New York Times, 36 Hours: 150 Cities around the World

Weekend trips to any city, from São Paulo to Seoul to Sydney, can often be daunting, with too much to do and too little time. Enter 36 Hours: 150 Cities from Abu Dhabi to Zurich, each tailored for a memorable and feasible 36-hour stay. Gathered from the New York Times column of the same name, this updated edition is dedicated entirely to cities: capital, coastal, cosmopolitan, and everything in between, with 26 new stories not published in previous volumes.

The Times’s contributors are your guides—foreign correspondents, travel writers, food writers, and photojournalists—who bring together insider knowledge and in-depth research, providing fresh insight to even the most frequently visited metropolises. Whether it’s a comedy club in downtown Chicago, a long-tail boat tour on Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River, or a cable car ride up to Dubrovnik’s Mount Srd, the must-know facts and inspiration can all be found in this A-to-Z collection of urban adventures.

150 international cities
Practical recommendations for nearly 600 restaurants and 350 hotels
A thumb index for quick navigation and ribbon to bookmark your next adventure.

More than 800 photos
Detailed city-by-city maps that pinpoint every stop on your itinerary
All stories have been updated and adapted by Barbara Ireland, a veteran Times travel editor.

The editor
Barbara Ireland edits the 36 Hours, Explorer, and forthcoming Cultured Traveler series of travel books in collaboration with The New York Times and TASCHEN. A writer and editor based in upstate New York, she is a former deputy Travel editor and deputy Op-Ed page editor at The New York Times. She is a graduate of Cornell University and was a John S. Knight journalism fellow at Stanford University.