Short breaks often become a challenge because there is so much to do, to marvel at and to enjoy, but time is limited. With its famous 36-Hours column has the Travel editorial team of New York Times provided a clever, amusing and extremely informative solution. The refreshingly realistic and seductively illustrated travel reports by Barbara Ireland's team combine Insider knowledge, cosmopolitan observation and thorough research and guarantee maximum experience even with a tight time budget.

This updated volume, expanded to include numerous destinations, is entirely dedicated to cities: major cultural metropolises, venerable capitals, futuristic boomtowns, classic and trendy new destinations with their streets, squares, peculiarities and offerings – 150 in total, alphabetically ordered from Abu Dhabi to Zurich . On their 36-hour missions, the NYT journalists strolled through museums, parks and shopping malls, looked into cooking pots and hotel rooms, visited cultural events, tested leisure activities and Thousands of useful information They tell of boat trips on the Chao Phraya in Bangkok, cable car trips to Brdo Sdr, Dubrovnik's local mountain, comedy clubs in downtown Chicago and... well, let yourself be inspired – Small luggage is enough!

• Updated and expanded edition: 150 cities around the world, including 26 new destinations
• Around 600 updated hotel and restaurant tips
• Thumb index for quick navigation and a bookmark to mark your next adventure
• over 800 photos
• detailed city maps showing every stop on your journey