Eyewitness Travel Guide to New York (revised) [Paperback]

Eleanor Berman (Author)

Book Description

Series: EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE | Publication Date: January 1, 2002

The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you!

With more than 1,200 full-color photographs, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New York offers the most appetizing view of the Big Apple ever to be found in a travel reference. Detailed 3-D street, attraction, and subway maps take you from the Bronx down to Battery Park across to Brooklyn and Queens and direct you to all the must-see locations in between. Discover the treasures awaiting you along the Museum Mile with spotlights on the Guggenheim, and Metropolitan Museum that showcases their unique collections. Wander through Greenwich Village and Soho in one of the five special walking tours that take you through neighborhoods bustling with art, architecture, and history. New York's parks, performing arts, sports, entertainment centers are all covered in this ultimate guide to the city that never sleeps.

Editorial Reviews

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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

Eyewitness Travel Guides are marvels of writing, color photography and illustration. What makes these so special is their thoroughness. -- New York Times Syndicate

For comprehensive advice that is attractively presented, publisher Dorling Kindersley's guides for serious travelers are tough to beat. -- US News & World Report

Hats off to DK for the Eyewitness Travel Guides...[they] raise the bar for all others. -- Dallas Morning News

The best travel guides ever. -- Sky Magazine

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

The most visually appealing volume is EYEWITNESS NEW YORK. Splendidly designed, bursting with color photographs.... -- Money magazine

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: DK Travel; Revised edition (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078948756X
• ISBN-13: 978-0789487568
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #658,715 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

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.