Visiting a new city? Discover attractions with Google Labs’ City Tours

If you’re visiting a new city or want to rediscover a place you’ve visited before, check out Google Labs’ new City Tours.  Released in June, City Tours provides suggestions for sights to see in thousands of cities around the world.

The interface couldn’t be simpler; just input a city and country in the search box (click on any of these images for a close up)–

…and City Tours provides recommendations and a route for a two day walking tour.  Walking times are provided (although on the map it’s drawn in straight-line fashion (??) and recommendations for how long each sight’s visit will require.

Individual sights can be removed, and you can add specific locations as you prefer (your hotel, etc.)  As with all Google Maps, you can zoom in and out, and drag/reposition the map.

Oddly, you can’t save the results, nor can you send them to friends (unless you were to do a simple screen shot).

City Tours looks like a great start; let’s hope Google Labs continues its development!  Visit it here:  Google Labs – City Tours