Globetrotting from Mumbai to Melbourne

Dream weekends with practical itineraries throughout Asia & Oceania

Asia and Oceania offer such a wealth of experiences 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 60 well-crafted itineraries for quick but memorable trips, accompanied by hundreds of color photographs to fire your imagination. From the expected (skyscrapers in Hong Kong, beaches in Phuket, sushi in Japan, or surfing in Sydney) to the unexpected (views of Vientiane from a Laotian-style Arc de Triomphe, a mangrove swamp in Brisbane, the mythic beauty of the Li River in Guilin, or amusement park–like public baths in Seoul)—from gleaming metropolises and ancient temples to bustling streetscapes and dense jungles—it’s all covered in this handsomely designed and illustrated book.

Includes

2,160 hours worth of insightful itineraries to make the most of your stay

60 destinations, from major cities to lesser–known gems

Practical recommendations for over 250 restaurants and 200 hotels

Color-coded tabs and ribbons to bookmark your favorite cities in each region

Nearly 400 photos

Illustrations by Olimpia Zagnoli

Easy-to-reference indexes

Detailed city-by-city maps pinpoint every stop on your itinerary

The editor:

Barbara Ireland, a writer and editor based in western New York State, is a former deputy travel editor and deputy Op-Ed page editor at The New York Times. While on the Times staff, she commissioned and edited many "36 Hours" columns and wrote a few herself. She is a graduate of Cornell University and was a John S. Knight journalism fellow at Stanford University.