What European cities should be on your list to visit? The editors of the “Louis Vuitton City Guide 2008” have some suggestions: Bilbao, Luxembourg, Nicosia, Reykjavik, and Turin. These five cities are the latest subjects in the nine-volume boxed set of guides published by the luxury goods retailer.

The guides cover 30 European cities — and, in a separate book, New York, the only city outside of Europe; this year’s New York edition is updated. In all of the City Guides, the focus is on both little-known attractions and not-to-be missed sites. Through information on restaurants, museums, hotels, markets, and shopping, the books speak to well-seasoned travelers as well as city residents looking for creative entertainment.

In the newest five-city volume, the section on Bilbao explains how to best take advantage of this city that only recently faced bankruptcy, but was revived by the construction of the Guggenheim, designed by Frank Gehry in 1997. Other architects such as Santiago Calatrava and Norman Foster followed, helping to turn Bilbao into a “third millennium building site” and one of the culture capitals of the world, according to the City Guide.

The city of Luxembourg has recently reached “beyond its administrative exterior” to house museums, concert halls, and exhibitions, which the guide says was aided by the creation of a high-speed train service that connects the city to other European hubs.

The capital city of Cyprus, Nicosia, is split culturally and politically by Greece and Turkey. It is of interest to travelers for its beautiful avenues lined with boutiques and homes, though the guidebook has to advise avoiding the demarcation line marked by barbed wire, sandbags, and concrete walls.

The editors highlight the unique combination of natural beauty and an emerging art scene in Reykjavík and the cultural powerhouse Turin, home to the second-largest opera house in Europe and “ten times as many museums, monuments and theatres as Milan.”

The editor in chief, Pierre Léonforté, has worked on every edition with the artist, columnist, and fashion critic Ruben Toledo, who sketches an outline of the contents for each city represented. Each year, the color of the collection has been chosen to reflect current trends in fashion. This year’s saffron yellow is reminiscent of a New York taxicab, paying tribute to what the City Guide allows is “the capital of the world.”