Product Description

Your visit to New York can be one of the most exhilirating, action-packed and varied holidays you're ever likely to have. Where else can you feel as if you're on top of the world at the Empire State Building in the morning and then feel as if you're in the deepest, darkest mass of swirling humanity should you visit Chinatown later in the day? To visit New York is to at once experience all the contradictions that life has to offer. Only in this city do you get the high-priced, high-end, high-class living that is life on the Upper East Side, yet within a stone's throw of the down-and-dirty El Barrio area of Harlem. Or visit the Downtown district of Wall Street, where the contrasts between old and new, tradition and modernity are represented by the juxtaposition of Colonial buildings alongside modern skyscrapers. The thrill, the excitement and the sheer fun of discovering it all - along with the shopping, the extraordinary restaurants, spectacular Broadway musicals, quirky, offbeat off-Broadway winners, the never-ending stream of gawkers and hawkers in the modern-day melting pot that is Times Square, or visiting any one of the marvellous, inspirational museums all while staying in a bijou boutique home-from-home or swanky, skyline-dominating hotel. This is New York in the Noughties: an experience not to be missed. And the inspiration to see it all and to experience it all positively bounces off the pages of the Brit's Guide to New York.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #104594 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 20
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Synopsis
The Big Apple remains the most popular short-break and shopping destination. "Brit's Guides" take extra care to help you pack in more of the best into whatever kind of break you choose. This is a personal, up-to-the-minute visit planner - now with its own website extension to keep it that way. America has never been cheaper for us and the value in shopping there has become sensational. Here's the guide that shows you the best shopping, eating, culture, accommodation, bars and clubs. It does so district-by-district, so that you can get the best out of wherever you are staying! Karen and Amanda combine their spot-on knowledge to put you in touch with the real New York. "I can't find fault with this travel guide. Having experienced the hustle and bustle myself, I can vouch for how tiring a visit can be. The author of this gem has cleverly divided New York into parcels so the traveller can fully explore a segment at a time. Neat idea!" - Jackie Foottit, reviewer.

From the Author
I've loved New York since the first time I pounded its streets one April weekend back in the Nineties. Cosmopolitan by nature, this is one capital that truly can be all things to all people. And it is this magic that I have tried to capture in my book, while also providing the practical, the insightful and the insider knowledge to help you hit the ground running and make the most of every single moment you have in the Big Apple. Do I love New York? Absolutely. Will you love it by the time you've finished your visit? Certainly. Do I believe my book will help you enjoy a fantastic time? Beyond a shadow of a doubt! So go on, buy the book and visit. You'll never regret either decision for an instance - promise!

Customer Reviews

it was all going so well.
I thought this book was great. Easy to read, very helpful and full of loads information that was really interesting. I really liked how much history the book covers, all about the makings off new york which alot of guide books dont go into. It wasnt untill i was on my trip to new york that i realised that the book has incorrect addresses in it!!! I was walking around trying to find the patricia field store (costume designer for sex and the city) the guide book claimed that the store was on 8th street between 5th ave and University place. Its actually 302 Bowery street. Unfortunatly because of this error I diddnt get chance to go to the store and was left thinking, what else in it was incorrect!

Disapointed
I bought the latest edition of this book because it said it was rewritten every year, therefore I expected it to be accurate for my trip a couple of months later. I was disapointed.

Too much information within the book was inaccurate. Prices were wrong, opening times incorrect, tour information just plain wrong. For example it said that if you take the Rockafeller centre tour that you get to see Music City Hall, this was totally wrong (as well as the opening times!). Even some of the "tips" were inacurate.

I also found that the structure of the book was not so well organised, and playing the maps in the centre was a bad idea as it is the most frequently used part of the book and now after just 1 weeks use it is nearly falling apart (at the front or back would be much better).

Also, the maps did not show where most things are, even those mentioned in the book where not marked!

I also felt the "brits view" was a none event. All I noticed was that it translated some British to American words, but lets face it, it's not that difficult to understand!

On the plus side it did have plenty of information of things to do and see.

But overall I am left disapointed with this book and would not buy another similar guide book from them.

Not that great...
I bought this book hoping for an interesting 'British' perspective on this all American city. What I got was a standard guide book giving reasonable coverage of the really obvious tourist hot spots, but very limited information about anything off the beaten track.
The central map section is confusing because adjacent pages cover overlapping areas. Many roads therfore appear twice on a single spread, making distances hard to judge. There were also several inaccuracies about opening hours, prices and even museum locations, which for a guide that boasts about being 're-written every year' was very disappointing.