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The Rough Guide to New York City - Edition 10

Author: Martin Dunford
Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1919

Media: Paperback
Edition: 10Rev Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 560
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1

ISBN: 1843536927
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.4710444
EAN: 9781843536925
ASIN: 1843536927

Publication Date: January 25, 2007
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Lost without it November 27, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I visited New York for the first time last Nov and I was given a mini rough guide to New York by a friend. I would have been lost without it.

It was a bible in my bag.

I am due to visit the big apple again in Jan and I decided to purchase the full rough guide to New York and I am not disappointed.

I have also order the mini rough guide to carry round New York when I get there.

The information contained within the book is well written and informative.

The maps at the back are a god's send and must not be under estimated in the overall picture and use of this product.

I would recommend this title to anyone wanting a comprehensive guide of New York.

4 out of 5 stars

Informative, practical and up-to-date June 9, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful

Before travelling to Manhattan for the first time, I browsed a number of different travel guides for New York City, and decided on this one because of its clarity and authority. The guide is easy-to-use, packed full of useful information for travellers, and had everything I needed to know. I also found the maps were better and the information it gave more generally up-to-date and more thorough than the Lonely Planet guide.

It doesn't provide you with pre-planned walks, but you don't need that if you have well-written sections on each district, a guide on what not to miss, and clear maps. The walks I've seen in other guides I actually find limiting, because I want to wander off in directions not officially "on the walk".

The only problem I had with the guide was that occasionally the information I needed wasn't all in one place, which isn't in itself a problem, but could also sometimes be impossible to find more than once. They need to put some thought into simplifying navigation between the sections, to make it quicker and easier - but despite this gripe I still think this is the best guide out there.

3 out of 5 stars

Dissapointed May 29, 2007
10 out of 12 found this review helpful

This is my first Rough Guide book. I was a bit dissapointed. Although there is a lot of historical information compared to other guides regarding the monuments or areas, for practical information the guide is not very useful.
There are no suggested walks which would make the life much easier specially if your are there on a short stay. The maps for each area are oriented in different ways (north is not always up!) which makes following the streets between maps impossible. There are not estimated price range for the restaurants. The practical information is limited in two pages in small print almost at the end of the guide. The restaurants are in another section than the actual section for each area, without crossreference to pages which is a bit of a hussle. Finally, the citypass (a discount ticket for major attractions) is only mentioned in the adds section of the book.
In the future I might use the rough guide for information before the trip but not in situ.