Product Description

From soaring skyscrapers to rumbling subways, power shopping to bargain-hunting, world-renowned restaurants to neighborhood delis and pizzerias, majestic cathedrals to Times Square—New York has it all. Chances are you can't do it all, but this friendly guide helps you take a big bite out of the Big Apple with:

• Maps and tips for getting around by public transit, plus sights best seen on foot
• A calendar of events for every season
• A shopper's guide, including trendy areas like SoHo, NoHo, and NoLita
• Information about great free attractions, including the Staten Island Ferry
• Sample itineraries to help you make the most of your trip

Like every For Dummies travel guide, New York City For Dummies, Fourth Edition includes:

• Down-to-earth trip-planning advice
• What you shouldn’t miss — and what you can skip
• The best hotels and restaurants for every budget
• Handy Post-it Flags to mark your favorite pages

With information on "must see" attractions like the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and Central Park, places to take the kids, an insider's look at the nightlife, tips on getting discount tickets to popular shows, and a Quick Concierge with all kinds of info, this guide will have you saying, "I love New York."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #372770 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 317 pages

From the Back Cover
Travel smart at www.dummies.com

Take a bite out of the Big Apple

From teeming Times Square to trendy neighborhoods, the Brooklyn Bridge to Broadway, the Statue of Liberty to Central Park, chic boutiques to venerable pizzerias, museums to nightclubs, with this fun guide, you'll love New York!

Discover:

• Down-to-earthtrip-planning advice
• What you shouldn't miss —and what you can skip
• The best hotels andrestaurants for every budget
• Handy Post-it® Flags to mark your favorite pages

About the Author
Brian Silverman has written about travel, food, sports, and music for publications such as Saveur, Caribbean Travel & Life, Islands, American Way, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. He is the author of several books including Going, Going, Gone: The History, Lore and Mystique of the Home Run and co-editor of The Twentieth Century Treasury of Sports. Brian lives in New York, New York with his wife and children.

Customer Reviews

Great book
Great book if you've never been to New York before. I found it extemely helpful in planning our trip with lots of advice and "secret" things I would never have seen or planned on. Has a lot about prices, places and pitfalls. The only thing I would have liked to see was some information on travel from the ports.

Misinformation and Missing Information
This is a terrible excuse for a guidebook. Its maps are blatantly incorrect: the subway map is a ballpark approximation, at best, and things in Central Park are not located where the map says they are, among others. Its attraction descriptions neglect crucial information about the details you actually need at the sites (the Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty in particular), and the restaurant descriptions do not show the complete picture. I don't throw out books I dislike, but this one is going straight to the recycling bin.

If you buy only one book before you travel . . .
Make it this one if you are going to NY. I bought several books and this was the best laid out of all the books and it doesn't try to be a resource for ALL restaurants or ALL stores - it just gets to the best.

I loved nearly every recommendation. The only one that I had a beef with was the "Kid friendly" rating of Mickey Mantles. Not sure how a small bowl of pasta for $10 and no sides is "kid friendly."