Google Maps now offers other routes, when you hover over one the other route is displayed side by side with the original, and allows you to choose between 3 suggested routes, under the "Suggested Routes" heading and compare them on the map; hover over a suggestion to see both routes on the map, and click on a suggestion to update the step-by-step directions. You can still add multiple destinations to restrict the routes generated by Google Maps. Here’re some tips to get better directions: