Build an itinerary around distance

Build an itinerary around distance, not around a wish list.

1. **Group what I want to see by where it is.** ***A day that crosses the city twice loses more time than it spends anywhere***
2. **Per day: one area, one anchor.** ***Build the day around the thing that cannot move*** — a booking, a closing time, a one-day-only opening
3. **Budget the gaps honestly** — ***travel between places, queuing, eating, and getting lost.*** **Plan fewer things than fit**
4. **Mark what is fixed** versus what can be dropped without breaking the day
5. **Per day: one thing to drop if running late** — ***decided now, not at the time***

**Also:**
- **What needs booking ahead**, and ***how far ahead***
- **What to do if the weather turns** — an indoor alternative per day
- **Where the day has a gap with nothing near it** — *the most common planning hole*
- ***What I will not get to.*** **Say it plainly rather than fitting everything in**

⚠️ ***Do not state opening hours, prices, transport times, visa rules, or entry requirements from memory*** — **these change constantly and a wrong one ruins a day or a trip.** Write `[confirm before going]` and say where to check.
**Use only the places I named** — ***do not add attractions I did not mention, and do not assume anything about a place beyond what I told you.***