Posted on June 26, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

 

Hot on the heels of Microsoft’s Bing.com, this week Google made its own foray into the world of travel guides, with the launch of Google City Tours, a new trip-planning tool that endeavours to make “holiday planning as easy as searching the Web.”
The site suggests itineraries for thousands of destinations all over the world, allowing users to customise their trips, depending on how many days you are visiting and what you want to see. 

The best bit about City Tours is the way it uses Google Maps to figure out which locations are closest to each other.  Instead of just listing places that you might be interested in seeing, Google Maps orders places logically, based on where they’re located, minimizing the travel time between each.

If anything it’s one to add to the list of essential iPhone travel applications- handy if you’re bored in Berlin or fed up in Florence!

Written by Fiona Hilliard

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About the Author:  Fiona likes to travel – especially to cities. Her favourites include: New York, London, Copenhagen, Madrid and Lisbon. Just don't mention budget airlines, baggage restrictions, airport security queues…

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