diff --git a/src/src/app/modals/trip-place-select-modal/trip-place-select-modal.component.html b/src/src/app/modals/trip-place-select-modal/trip-place-select-modal.component.html
index c2edb7e..216db13 100644
--- a/src/src/app/modals/trip-place-select-modal/trip-place-select-modal.component.html
+++ b/src/src/app/modals/trip-place-select-modal/trip-place-select-modal.component.html
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 <section>
   <div class="max-w-full overflow-y-auto">
-    <div class="mb-4">
-      <p-floatlabel variant="in">
-        <input id="search" pSize="small" [formControl]="searchInput" pInputText fluid />
-        <label for="search">Search...</label>
-      </p-floatlabel>
-    </div>
 
-    <div class="mt-8 flex justify-between items-center gap-4">
+    <div class="mt-8 flex justify-between items-center gap-4 cursor-pointer"
+      (click)="showSelectedPlaces = !showSelectedPlaces">
       <div class="flex flex-col">
         <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
           <h1 class="font-semibold tracking-tight text-xl">Selected</h1>
@@ -18,9 +13,9 @@
           }}</span>
       </div>
 
-      <p-button [icon]="showSelectedPlaces ? 'pi pi-chevron-up' : 'pi pi-chevron-down'" text
-        (click)="showSelectedPlaces = !showSelectedPlaces" />
+      <p-button [icon]="showSelectedPlaces ? 'pi pi-chevron-up' : 'pi pi-chevron-down'" text />
     </div>
+
     @if (showSelectedPlaces) {
     @for (p of selectedPlaces; track p.id) {
     <div
@@ -58,9 +53,39 @@
 
     <div class="mt-8 mb-16">
       <h1 class="font-semibold tracking-tight text-xl">List</h1>
-      <span class="text-xs text-gray-500">Available points</span>
+      <span class="text-xs text-gray-500">Available Places</span>
       @defer {
 
+      <div class="grid md:grid-cols-3 gap-2 mt-2 p-2">
+        <p-floatlabel variant="in" class="md:col-span-2">
+          <input id="search" pSize="small" [formControl]="searchInput" pInputText fluid />
+          <label for="search">Search...</label>
+        </p-floatlabel>
+
+        <div class="relative">
+          <p-floatlabel variant="in">
+            <input id="geocodeInput" pSize="small" (keydown.enter)="gmapsGeocodeFilter()"
+              [formControl]="googleGeocodeInput" pInputText autofocus fluid />
+            <label for="geocodeInput">Filter by Country / City </label>
+          </p-floatlabel>
+
+          @if (boundariesFiltering) {<p-button icon="pi pi-times" variant="text" severity="danger"
+            class="absolute right-2 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2" pTooltip="Clear and Cancel"
+            (click)="resetGeocodeFilters()" />}
+          @else {<p-button icon="pi pi-sparkles" variant="text" [disabled]="!googleGeocodeInput.value"
+            class="absolute right-2 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2" pTooltip="Filter using location (GMaps API)"
+            (click)="gmapsGeocodeFilter()" />}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      @if (boundariesFiltering) {
+      <div class="mt-4 flex justify-center items-center gap-1">
+        <p class="text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">Filtering for location: {{ googleGeocodeInput.value }}</p>
+        <p-button icon="pi pi-times" variant="text" severity="danger" pTooltip="Cancel"
+          (click)="resetGeocodeFilters()" />
+      </div>
+      }
+
       @for (p of displayedPlaces; track p.id) {
       <div
         class="mt-4 flex items-center gap-4 hover:bg-gray-50 rounded-xl cursor-pointer py-2 px-4 dark:hover:bg-gray-800"
@@ -91,8 +116,8 @@
         </div>
       </div>
       } @empty {
-      <div class="text-center">
-        <h1 class="tracking-tight">Nothing to see</h1>
+      <div class="mt-8 text-center">
+        <p class="text-base text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">Nothing to see</p>
       </div>
       }
 
