Google have made tentative steps into the world of travel with the launch of Google City Tours. The site generates suggested itineraries for thousands of destinations around the world, and allows users to customise their schedules according to how many days they are visiting, and what they want to see. Benji Lanyado, The Guardian.

Currently it’s a Labs project which means there’s plenty of work needed but it’s simple to use and as others have stated the best thing is

The way it uses Google Maps to figure out which locations are closest to each other. Rather than simply present a list of places Google thinks you might want to check out, the site will logically order them according to where they’re located, minimizing the travel time between each. Jason Kincaid, Tech Crunch.

It does take much imagination to see where this is going with Google linking City Tours to a raft of useful information such as concert and sports listings. Keep an eye on City Tours it has great potential.