<DIV><DIV>Dream weekends with practical itineraries from Paris to Perm</div><DIV>Culture, history, natural beauty, fine cuisine, artistic masterpieces, cutting-edge architecture and style—<B>Europe overflows with so many riches</B> that a lifetime seems too short to appreciate them. But <B>with the right guidance, you can go far in a single weekend</B>. Stylishly written and carefully researched, this updated and expanded collection of the <B>popular <I>New York Times</I> 36 Hours feature</B> offers you <B>125 well-crafted itineraries</B> for quick but memorable European trips, accompanied by hundreds of color photographs to fire your imagination. <B>Explore the expected</B>: the Renaissance in Florence, surfing in Biarritz, flamenco in Seville. And <B>discover the unexpected</B>: 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. <BR><BR>Features:<ul> <li><B>4,500 hours worth of insightful itineraries</B> to make the most of your stay</li> <li><B>125 European destinations</B>, from major cities to lesser known gems</li> <li>Practical recommendations for over <B>500 restaurants and 400 hotels</B></li> <li><B>Color-coded tabs and ribbons</B> to bookmark your favorite cities in each region</li> <li><B>Nearly 800 photos</B>, most of them from <I>The New York Times</I> archive</li> <li>All stories have been updated and adapted for this volume by <B>Barbara Ireland</B>, a veteran <I>Times</I> travel editor</li> <li>New illustrations by <I>Times</I> illustrator <B>Olimpia Zagnoli</B> of Milan</li> <li>Easy-to-reference <B>indexes</B></li> <li>Detailed<B> city-by-city maps</B> pinpoint every stop on your itinerary</li></ul><BR>Also available: <I>36 Hours: 150 Weekends in the USA & Canada</I></div></div>