48 Hours City Breaks: All destinations

Name: Green Pea Publishing
Price range: $

Whether you’re just passing through or making a weekend of it, we give you the 48-hour lowdown on cities across the globe. What to see, what to do, what not to miss.

48 Hours

Hanoi

Hanoi, the northern Vietnamese city exploding with energy after years of restrictive regimes. Expect a buzzing café culture, glamorous champagne bars on West Lake and some of the most tantalising street food in Asia. The old quarter is a colourful tumble of alleys that lure you in with tailoring and trinkets, and keep you coming back for encounters with local characters and cool spots where you can sip pomegranate juice and watch this metropolis’s many stories unfold.

48 Hours

Buenos Aires

Get the party started in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s fiery capital, where the weather’s hot, the tango’s steamy and the steak so tender it can be sliced with a spoon. Lizzie Frainier steps to the beat...

48 Hours

Gothenburg

Sweden’s second city is like the cooler, laid-back kid sister of more established Stockholm. Small wonder it’s known as Little London, says Imogen Lepere

Must Credit Adam Gibbard And Visit England 2

48 Hours

St Ives

This bustling Cornish village is home to a thriving artistic community, idyllic beaches and superior produce that’s guaranteed to sate the appetite, says Imogen Lepere

48 Hours

Salcombe

Seaside traditions meet elegant coastal style in this upmarket Devon town, where the seafood draws diners as much as the cream teas, says Imogen Lepere

48 Hours

Osaka

Blending bustling modern streets with traditional culture, the food and finance capital of Japan more than lives up to its name as the ‘nation’s kitchen’, says James Williams

48 Hours

Hamburg

Germany’s second-largest city is embracing its long-awaited and edgy new look with a swathe of über-cool bars, restaurants and boutique hotels, says Stefanie Will

48 Hours

Hoi An

Blending colonial style with vibrant South-East Asian flavours, this historic merchant town amid the paddy fields of Vietnam has oodles of charm, finds Blossom Green

48 Hours

Cork

Ireland’s lyrical port city has seen settlers and sailors come and go, but the quality of its culinary, design and art scene has remained constant, says Imogen Lepere

Get Premium access to all the latest content online

Subscribe and view full print editions online... Subscribe