We’ve done the planning. You do the packing. When you only have a few days to get away, why spend half your time preparing? Quick Escapes® From New York City frees you from the details and puts you on the road to an enjoyable time away from home. Inside you’ll find twenty quick getaways within driving distance of the New York City metro area. With this guide, you’ll find enough variety to suit every budget and taste. Features: • Easy-to-follow itineraries for 36- to 48-hour minivacations • Recommendations for the best places to visit, dine, and sleep • Options for a variety of interests • Accurate driving directions and route maps • Information on festivals and special events

Visitors to the Big Apple are increasingly eager to explore areas lying outside of the city and need the best travel advice possible, something that no other guidebook offers. City Weekends features itineraries for over 100 getaways in and outside of New York City for residents and visitors alike, including off-beat adventures, romantic outings, relaxing respites, and fresh scenery.

With this book, Fodor's brings the Short Escapes concept close to home, to a city where walking and getting away for the weekend are a way of life. Stoller and Bolger have uncovered corners of New York City-area countryside that are wonderfully rural and charming yet only two-and-a-half hours drive from Manhattan.

Monday can wait! Take a break from the chaos with a perfectly planned upstate getaway The Hudson Valley and Catskills are destinations New Yorkers can’t get enough of. Unlike typical travel guides, Easy Weekend Getaways in the Hudson Valley & Catskills ditches the well-worn antiquing, golfing, and family-friendly activities for a focus on what’s really drawing creative and trend-forward travelers up north—experimental art, incredible agriculture, action-packed outdoor adventures, artisanal producers and makers, bizarre and fascinating historical attractions, rustic-chic bed and breakfasts, holistic retreats, and more, all hidden within a stunning landscape that delights year-round. While these regions continue to gain popularity with city-dwellers, trying to make a break for it has always been a complicated DIY process. This guide takes the work out of piecing together an itinerary so that overworked travel-obsessives can get the most out of their precious time off with these curated upstate getaways.

Twenty quick getaways within driving distance of the New York City metro area with itineraries designed for 36 to 48 hour minivacations.

A longtime favorite is back -- completely updated and better than ever Here are the best weekend getaways from New York City, hand-picked and carefully researched by the author. Coverage of more than 450 inns, bed-and-breakfasts, and other lodgings, and more than 700 restaurants; A-to-Z sections on activities from antiquing to windsurfing; and calendars of special events and festivals all are here in this revised and updated edition.