The New York Times, 36 Hours: Europe

Culture, history, natural beauty, fine cuisine, artistic masterpieces, cutting-edge architecture and style Europe overflows with so many riches that a lifetime seems too short to appreciate them. But with the right guidance, you can go far in a single weekend. Stylishly written and carefully researched, this updated and expanded collection of the popular New York Times 36 Hours feature offers you 125 well-crafted itineraries for quick but memorable European trips, accompanied by hundreds of color photographs to fire your imagination. Explore the expected: the Renaissance in Florence, surfing in Biarritz, flamenco in Seville. And discover the unexpected: Sicilian mummies dressed in their Sunday best, a dry-land toboggan ride on Madeira, a hotel in Tallinn with a KGB spies nest on the penthouse floor. World capitals, ancient nations that once ruled wide domains, tiny countries with big personalities it s all Europe, and all fun to read about (whether you actually go or not) in this handsomely designed and illustrated book.
Features:
· 4,500 hours worth of insightful itineraries to make the most of your stay
· 125 European destinations, from major cities to lesser known gems
· Practical recommendations for over 500 restaurants and 400 hotels
· Color-coded tabs and ribbons to bookmark your favorite cities in each region
· Nearly 800 photos, most of them from The New York Times archive
· All stories have been updated and adapted for this volume by Barbara Ireland, a veteran Times travel editor
· New illustrations by Times illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli of Milan
· Easy-to-reference indexes
· Detailed city-by-city maps pinpoint every stop on your itinerary
Also available: 36 Hours: 150 Weekends in the USA & Canada