diff --git a/src/src/app/modals/trip-place-select-modal/trip-place-select-modal.component.ts b/src/src/app/modals/trip-place-select-modal/trip-place-select-modal.component.ts
index 9a74a2e..f76980d 100644
--- a/src/src/app/modals/trip-place-select-modal/trip-place-select-modal.component.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/modals/trip-place-select-modal/trip-place-select-modal.component.ts
@@ -4,20 +4,25 @@ import { ButtonModule } from 'primeng/button';
 import { DynamicDialogConfig, DynamicDialogRef } from 'primeng/dynamicdialog';
 import { FloatLabelModule } from 'primeng/floatlabel';
 import { InputTextModule } from 'primeng/inputtext';
-import { Place } from '../../types/poi';
+import { GoogleBoundaries, Place } from '../../types/poi';
 import { ApiService } from '../../services/api.service';
 import { SkeletonModule } from 'primeng/skeleton';
 import { UtilsService } from '../../services/utils.service';
+import { take } from 'rxjs';
+import { isPointInBounds } from '../../shared/map';
+import { TooltipModule } from 'primeng/tooltip';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-trip-place-select-modal',
-  imports: [FloatLabelModule, InputTextModule, ButtonModule, ReactiveFormsModule, SkeletonModule],
+  imports: [FloatLabelModule, InputTextModule, ButtonModule, ReactiveFormsModule, SkeletonModule, TooltipModule],
   standalone: true,
   templateUrl: './trip-place-select-modal.component.html',
   styleUrl: './trip-place-select-modal.component.scss',
 })
 export class TripPlaceSelectModalComponent {
   searchInput = new FormControl('');
+  googleGeocodeInput = new FormControl('');
+  boundariesFiltering?: GoogleBoundaries;
 
   selectedPlaces: Place[] = [];
   showSelectedPlaces: boolean = false;
@@ -48,17 +53,7 @@ export class TripPlaceSelectModalComponent {
     }
 
     this.searchInput.valueChanges.subscribe({
-      next: (value) => {
-        if (!value) {
-          this.displayedPlaces = this.places;
-          return;
-        }
-
-        const v = value.toLowerCase();
-        this.displayedPlaces = this.places.filter(
-          (p) => p.name.toLowerCase().includes(v) || p.description?.toLowerCase().includes(v),
-        );
-      },
+      next: () => this.filterPlaces(),
     });
   }
 
@@ -86,7 +81,43 @@ export class TripPlaceSelectModalComponent {
     this.selectedPlaces.sort((a, b) => (a.name < b.name ? -1 : a.name > b.name ? 1 : 0));
   }
 
+  filterPlaces() {
+    const searchInputValue = (this.searchInput.value || '').toLowerCase();
+    this.displayedPlaces = this.places.filter((place) => {
+      if (this.boundariesFiltering) {
+        if (!isPointInBounds(place.lat, place.lng, this.boundariesFiltering)) return false;
+      }
+
+      if (!searchInputValue) return true;
+      return (
+        place.name.toLowerCase().includes(searchInputValue) ||
+        place.description?.toLowerCase().includes(searchInputValue)
+      );
+    });
+  }
+
+  resetGeocodeFilters() {
+    this.boundariesFiltering = undefined;
+    this.googleGeocodeInput.setValue('');
+    this.filterPlaces();
+  }
+
   closeDialog() {
     this.ref.close(this.selectedPlaces);
   }
+
+  gmapsGeocodeFilter() {
+    const value = this.googleGeocodeInput.value;
+    if (!value) return;
+
+    this.apiService
+      .gmapsGeocodeBoundaries(value)
+      .pipe(take(1))
+      .subscribe({
+        next: (boundaries) => {
+          this.boundariesFiltering = boundaries;
+          this.filterPlaces();
+        },
+      });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/src/app/shared/map.ts b/src/src/app/shared/map.ts
index 020cb74..af99ea5 100644
--- a/src/src/app/shared/map.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/shared/map.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as L from 'leaflet';
 import 'leaflet.markercluster';
 import 'leaflet-contextmenu';
-import { Place } from '../types/poi';
+import { GoogleBoundaries, Place } from '../types/poi';
 
 export const DEFAULT_TILE_URL = 'https://{s}.basemaps.cartocdn.com/rastertiles/voyager/{z}/{x}/{y}{r}.png';
 export interface ContextMenuItem {
@@ -143,3 +143,14 @@ export function gpxToPolyline(gpx: string): L.Polyline {
 
   return L.polyline(latlngs, { color: 'blue' });
 }
+
+export function isPointInBounds(lat: number, lng: number, bounds: GoogleBoundaries): boolean {
+  if (!bounds || !bounds.northeast || !bounds.southwest) return false;
+
+  const ne = bounds.northeast;
+  const sw = bounds.southwest;
+
+  if (lat < sw.lat || lat > ne.lat) return false;
+
+  return sw.lng <= ne.lng ? lng >= sw.lng && lng <= ne.lng : lng >= sw.lng || lng <= ne.lng;
+}