Eyewitness Travel Guide to New York [Paperback]

Eleanor Berman (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1997

Over 1,200 full-color photographs taken specially for each guide. Recommended star sights and star features help you to make the most of the city. The Survival Guide shows you, in pictures, how to use local currency, public transportation, and telephones. Easy-to-use 3-D aerial views give you instant access to districts, streets, and buidings. Hotels, restaurants, cafes, and bars in all price ranges. Unique cutaways and floor plans help you explore public buildings and landmarks - no need to purchase other guides. Wide-ranging entertainment listings: theaters, music, films, clubs, and children's acitvities.

Editorial Reviews

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...You feel, looking at them, as if you could close the book and step into the street. -- Contra Costa Times

...considered to be the world's best travel resource to over 30 destinations around the world, make it easier to plan a splendid vacation. -- North American Press Syndication

Both novice and experienced travelers will be captivated. -- US News & World Report

Each book is a visual as well as informational feast about a particular place. -- The New York Times

Easily the best city guides available today. -- PLAYBOY

Encyclopedic in scope, it's meant to be used before, during, and after your stay. -- Travel & Leisure

The Best Guidebooks Ever -- SKY MAGAZINE

The best travel guides ever. -- Sky Magazine -Delta In flight Magazine

The most graphically exciting and visually pleasing series on the market. -- Chicago Tribune

Want to know where to get a great espresso on your way to the Uffizi? Or how much to tip a hotel maid in New York City? Try these travel guides, each an intricate trove of 3-D aerial views, landmark floor plans, color photos and essential eating, shopping and entertainment info. With titles covering Paris, Prague, and London, these pocket-sized guides are like a Michelangelo fresco: deliriously rich in detail. -- People Magazine

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: DK Travel; First edition. edition (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564581845
• ISBN-13: 978-1564581846
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 4.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,612,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As New York guides go, this is one of the best all-rounders., November 15, 2000

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Tony O'Rourke (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to New York (Paperback)

As editor on the hugely popular 'Essential Big Apple' New Yorktourist website, I get to read an awful lot of guides to the city thatnever sleeps. I remember the first time I picked up the DorlingKindersley Eyewitness Guide to New York, and being completelyoverwhelmed by the sheer amount of data set out beforeme.

Everything is in this one - somebody has finally got itright. The maps are superb, the illustrations are quite brilliant andthere are zillions of photographs to show you what other guides onlytell you. That would make a good slogan!

But they have really triedwith this one and although Eleanor Berman is the main contributor,they must have had a large team of writers, illustrators andphotographers working on this guide for quite some time.

I'd behappy to recommend this guide to anybody heading for the Big Apple. Itwould be money well spent!

Tony O'Rourke - Editor, Essential BigApple...

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Guide Book Even for a Local, December 27, 2001

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Steven Sprachman (Hicksville, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to New York (Paperback)

I live outside of New York City and rarely visit the city. But after Sept 11th I wanted a guide that I could use to explore the places I've never been to (as well as ones I have been to). The DK Guides are great for the amount of information they provide and this guide is no exception. There is information in this book that even a native New Yorker may not know. The book talks about the history and architecture of buildings that you may otherwise walk by. There are museums that I've never heard of. There are street by street maps of some of Manhattan's great neighborhoods. I have used the book to plan a walking trip from Penn Station to Rockefeller Center and back via Time Square. I am planning many future walking trips with this book. If the book is two heavy to carry, buy two. One for permanent reference and the other to "rip out" the pages of the places you are planning to visit. This guide book is well worth the money.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Four Weeks in New York, February 18, 2000

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Maggie Smith (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to New York (Paperback)

I am planning to spend four weeks in New York in your summer, my winter. Wanting to buy a good travel guide I went to the largest book shop in Melbourne (AU). With a choice of around 100 books - this book stood out. Concentrating more on what to do and see then the usual 'where can I stay for under $50 a night'or want a plethora of restaurant this book took me into the galleries, museums and architecture delights of New York. I feel it is designed for the traveller who wants to jump in boots and all. Thanks to this book I know my four weeks will be filled with exploring this fascinating city. Best book to get.