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Title: Lonely Planet New York City (New York City, 2002) by Conner Gorry ISBN: 1-74059-305-7 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Second Best Available
Comment: There are many guides to New York City. There are city guides, art guides, food guides, crime guides, New York for Dummies (which I do not like) and a number of travel guides. From what I can see there are two good general guidebooks. These are the Eyewitness Travel (DK) guide which is the one that I personally prefer or Lonely Planet (the present book). These two books are both just around 400 pages and both are tremendous efforts. They are well balanced guides with lots of photos, maps, history, etc. Both are clearly 5 star guides.
I would rate both (and DK Eyewitness Travel and Lonely Planet) head and shoulders ahead of Frommers or similar books that are less well balanced. Overall, the DK guide has better photos and visuals, it is about 50 pages longer, and makes for a better souvenir so it gets the nod as the better book, but it is a close call.
The city has lots of fun things to see and do but time is usually limited and it is expensive - so these guides are good investments This book is well balanced and like the DK guide it pulls a lot of things together such as history and culture, food, towns and lots of interesting information on new York. The book brings it all to life with just magnificent photos and maps.
My favorite gallery is the Museum of Modern art. Do not miss that.
In either case this is an excellent buy. 5 stars.
Jack in Toronto
Rating: 5
Summary: New York City in a Nutshell
Comment: This was an excellent guide for my fist ever visit to NYC, and I feel that it will continue to be useful for many trips to come because there is SO much there! This book has an abundance of information on all areas of the city. It had great overviews of Manhattan as a whole, and minute details that prove to be important as you make your way around the city (for example, hours of all the museums, and a detailed map of Central Park). It even had really neat walking tours around all the different neighborhoods (the snapshot maps are great) that pointed out the don't-miss sights around each area of Manhattan. For those exploring beyond Manhattan, it also has chapters on all the boroughs. It could have included a little more of the nightlife, but the restaurant selections more than made up for that. The Subway map in the back of the book is a very valuable asset, and I found it helped make the trains quite manageable.
This book is a must have for any first-timer to Manhattan, and probably even has new information for those that have been there many times.
Rating: 4
Summary: May be all you need to visit NYC
Comment: This book has a lot of good information that I used for my wife's & my first visit to New York City. It has more information than most people will need unless you're going to be sightseeing in NYC for at least one month. It has some restaurants listed but the Zagat Survey book is best for restaurants.
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Title: Lonely Planet New York City Map (City Map Series) by Lonely Planet ISBN: 1740591941 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Streetwise Manhattan by Michael Brown, Streetwise Maps ISBN: 0935039031 Publisher: Streetwise Maps Pub. Date: 01 September, 1984 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet California (California and Nevada, 3rd Ed) by Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Sara Benson, Marisa Gierlich-Burgin, Scott McNeely, Kurt Wolff, Lonely Planet ISBN: 1864503319 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Boston (Boston, 2nd Ed) by Kim Grant, Lonely Planet ISBN: 1740591062 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania (New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 2nd Ed) by Tom Smallman, Michael Clark, David Ellis ISBN: 1864501383 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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