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A trip plan for the days I actually have

Give Claude the city, the dates, where you're staying and what you like, and get a day by day plan in Markdown that keeps each day in one or two neighbourhoods, with a rainy day swap and a short list of famous things to skip.

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The prompt

Plan my trip.

Where: [CITY]
When: [DATES, with arrival and departure times]
Staying at: [NEIGHBOURHOOD OR ADDRESS]
Who's going: [e.g. two adults and an eight year old, or just me]
Pace: [e.g. relaxed, two things a day; or we want to see a lot]
We like: [e.g. markets, modern architecture, small museums, long lunches, a run in the morning]
We don't: [e.g. queues, big museums, nightlife]
Budget feel: [e.g. mid, one nice dinner]
Already booked: [e.g. a tour on Saturday at 10]
Getting around: [e.g. walking and metro, we'll have a car]

Rules:
- One section per day with morning, afternoon and evening. Each stop gets one line on why it's worth it and roughly how long we'd spend there.
- Group stops by area so a day stays in one or two neighbourhoods. Say how we get from one stop to the next and how long it takes.
- Mark anything that needs booking ahead or has odd opening days, and tell me to check the hours; don't state them as fact.
- A rainy day swap: one indoor plan we can drop in on any day.
- A short "skip it" list of famous things that don't fit what we said we like, with one line on why.
- Nothing before 9 and nothing after 10 pm if there's a child.

Markdown, so I can read it on my phone.
  • travel
  • planning
  • itinerary

What it generates

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Lisbon, 16 to 18 October

Staying in Principe Real. Two adults and an eight year old, relaxed pace. Arriving Thursday around noon, flying home Sunday morning.

Check opening hours before you set off. Most museums close on Mondays and a few on Tuesdays, and I can't see this week's times.

Thursday: settle in, stay close

Afternoon

  • Jardim do Principe Real, five minutes from your door. Let the kid run, get a coffee at the kiosk. 45 minutes.
  • Walk down through Bairro Alto to the Santa Catarina viewpoint. Downhill all the way, about 15 minutes. The view is the point; 20 minutes there.
  • Tram 28 from Chiado, as the ride rather than as transport. Sit at the back. Get off at Graca and walk back down through Alfama, or ride it back if legs are tired. About an hour.

Evening

  • Dinner near home. Time Out Market is loud and a lot; a small tasca in Principe Real is easier with a child. Order the grilled fish and a plate of chips to share.

Friday: Belem by the river

Morning

  • Tram 15 or the train from Cais do Sodre to Belem, about 25 minutes. Go early, the Jeronimos queue grows fast; the church is free and the cloister is the ticketed part. 1 hour.
  • Pasteis de Belem, a three minute walk. The queue moves faster than it looks. Eat them on the grass outside the monastery.

Afternoon

  • MAAT, the museum with the wave shaped roof, 15 minutes along the river on foot. The building is better than most of the exhibitions; go for the roof. 1 hour.
  • Walk the riverside path back towards the Monument to the Discoveries, then the train home. Ice cream stop if needed.

Evening

  • Early dinner, then nothing. It's a long day on foot.

Saturday: the tour, then the water

Morning

  • You have the tour at 10. Breakfast at home first.
  • After it: lunch at Mercado da Ribeira if the tour ends nearby, otherwise LX Factory (a 10 minute taxi), where the shops and the big bookshop are open every day.

Afternoon

  • Oceanario in Parque das Nacoes, 25 minutes on the metro. Book online the day before. It's the one big ticket worth it with a child: two hours, with a quiet corner by the sunfish. Cable car along the river afterwards if the queue is short.

Evening

  • The nice dinner. Somewhere in Chiado with a table booked for 7, home by 9:30.

Rainy day swap

Museu Nacional do Azulejo, 20 minutes by bus from downtown. Tiles for the adults, a big quiet space for the kid, and a cafe in the cloister. Half a day including the bus. Pair it with the Oceanario if the whole day is wet.

Skip it

  • Castelo de Sao Jorge. A long uphill walk and a long queue for walls and a view you already get for free from Santa Catarina.
  • Sintra as a day trip. Wonderful, but it's a full day of trains, crowds and hills, and it doesn't fit three relaxed days with an eight year old.
  • Elevador de Santa Justa. A 45 minute queue for a one minute lift; the viewpoint at the top is reachable on foot from Carmo for free.

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Getting the most from this prompt

Neighbourhoods, not highlights

A list of the top ten sights sends you across the city and back every day. The rule that each day stays in one or two areas is what makes a plan restful: you walk between stops, the transport is one line, and the afternoon has room for whatever you find. If you have a specific place that doesn't fit the pattern, say it's already booked and the rest of that day gets planned around it.

Say what you don't like

"We like markets and small museums" produces a reasonable plan. Adding "we don't like queues" produces a better one, because it changes which famous things end up on the skip list. The skip list is the part people forward to friends, and it only works if it reflects your taste rather than a general one.

Check the hours yourself

Claude doesn't know this week's opening times, ticket prices or whether the tram is running, so the prompt asks it to flag things that need booking rather than state hours as fact. Treat the plan as the order of the days, and check the three or four things marked "book ahead" the evening before.

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