A flight away from a great story
A sea-view morning. A new favourite city. Find the flight that takes you there.
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The flight is just the beginning
Start with a trip you love. Each itinerary has a route, places to stay and ideas for your days — plus an airport pairing to help you find the flights.
Croatia
Split → Hvar → Dubrovnik
Stone lanes, harbour dinners and a ferry ride to Hvar. This short coastal journey runs south, so flying home from Dubrovnik saves a return trip to Split.
A late flight into Split is a reason to spend the first night in the city. Hvar works better as the next day’s crossing.
Spain
Barcelona → Madrid → Córdoba → Seville
Begin with Barcelona’s architecture, then follow the rails south to Madrid’s galleries and Andalusian courtyards. Four cities fit together without a domestic flight.
Price the Barcelona arrival and Seville departure together. A cheaper return to Barcelona also needs a journey back from Seville.
Italy
Rome → Florence → Venice
Roman piazzas, Renaissance art and a final evening beside a Venetian canal. High-speed trains connect the three cities, leaving your flights for the beginning and end.
Fiumicino has a direct train to Roma Termini. For the flight home, Venice’s airport journey can involve a boat or a bus from Piazzale Roma.
Portugal
Lisbon → Coimbra → Porto
Hillside cafés in Lisbon, an overnight stop in Coimbra and two nights beside the Douro in Porto. A northbound rail trip with room for a Sintra day out.
An afternoon flight home from Porto leaves more room for a final breakfast than an early departure. Compare that extra time as well as the fare.
Japan
Tokyo → Hakone → Kyoto → Osaka
Tokyo neighbourhoods, a hot-spring pause in Hakone, Kyoto gardens and Osaka’s evening food scene. Fly into Tokyo and leave from Kansai to follow the journey west.
Haneda is closer to central Tokyo; Narita can still make sense for a better fare or schedule. Compare the journey to your actual first-night address.
Bali, Indonesia
Ubud → Sanur
Rice terraces and art around Ubud, then sea air and waterfront walks in Sanur. Two bases and one hotel move make a full week feel like a holiday.
This is a return-flight trip through the same airport. The inland journey to Ubud comes after landing, so arrival time matters more than the date alone.
A better journey starts here
01 / Follow the route
When a trip moves in one direction, your flights can do the same.
A return ticket to the same airport is an easy starting point for a beach week or a single-city stay. For Barcelona to Seville or Rome to Venice, it adds a final journey back to where you began. Flying into the first city and home from the last is often called an open-jaw trip.
Compare the two arrangements as whole journeys. If returning to the first airport adds a train ticket, a hotel night and most of a day, those belong beside the flight price. A more expensive flight home from the last stop may leave you with a better holiday for a similar total.
Use a multi-city search when your booking provider offers one. Two one-way searches are another way to price the idea. A single booking can be more convenient to manage, while separate tickets can offer different airline combinations; their change and cancellation terms remain separate.
For the Spain route: home → Barcelona, then Seville → home. The train journey between them is part of the trip.
02 / Spend more time there
The best airport for a trip is not always the one beside every stop.
Italy’s Rome–Florence–Venice route and Portugal’s Lisbon–Coimbra–Porto route work as continuous rail journeys. You can compare a wider choice of international flights at the ends without turning each move between cities into another airport day.
Think in terms of hotel-to-hotel time. A short flight still comes with a journey to the airport, time before departure and a transfer at the other end. A train arriving near the centre can leave more of the afternoon for the place you came to see.
An arrival day also has its own rhythm. Landing in Rome and sleeping there gives you an evening in the city before the route begins. If a separate train ticket follows your flight, the train operator’s missed-departure rules matter: a flight delay does not automatically move that booking to a later train.
Match the arrival airport to your first overnight stop. Match the departure airport to your last one.
03 / Make the first day count
The same destination can feel very different at 2 pm and midnight.
For Bali, the flight ends at Denpasar but the first stay may be inland in Ubud. For a Croatian island trip, landing in Split is followed by a ferry journey. A low fare has less appeal if its arrival time leaves you needing an extra hotel or a long late-night transfer.
Read the full arrival date on overnight flights. The first night in your itinerary begins on the day you reach the destination, which may be the day after take-off. A daytime arrival can make the first hotel transfer simpler and leave time for a walk or dinner.
For Tokyo, both Haneda and Narita can serve the same holiday. Haneda is closer to the city, but the better choice depends on your flight times, fare and hotel neighbourhood. Compare the airport-to-hotel journey for each option instead of treating all Tokyo arrivals as identical.
A useful comparison has four parts: arrival date, landing time, onward journey and the first night’s stay.
Little things that make a difference
Six practical ideas for packing, boarding and the first journey after you land.
An underseat personal item and an overhead cabin bag are different allowances. The suitcase you plan to bring can change which fare is better value.
Use your airline’s offline boarding-pass option or a supported phone wallet. A saved hotel address and transfer route are useful when you land without mobile data.
A phone charger, headphones and everyday essentials are easier to reach together. Keep a spare top in your cabin bag for a long journey.
Fill it at a drinking-water station after security, where available. It is useful for the flight and the journey to your hotel.
The gate closes before the scheduled departure. Use the boarding and gate-closing times in your airline’s pass or app, then fit food and shopping around them.
For a late arrival, the last train or bus can matter more than a small saving on the flight. A saved station name and hotel address make the journey easier.
You search and compare flights here, then continue to the airline or travel agency selling the ticket. That provider takes payment, issues the ticket and handles changes, cancellations and booking support.
They are independent StartBooker itineraries with places to stay, things to do and a route between stops. Flights, accommodation and other travel are booked separately. The airport suggestions show how flights could fit each route; they are not promises of a direct service from your home airport.
Use the total for everyone travelling, including the bags and seats you want, then add the airport journeys at both ends. An overnight connection may also add a hotel. Compare departure and arrival times alongside that total: a small saving can cost you a large part of a holiday day.
Seats and fares change while searches are running. The airline or agency shows the current total, baggage allowance and fare conditions before payment. Optional extras can also change the amount from the first search result.
A self-transfer usually combines separate tickets. You may need to collect luggage, leave the arrivals area and check in again. If the first flight is late, the next airline may treat a missed departure under its own ticket rules. Any extra protection offered by a booking agency depends on that agency’s terms.
Flight and airport information comes from the airlines, airport operators and official tourism sources below. The linked guides cover each itinerary in more detail.
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