Fodor's New York City 2002: The Guide for All Budgets, Updated Every Year, with a Pullout Map and Color Photos (Fodor's Gold Guides) [Paperback]

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Series: Fodor's Gold Guides | Publication Date: August 28, 2001

No matter what your budget or whether it's your first trip or fifteenth, Fodor's Gold Guides get you where you want to go. In this guide, updated every year, our experts who live in New York City give you the inside track showing you all the things to see and do -- from must-see sights to off-the-beaten-path adventures, from shopping to outdoor fun. Start with the color planning section to help you decide where to go, use your personal supply of Post-it? flags to mark your favorite listings, and consult the foldout map to stay on course. Fodor's New York City 2002 shows you hundreds of hotel and restaurant choices in all price ranges -- from budget-friendly B&Bs to luxury hotels, from casual eateries to the hottest new restaurants, complete with thorough reviews showing what makes each place special. The Smart Travel Tips A to Z section helps you take care of the nitty gritty with essential local contacts and great advice -- from how to take your mountain bike with you to what to do in an emergency. Plus, web links, maps, costs, and mix-and-match itineraries make planning a snap.


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No matter what your budget or whether it's your first trip or fifteenth, Fodor's Gold Guides get you where you want to go. In this guide, updated every year, our experts who live in New York City give you the inside track showing you all the things to see and do -- from must-see sights to off-the-beaten-path adventures, from shopping to outdoor fun. Start with the color planning section to help you decide where to go, use your personal supply of Post-it? flags to mark your favorite listings, and consult the foldout map to stay on course. Fodor's New York City 2002 shows you hundreds of hotel and restaurant choices in all price ranges -- from budget-friendly B&Bs to luxury hotels, from casual eateries to the hottest new restaurants, complete with thorough reviews showing what makes each place special. The Smart Travel Tips A to Z section helps you take care of the nitty gritty with essential local contacts and great advice -- from how to take your mountain bike with you to what to do in an emergency. Plus, web links, maps, costs, and mix-and-match itineraries make planning a snap.


"The king of guidebooks." - Newsweek

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; Revised edition (August 28, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067900856X
• ISBN-13: 978-0679008569
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,910,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive Guidebook for the NYC Traveller, February 4, 2002

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Daniel Sutton (New York, NY, United States of America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fodor's New York City 2002: The Guide for All Budgets, Updated Every Year, with a Pullout Map and Color Photos (Fodor's Gold Guides) (Paperback)

Amazon.com Readers,

Just a note -- the building on the cover of this book is the Flatiron Building, not the WTC as another reader suggested.

Within the past year, I bought a Fodor's guide to New York City. The guide I bought was the 2001 edition (not too much different from the 2002 edition), because I wanted to see what it said about the famous and not so famous places in New York City. I am a resident of NYC, and I have been for my whole life, which is one reason I wanted to see a travel book, about it. I read about Grand Central Station, the American Museum of Natural History (which I live very close to), and the buildings along Central Park West. One building I would like to see some information about in the Fodor's guides is the El Dorado, further up Central Park West than the Dakota, San Remo and Beresford (three very famous buildings, but not necessarily more worthy of attention than the El Dorado). Most reviewers might think that the El Dorado is too far uptown to be fashionable, but there are some famous people living in that building who may disagree. The building is a fine example of art deco design, and was made a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Since I am a resident of this great city, it was very interesting for me to actually buy a travel guide and read it as a tourist would. Fodor's is always very comprehensive with their reviews.

I didn't read the restaurant reviews, but some restaurants that I have liked going to for a while include Merchants NY, on Columbus Avenue between 85th and 86th streets, Neo (a bit pricey, but a great Japanese restaurant) on 84th and Broadway, and Zocalo (a Mexican restaurant) on the Dining Concourse level of Grand Central Station. Write some follow-up reviews of this Fodor's Title and let me know how you like these restaurants! Enjoy your trip to the greatest city on earth!

All the Best,

--Daniel

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Do yourself a favor and take Fodor's NYC as your companion., June 20, 2002

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Jay Guenther (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fodor's New York City 2002: The Guide for All Budgets, Updated Every Year, with a Pullout Map and Color Photos (Fodor's Gold Guides) (Paperback)

NYC can be overwhelming even for the repeat visitor. Be prepared, and use Fodor's. What I loved about the guide is that it breaks the city down into neighborhoods. You can pick the ones you want to visit, and wander through a different one each day. I originally tried to visit NYC with a map highlighted with the sights I wanted to see. It was a wild goose chase! The suggested itineraries in Fodor's made it easier, and I wasn't harried by running all over the city.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Want to support the USA? Visit NYC today., May 21, 2002

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Andy Williamson (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fodor's New York City 2002: The Guide for All Budgets, Updated Every Year, with a Pullout Map and Color Photos (Fodor's Gold Guides) (Paperback)

Fodor's has done good by NYC here. This tome is packed with juicy tid-bits throughout. If you 'Need A Break?' during your walking, there are literally hundreds of highlighted cafes, corner deli's, candy shops, and bakaries for you to peruse-separated by neighborhood and borough.

This book is divided into different chapters, the first dealing mainly with Manhattan and its different neighborhoods. Want to visit the grill/movie studio owned by actor Robert De Niro? It's in here. Want to visit the former homes of any number of famous New Yorkers? Or the bar in which poet Dylan Thomas supposedly drank himself to death? The restaurants where Hemingway and others wrote? Prohibition-era speakeasy's? All these and much more are expounded upon.

There is a dizzying array of info on museums, nightclubs, music clubs, restaurants, transit systems, and tours. My wife and I have been devouring this book in the months before our trip to NYC. It has been a blast. The beginning of the book also includes some nice color photography of various key sights and Fodor's has done readers a great service by listing its 'moments not to miss' on one page (things like where to be for a great sunset or the most romantic restaurant etc.).

Also helpful are numerous itineraries for walking tours based on a 3 day or 5 day trip to NYC. The inside cover includes a checklist of items to cover in the months up to your trip (reservations, finances etc.)

After returning from our trip, my wife and I can say that this book was a MASSIVE help to us. We carried it around in our bag and stopped each day once or twice to review it as we walked around. A great resource.