Town to City Tourist Routes: Hotels and Landmarks

The Town to City tourist routes workbench above is for the 1.0 tourism layer: choose the active request, pick or auto-load a route shape, mark the biggest blocker, choose a hotel size, then copy one build order before drawing roads. Open the broader Town to City Tourism Readiness Check when you are deciding whether tourism should start at all. Stay here once you are ready to draw or fix one route.

The Town to City 1.0 update confirms Rocemarée, two monumental ruins, Inn, Boutique Hotel, Grande Hotel, tourist routes, Lighthouse and Obelisk monuments, 11 requests, new houses, Bourgeoisie mechanics, City Hall departments, Art Atelier decorations, beach-themed decorations, and autosave settings.

Quick Answer

Your first tourist route should be small. In the workbench, start with the current request or No request / just planning, choose a compact route shape, pick the real blocker in your save, and use Inn / starter hotel unless the district is already proven. The output gives you the route order, the visible route nodes, the first fix, and the risk to watch.

Route goal	Hotel start	Landmark or service to test
Safe first route	Inn / starter hotel	One nearby service plus one real landmark
Coastal route	Inn or Boutique Hotel	Lighthouse, beach decoration, food stop
Civic route	Boutique Hotel only if services are stable	City Hall, Art Atelier, plaza, public service
Monument route	One hotel near a working district	Obelisk or ruin with short roads
Old save test	Temporary hotel	One existing landmark before rebuilding roads

Route piece	Good first choice
Hotel	One Inn or starter hotel near a stable serviced district
Landmark	Lighthouse, Obelisk, ruin, town hall, Art Atelier, plaza, or decorated civic stop
Services	Food, leisure, public service, decorations, and warehouse coverage
Workers	Enough staff that hotels do not strip research, farms, or shops
Warehouse	A nearby cell that keeps route services stocked
Road shape	Short loop or gentle line, not a long empty sightseeing trail
Expansion	Leave room for a second hotel after the first route works

Do not build the Inn, Boutique Hotel, and Grande Hotel all at once. Tourism is easier to tune when one route teaches you the current build’s behavior.

How To Use The Route Workbench

Workbench choice	What to pick
Current request	Pick the 1.0 request if one is active; it will try to load the closest route shape
Route shape	Choose the hotel-to-landmark recipe that matches your town: coast, civic, station, forest, old save, or late game
Biggest blocker	Pick the real problem: service slots, warehouse range, road bottleneck, worker drain, food chain, or route editor uncertainty
Hotel size	Start with Inn unless the district already supports Boutique Hotel or Grande Hotel pressure

Copy the generated plan, build one route, then wait before adding the next hotel. Use the route node buttons to inspect the hotel, support stop, landmark, service, and return path. If the workbench says to fix warehouse reach, service slots, food, workers, or roads first, do that before adding decorations or a bigger hotel.

First Tourist Route Formula

Use this shape:

1. Hotel beside a working road.
2. Landmark within a short walk.
3. Food or leisure near the route.
4. Decorations and lighting filling the visual gaps.
5. Warehouse coverage close enough that services do not starve.
6. Open space for a future hotel or request building.

That route works because it uses the existing city instead of trying to create a visitor island from nothing.

Rocemaree Route Ideas

Rocemaree is the official new 1.0 campaign map. The Steam announcement says it includes two monumental ruins and three hotels for tourists. It also adds beach-themed decorations, which makes the map a natural place to test scenic coastal routes.

Rocemaree idea	Route shape	Check first
Seaside hotel walk	Inn or Boutique Hotel -> beach decorations -> Lighthouse -> food stop	Roads and workers are ready
Monument loop	Hotel -> monumental ruin -> Obelisk -> decorated plaza	Landmark spacing is not too long
Civic culture route	Hotel -> town hall -> Art Atelier -> high-appeal street	Bourgeoisie services and goods are stable
Old-save probe	Temporary hotel -> one landmark -> one service stop	Existing happiness remains above 60%

The exact map shape matters. If Rocemaree gives you a beautiful coast but weak service access, build the road and support first.

Route Scoring Checklist

Before you judge whether tourism is weak, check the basics:

Check	Pass sign
Happiness	Residents are above 60% and not falling
Hotel access	Hotel connects to a road and useful district
Landmark quality	At least one route stop is a real attraction
Services	Food, leisure, public service, or luxury support exists nearby
Workers	Tourism jobs are not starving shops or research
Logistics	Warehouse reach covers the hotel district
Route shape	Tourists do not walk through empty roads for most of the route
Requests	1.0 request text matches what you are building

Request-To-Route Matching

Use the workbench above for the 11 official 1.0 requests. Choose a request and the tool loads the closest route recipe, support pack, blocker fix, hotel-size warning, and copyable build order. A request should shape one route choice, not trigger a full city rebuild.

Request group	Names to watch	Route habit
Landmark	Appropriate obelisk, Motherly light, Pillar to roof, Sight for shore eyes	Tie the route to Obelisk, Lighthouse, ruins, or shore appeal
Hotel	Sleep little ducky, Forest getaway	Keep lodging near services and a short scenic path
Route	Bestest route, Station to station	Shorten paths and connect real stops
Civic or economy	Dear mayor, That’ll be a dime	Check City Hall, income, and worker pressure
Leisure	Harmless fun	Add service or appeal after logistics are stable

If the checklist fails, fix the city before adding more hotels.

How To Read The Workbench Output

The workbench is not a hidden in-game score. It is a route planning surface for the route you are about to draw. Treat it like a build order: one hotel, one useful route shape, one current request if active, one blocker to fix first.

