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How to build an unhurried itinerary

Leave travel time between each planned stop. A demonstration editing brief; supply your own evidence and details.

Sunny cobblestone street with old buildings and walking people
Photography for visual inspiration · Jameson Berrios / Unsplash

Editorial focus

Leave travel time between each planned stop.

Start with a neighbourhood

Choose a manageable area and give the reader a reason to start there. Explain what is close together, where the route changes character, and which details you observed yourself.

Travel planning notebook

Plan around this question

Leave travel time between each planned stop.

Leave room between the plans

An itinerary is a starting point rather than a promise. Keep time-sensitive details dated, link to official opening and transport information, and include an alternative for a wet afternoon.

Bring the story home

A useful destination guide leaves readers with a sense of the place and a practical next step. Finish with one recommendation about how to plan, rather than an impossible list of everything to see.

A Lisbon field journal

Take the slower street.

Street corners, changing light and a little space between destinations.

Illustrative photography, not evidence of the sample project, recipe or reported event.