Become a partner: the map of cool places for your place and your region

CoolingSpots shows for free and without an account where it is cool and shady on hot days. Tourism organisations already embed the map freely today. As a tourism organisation or the operator of a cool place, from summer 2027 you can highlight your region and your favourite places in your own words.

Visible when it gets hot

As soon as a heatwave arrives, many people look for somewhere to spend the day comfortably: a shady garden, a swim in cold water or a museum behind thick walls. Those are the hours when they open CoolingSpots.

For day-trip destinations this is an opportunity at the right time. Your entry stays all season right where people search in the heat, and tourism organisations bring their tips for cooling off to every place in their region.

Your words, your photo and your link appear on the map, clearly recognisable as your information. The coolness level and the order still come from the data. That keeps the map credible, and your entry benefits from it too.

Waterfalls in Ticino, the way Ticino Turismo embeds the map: its own categories, its own extent, ready to try.

Free, for everyone

The map on your site, today

Any organisation embeds the map for its area freely, with the categories that suit it. No maintenance, no cost, no partnership.

In use at, among others

Embed the map for your area

For operators of cool places

The partner entry

Your place on the map, the way you describe it: a museum, a bath, a garden, a cafe. Either a place the map already knows, or a new one that does not exist in the open data.

You get: A gold marker on the map, clearly recognisable as a partner.; Your block in the place panel: text, photo, amenities, access cost, link.; The label as a partner entry, with your information clearly shown as yours.

Valid: One season, 1 May to 30 September. Ends automatically, no renewal without your consent.

Requirement: On hot days it is really pleasantly cool there: shade, water, altitude or cool rooms. No sauna, spa or sun terrace.

PricePrice on request

Request a partner entry

Map section with a selected partner entry: gold marker, gold ring and the name of the place — Gold marker

Map with the place panel open on a partner entry: label, access, the operator's text and amenities — Place panel

For tourism organisations · one per region and season

The regional partner

Your region on CoolingSpots, in your words: on the region page, in every place of your region and with three to five partner entries on the map.

Gold marker
Three to five partner entries included, each with a gold marker: existing places with your image and text, or your own places the map is still missing. The same places appear in the block on the region page.
Region page
Your block on the region page, directly below the three featured places: logo, text, link to your tips and your three to five places to browse through.
Place panel
A line with your logo in every place of your region, leading to your tips.

Valid: One season, 1 May to 30 September. One partner per region.

Requirement: An organisation that speaks for the region: tourism organisation or destination.

PricePrice on requestper season and region, up to five partner entries included

At a glance

	Partner entry	Regional partner
Gold marker and block in the place panel	1 place	3 to 5 places
Own places the map is missing
On the region page		Block with logo and text
Line in every place of the region
Term	one season	one season
Availability	open	one per region
Price	on request	on request
Coolness level, order, marker size	from the data	from the data

For municipalities, cities and regions

An addition to your heat protection plan, free to embed

Public bodies embed the map freely and print the QR code for notices. No licence, no running costs, no map project of your own.

For municipalities and regions

Frequent questions from operators and regions

How do I promote my destination on hot days?: By having your place where people search in the heat. Your partner entry appears as a gold marker on the map and with your text, photo and link in the place panel. The map is available in four languages.
Which businesses benefit from a partner entry?: Places that are genuinely pleasant on hot days: museums and exhibitions with cool rooms, baths and swimming spots, gardens and parks, cafes and restaurants with a shady garden, show mines, caves, churches and monasteries. Saunas, thermal spas and sun terraces are not among them.
Can we embed the map without being a partner?: Yes, for free and without a partnership. Tourism organisations, municipalities and regions embed the map for their area, with the categories that suit them. The map looks after itself; there is nothing to maintain.
Does my entry also appear in embedded maps?: Yes, on the CoolingSpots map and in every embedded map that shows your place, for example at tourism organisations. The regional partner's line appears there only when the map is limited to your region.
How long does an entry run and what does it cost?: One season, 1 May to 30 September, ending automatically, for the partner entry and the regional partner alike, which includes three to five partner entries. You find the price with each offer; embedding the map stays free.
Does my place get a better coolness level with an entry?: No. Coolness level, order and marker size come from the data for every place. Your entry adds your words, your photo and your link, marked as the partner's information.
When is the right time for an entry?: Before the season: an entry that is already in place is visible from the first hot day. Best get in touch in winter or spring.
My place is not on the map yet. Is that still possible?: Yes. A partner entry can be a new place that does not exist in the open data: a monastery garden, a museum courtyard, a cafe. We check that it really is cool there in the heat, and we set the gold marker.