ways to use it
Ways to use the planner
The planner can start from a published route, a country, or an empty list, so it is useful at any stage of planning.
- Open a ready-made itinerary, then replace, remove or extend its stops.
- Add the places you have already chosen and set a trip length to see how the nights divide.
- Compare the pace options the planner returns when one version of the trip looks too rushed.
- Save the route on this device, copy the share link, or print the trip summary to keep with your booking notes.
