(Re)discovering Europe - Barbara Ireland

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
• Illustrations by Olimpia Zagnoli
• Easy-to-reference indexes
• Detailed city-by-city maps pinpoint every stop on your itinerary

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