Output area	What it means	Best next move
Route Plan	The recipe and build order to test	Copy it before moving roads or hotels
Route nodes	The visible stops tourists should pass	Keep each stop close enough to feel intentional
Fix first	The weakest support layer	Repair this before expanding hotels
Avoid	The failure risk for this route	Watch this during the first full cycle

Do not try to rescue a weak route with more monuments. A beautiful Lighthouse route still fails if the hotel district cannot receive goods, feed visitors, staff buildings, or keep residents happy. If the route still feels weak in the live build, shorten the path first. Long empty roads are usually worse than one compact route through a busy civic street.

Hotel Placement Decision Table

The first hotel should make an existing district better. It should not become a lonely tourism island that needs its own warehouse, food chain, worker pool, and decorations before it does anything.

Placement idea	Use it when	Avoid it when	First fix
Town-center hotel	Services, public buildings, and decorations are already nearby	Roads are cramped and goods are already slow	Move stalls or add a warehouse cell before tourism
Seaside hotel	Rocemaree gives you coast, beach decorations, or Lighthouse access	The coast has no food, public service, or worker support	Build a short service street behind the hotel
Monument hotel	A ruin, Obelisk, or plaza sits near a working district	The landmark is far from roads and storage	Pull the route toward the city instead of stretching the city to the landmark
Bourgeoisie hotel	Higher-service districts, town hall work, or Art Atelier plans are stable	Luxury goods or public services are unreliable	Stabilize the rich district before tourists arrive
Temporary test hotel	You are converting an old save and want a safe read	You need to demolish core roads to fit it	Test on the edge of a stable district first

The safest first hotel has three things close together: a road you can edit, a service stop tourists can pass naturally, and a landmark that already belongs to the city. Leave a little empty space around it. Tourism routes are easier to adjust when you can slide a plaza, add decorations, or bend a road without moving half the town.

Common Tourist Route Failures

Problem	Likely cause	Fix
Tourists ignore the route	Hotel and landmark are not connected cleanly	Redraw around a shorter, clearer path
Route looks pretty but pays poorly	Services and workers are weak	Add food, leisure, public service, and worker support
Happiness drops after hotels	Tourism was added to an unstable district	Fix resident needs first
Hotel area starves shops	Warehouse coverage is too thin	Add or move warehouse support before expansion
Landmark feels wasted	It is isolated from roads or services	Move it into the route chain
Requests stall	You built the wrong piece for the current objective	Re-read the request and change one thing at a time

Hotels: Build Or Wait

Hotel move	Build now if…	Wait if…
First hotel	Happiness, workers, roads, and warehouse reach are stable	You are still below 60% happiness
Second hotel	The first route works and requests support expansion	You have not watched the first hotel long enough
Luxury hotel	Bourgeoisie services and high-appeal district already exist	You are using it to rescue an empty district
Coastal hotel	Rocemaree route has beach appeal and services	It sits far from all road and warehouse support

Hotel Names In 1.0

Hotel	Best first use
Inn	First route test and old-save conversion
Boutique Hotel	More styled district after services are stable
Grande Hotel	Larger tourism push after workers, warehouses, and landmarks are ready

Old-Save Tourism Conversion

If you are opening an older Town to City save after the 1.0 update, do not rebuild the whole city around tourism on the first night. Older towns were usually built around warehouses, residents, research, and production. Tourism adds hotels and routes on top of that, so a rushed rebuild can break the systems that were already working.

Use this conversion route:

1. Save before touching roads.
2. Check average happiness and worker pressure.
3. Pick one serviced district that already has decorations.
4. Place one hotel near that district, not at the prettiest distant landmark.
5. Connect one landmark or civic stop.
6. Watch the route, resident needs, and request progress before moving major buildings.

The best old-save test is reversible. If the hotel creates pressure, you can move it, shorten the route, or return to the old road layout. If it works, then you can plan a second hotel near a different attraction.

Rocemaree Route Examples

Rocemaree is the most natural place to test the 1.0 tourism layer because the official announcement ties the new map to hotels, tourist routes, two monumental ruins, beach decorations, Lighthouse, Obelisk, and new requests. Use those pieces as route anchors, but still build the route around services.

Route	Good anchor	Support pieces	Watch for
Lighthouse walk	Lighthouse plus beach decorations	Food stop, short road, warehouse reach	Coastline routes becoming too long
Ruin plaza loop	One monumental ruin and a plaza	Public service, decorations, nearby housing	A pretty ruin with no useful street around it
Obelisk civic route	Obelisk, town hall, or Art Atelier	Bourgeoisie service chain and strong goods flow	High-class districts falling behind on needs
First request route	Whatever the current request names	Only the buildings needed for that request	Building all tourism pieces before reading the request

For request-driven routes, keep the route narrow. If the request wants a specific tourism piece, solve that first. You can always turn a working route into a prettier route later.

Fix A Weak Route In One Change

When a tourist route is not working, make one change and watch the result. If you change hotel placement, roads, services, decorations, and warehouses all at once, you will not know what fixed it.

Symptom	Try one change first
Tourists walk too far	Move the route toward a nearer landmark
Route has no life	Add one service stop on the path
Hotel district feels isolated	Move or add warehouse support nearby
Requests do not move	Re-read the request and remove unrelated tourism pieces from the test
Happiness drops	Pause hotel expansion and fix resident needs
Route looks flat	Add decorations after the service chain works

The cleanest fix is usually shorter, not bigger. A compact route from hotel to plaza to landmark teaches you more than a grand coastal walk that passes nothing useful.

Next Pages To Open

• Town to City Tourism Readiness Check
• Town to City Farming Guide
• Town to City 1.0 Update
• Town to City Layout Guide
• Town to City Beginner Guide
• Town to City Hub

Sources

• Town to City on Steam
• Official Steam announcements
• LadiesGamers Town to City launch coverage