The Local Compass

Pre-launch·Launching August 2026

Travel planning, with a point of view.

Pick a city. Pick the things you care about — food, music, history, art. We build the trip around what you choose, check every place against the real world, and keep the whole thing yours to edit and share.

10themes
cities worldwide

A few places

From neon to gallery light — every city, day one.

Four photos, four themes. The trip works for any city in the world.

  • A chef ladling sauce over a sliced beef wellington on a dark plate

    Food

    Where to eat well

  • A neon-lit Asian street at night with motorbikes and Chinese signage

    Music

    Where the night goes

  • Aerial view of the Las Vegas Strip at night with the Bellagio fountains

    Architecture

    Skylines after dark

  • A grand museum gallery interior with ornate ceiling and blue skylights

    Art

    Galleries worth a morning

The themes

Ten ways to read a place.

Pick one or pick five. Each one shapes the trip differently — different venues, different stories, different things to look for.

  1. 01

    Food

    Markets, restaurants, and the dishes a city is known for.

  2. 02

    Music

    Live venues, scenes, and the sound of a city at night.

  3. 03

    History

    The stories under the streets, told by the people who lived them.

  4. 04

    Art

    Galleries, studios, and the work worth seeing in person.

  5. 05

    Architecture

    Buildings, styles, and the eras that built the skyline.

  6. 06

    Literature

    Bookshops, cafés, and the places that show up in the books.

  7. 07

    Religion

    Sacred sites, ceremonies, and the places people still go to mean something.

  8. 08

    Film & TV

    Filming locations, sets, and the cities you have already seen on screen.

  9. 09

    Wildlife & nature

    Habitats, parks, and the seasons worth planning a trip around.

  10. 10

    Regional culture

    Festivals, traditions, and the local things tourists usually miss.

What you get

Plan a trip you’ll actually want to take.

A real trip plan, not a chat that scrolls away. Built around what you care about, with every place checked against the real world.

01

It comes with you.

A real page, not a chat. Save it, share it, edit a day. It is still there next week and the week after.

02

Built around you.

Pick your themes. Food and literature gives you one Paris. History and architecture gives you another. The trip is built around what you choose.

03

Day one, everywhere.

Lisbon, Mexico City, Kyoto, Marrakesh — every city in the world, on day one. No "we do not support that yet."

04

Real places only.

Every stop is checked against Google Places before it goes in your itinerary. Closed, demolished, or made up — we catch it before you do.

How it works

Five steps, ~30 seconds.

A straight line from a city name to a trip you can keep.

  1. 01

    Pick a place.

    Type any city in the world. Lisbon, Mexico City, Kyoto — anywhere.

  2. 02

    Pick your themes.

    Pick from the 10 themes. Mix one or five. Each one changes what the trip looks for.

  3. 03

    Set your preferences.

    Pace, transport, dietary needs, mobility, budget, who you are with. The trip works around real constraints.

  4. 04

    Watch it write.

    Day by day, the trip fills in. Verified stops show a check. If we had to swap a stop, we tell you why.

  5. 05

    Keep the trip.

    Day list, narrative, integrated map. Lock the days you like. Regenerate the ones you do not.

The good trips aren’t checklists. They feel more like reading a city — slowly, on its own terms. Pick up the rhythm of a place, then plan around it.

Pre-launch · launching August 2026

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