Lonely Planet New York City
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- Create Date：2022-02-10 10:19:56
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Lonely Planet
- ISBN：1787016013
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Reviews
Sebastien
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I planned a secret trip to New York City in advance for months。 I had to read this at work。 I painstakingly read every page like the most analytical and neurotic tourist ever。 It made me excited to go。 I made an itinerary while using this book。 Annnnnnnnd then I went to New York City with it， and realized it was as useless as a rock。 I left it at the hotel。 I threw that itinerary away when I realized that everything useful about New York City is online and free。 In fact， instead of looking at th I planned a secret trip to New York City in advance for months。 I had to read this at work。 I painstakingly read every page like the most analytical and neurotic tourist ever。 It made me excited to go。 I made an itinerary while using this book。 Annnnnnnnd then I went to New York City with it， and realized it was as useless as a rock。 I left it at the hotel。 I threw that itinerary away when I realized that everything useful about New York City is online and free。 In fact， instead of looking at the list of restaurants in the book， I started just searching for "best restaurants" on Google Maps and would get instant and superior results， not just a shortened list of what the authors wanted me to eat。 Not that this is anything new vis-a-vis the decline of travel books in relation to just using Google。 I was just surprised that this book stuck to many traditional and mundane sights that people in the modern age have already disregarded as overexpensive， as taking too much of their valuable sightseeing time， and just generally being not worthy of visiting - I'm looking at you， Statue of Liberty tour （"What is this， a statue for ants？"）。 The book is also much too beefy and wastes time explaining things that don't need to be explained in my opinion。 For example， there is a map of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the book， though going to the museum itself， you will be provided with one。 You could also alternately go on the museum's website。 Why publish a useless map？ No one is going to voluntarily use a map in a heavy book while visiting a museum。Don't know how to use a subway？ Just ask some New Yorkers， since it's so chaotic！ （Thanks， Lonely Planet， for this great advice， by the way。） Don't want to waste your time and money on a travel book？ Just use the internet！ 。。。more
Lizzie
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Good guide， but didn’t get as much useful tips from it as I did with the Amalfi Coast Lonely Planet guide book。 As it’s a city guide you can find most things online that were in here。
Penny Seilyon
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First time using a travel guide to plan a trip。 Perfect guide with great recommendations for food， activities， and detailed explanations of neighbourhoods。
MissBecka Gee
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That was a wealth of information。The only problem now is that this added FAR too many things I want to do while in NYC without magically adding more time to my trip。
alan leitch
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The perfect companion ！！Great guide， ideal for 1st timers & old hands alike。 I was in NYC for 5 days。 This and the pocket version were my constant companions。
Katie （BooksRUs）
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A good idea of what to visit when in NYC。
Sean Riley
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Fantastic updated account of New York & the Borough's， the features on Queens & Brooklyn is superb。 Recommend this to anyone travelling there or have lived there & want to catch up on it's growth。 A must。Just buy it， Lonely Planet are the best plenty of in depth accounts of New York City。 Enjoy it folks。 Fantastic updated account of New York & the Borough's， the features on Queens & Brooklyn is superb。 Recommend this to anyone travelling there or have lived there & want to catch up on it's growth。 A must。Just buy it， Lonely Planet are the best plenty of in depth accounts of New York City。 Enjoy it folks。 。。。more
Gerri
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As a regular visitor to NYC （generally every couple of years）， I am always looking for the city's hidden treasures for new things to see， do， shop and eat。 Lonely Planet delivers on those treasures。 I am looking forward to trying out the suggested neighbourhood walks， particularly in Williamsburg， Brooklyn Heights and the east side of Manhattan - areas where I have not spent much time on previous trips。 As a regular visitor to NYC （generally every couple of years）， I am always looking for the city's hidden treasures for new things to see， do， shop and eat。 Lonely Planet delivers on those treasures。 I am looking forward to trying out the suggested neighbourhood walks， particularly in Williamsburg， Brooklyn Heights and the east side of Manhattan - areas where I have not spent much time on previous trips。 。。。more
Monica
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It feels weird rating a travel guide， but Lonely Planet always includes the best neighborhood walking tours and food suggestions。
Alan
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invaluable
Melinda Nankivell
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Extremely helpful， and the inclusion of the city and subway maps makes this a must-have。 Only found a couple of things it talked up。
Marzena
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Since the newest edition has just come out I had to stick with the one I purchased earlier。 So， obviously， being published in 2014 it is a bit out of date。 However， it still is a good source of compact information for any traveller。
Gabrielle
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A great read for preparing our family for our trip to New York City！
Theut
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In preparazione al viaggio， utilissimi gli spunti e i percorsi consigliati。
G。
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This was a big help to understanding New York City， and Brooklyn in particular。 I did look like a dunce whenever I pulled it out of my pocket， however。
Ferio
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