Michelin the Green Guide New York City (Michelin Green Guides) [Paperback]

Michelin Staff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2004

Including hotel and restaurant selections, this guide to the Big Apple features a principal sights map, practical information and star rated sights to help visitors enjoy their stay in one of the world's great cities.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

One Team: A Devotion to Quality There’s just one reason our team is dedicated to producing quality travel publications—you, our reader. We want you to get the maximum benefit from your trip—and from your money. In today’s multiple-choice world of travel, the options are many, perhaps overwhelming. In our guidebooks, we try to minimize the guesswork involved with travel. We scout out the attractions, prioritize them with star ratings, and describe what you’ll discover when you visit them. To help you orient yourself, we provide colorful and detailed, but easy-to-follow maps. Floor plans of some of the major museums help you plan your tour. Throughout the guides, we offer practical information, touring tips and suggestions for finding the best views of the city, a good place for a break or where to make that special purchase. Lodging and dining are always a big part of travel, so we compile a selection of hotels and restaurants that we think convey the feel of the city, and organize them by geographic area and price. We also highlight shopping, recreational and entertainment venues, especially the hot spots. If you’re short on time, two- and four-day itineraries are included so you can hit the highlights and quickly absorb the best of the destination. For those of you who love to experience a destination on foot, we add walking tours, complete with a map. And we list other companies who offer boat, bus or guided walking tours of the city, some with culinary, historical or other themes. In short, we test and retest, check and recheck to make sure that our guidebooks are truly just that: a personalized guide to help you make the most of your visit. After all, we want you to enjoy traveling as much as we do.

The Michelin Green Guide Team --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

The ultimate guidebook for all kinds of travel, The Green Guide will help you discover the uniqueness of your destination. *Maps of Principal Sights provides you with a quick reference for all places of interest. *Welcome to the City gives you a feel for the place and its people *Your Stay in the City gives you a feel for ht eplace and its people *Exploring the City guide syou through an in-depth exploration of neighborhoods and attractions with Michelin's famous star-rated system. *Planning Your Trip offers you lots of ideas for making preparations for a successful trip: how to get there, how to get around and when to catch local events. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 326 pages
• Publisher: Michelin Travel Pubns; 17th edition (April 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 2067106554
• ISBN-13: 978-2067106550
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 4.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,411,596 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NYC tour guides study it.. it must be good!, April 7, 2005

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J. Simpson "luv2travel" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Michelin the Green Guide New York City (Michelin Green Guides) (Paperback)

I was on one of those tv show/ movie tours in NYC recently and the tour guide had the most interesting stories to tell about the city. After the tour was over, I asked her to please tell me where she got all of her information. She explained to me that the NYC government requires that tour guides pass a test to get a tour guide license. In order to pass that test, they recommend that you study the Michelin NYC Green Guide. I wanted to make sure, so I called the licensing division and asked them what I needed to do to prepare for the exam - sure enough, they said to get the Michelin Green Guide NYC!! This travel guide has to be good!

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best guide to the cultural attractions of New York, August 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Michelin Green Guide New York City (12th ed) (Paperback)

This is the best guide available for walking tours of the cultural attractions of the Big Apple. I've used this and earlier versions of this book off and on for 25 years, both when I lived in New York and subsequently. The ratings of New York's major and minor sites from one to three stars are spot on, just as the Michelin Green Guides for London and Paris are. Useful both for the tourist with a few days to spend in New York as well as the resident New Yorker who needs to haul visitors around town to those attractions usually disdained by natives.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best NYC guide, January 1, 2006

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juleptrader "juleptrader" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Michelin the Green Guide New York City (Michelin Green Guides) (Paperback)

makes NYC manageable for the tourist.

maps are much better than those found in other guides.