Travel Itinerary Generator
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The Travel Tinker Itinerary Generator
What you actually get
Here is a full three-day plan the generator produced, left as it came out. Nothing tidied up, so you can see the shape of it before you spend two minutes on the form.
Day 1: Old town, high fortress
Morning
- Train in from the airport bus or the Hauptbahnhof, drop bags, then walk down to the river. The old town is small enough that you will not need transport again all day.
- Start at Mirabell Gardens before the coaches arrive. The Pegasus fountain steps are the Sound of Music ones, if that matters to you.
Afternoon
- Cross the Makartsteg footbridge into the old town and work along Getreidegasse, looking up at the wrought-iron guild signs rather than into the shop windows.
- Ride the funicular up to Hohensalzburg Fortress. Give it a couple of hours. The ramparts view over the Salzach and out to the Untersberg is the one you came for.
Evening
- Dinner at a Gasthaus in the old town. Order the Wiener schnitzel or, if you want the properly local thing, Salzburger Nockerl for pudding. It arrives looking like three snowy mountains and is meant for sharing.
Day 2: Water, salt and a slow lunch
Morning
- Head out to Hellbrunn Palace for the trick fountains. You will get wet. That is the entire point of them, and it has been since the 1600s.
Afternoon
- Back in town, duck into St Peter's Abbey and the cemetery cut into the rock face behind it. Quietest corner in Salzburg, and free.
- Coffee and cake at Cafe Tomaselli. It is touristy and it is also genuinely good, which is an unusual combination.
Evening
- Walk up to Augustiner Brau in Muhln. You collect a stone mug, rinse it yourself, and carry your own beer. Bring cash and an appetite for the food stalls along the corridor.
Day 3: Out of town
Morning
- Take the regional train to Hallstatt or the bus to Berchtesgaden, depending on whether you want a lake or a mountain. Both are comfortable day trips. Check the return times before you set off, because the last services are earlier than you would expect.
Afternoon
- If you chose Hallstatt, the salt mine and the funicular to the skywalk are worth the climb. If Berchtesgaden, the boat across Konigssee to St Bartholomew's is the one.
Evening
- Back in Salzburg, finish at a Bosna stand near Getreidegasse. A sausage in a bun with onions and curry powder, eaten standing up. Perfect last meal.
Travel Tinker's Tips
- The Salzburg Card covers the funicular, the buses and most museums. Work out whether you will actually use enough of it before you buy.
- Almost everything closes on Sundays outside the tourist core. Plan your out-of-town day around it.
- Pack a waterproof whatever the forecast says. The city sits against the Alps and the weather changes quickly.
Good to know: Every run is different, so yours will not match this word for word. That is the point. The generator writes around your answers rather than pulling a saved plan off a shelf, and you can rework any single day with the tweak button without regenerating the whole thing. Always double check opening days and seasonal closures yourself before you build a day around one place.
How many days should you put?
The day count does more to shape the output than anything else on the form. Put too few and the plan sprints. Put too many for a small city and it starts padding.
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| Trip shape | Days to enter | What the plan will look like | Pace to choose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small city or town Bruges, Bath, Salzburg |
2 to 3 | Everything on foot, one day trip out. Three is plenty and four starts repeating itself. | Relaxed or moderate |
| Big city Rome, Paris, Tokyo |
4 to 5 | Grouped by neighbourhood so you are not crossing town twice a day. Room for one big-ticket sight per day. | Moderate |
| Two-centre trip Lisbon and Porto |
7 to 10 | A travel day between them, which the plan will account for. Say so in the must-see box. | Moderate |
| Region or road trip Tuscany, the Highlands |
7 to 14 | Bases rather than single days. Put your arrival method as Car so the logistics make sense. | Moderate or action-packed |
| Long haul, one country Japan, Vietnam |
10 to 21 | Multi-stop, with internal transport built in. Anything over 21 days gets thin, so split it into two runs. | Moderate |
Tinker's Tip: Count the days you are actually in the place, not the days you are away. A Friday night flight and a Monday morning one is two usable days, not four. Getting this right is the single biggest difference between a plan that works and one you abandon by Tuesday.
How it works
A quick walkthrough of the generator, then a couple of real example outputs.
Example output: the overview
Example output: the practical bits
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