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Berlitz Pocket Guides: iconic style, a bestselling brand, this is the quintessential pocket-sized travel guide to New York, and now comes with a bi-lingual dictionary


Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide [with new bi-lingual dictionary] is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do and see in New York, from top attractions like the Brooklyn Bridge, to hidden gems, including places in Greenwich Village. This will save you time, and enhance your exploration of this fascinating city.


- Compact, concise, and packed with essential information, this is an iconic on-the-move companion when you're exploring New York
- Covers Top Ten Attractions, including the Empire State Building and Central Park and Perfect Day itinerary suggestions
- New bi-lingual dictionary section makes this the perfect portable package for short trip travellers
- Includes an insightful overview of landscape, history and culture
- Handy colour maps on the inside cover flaps will help you find your way around
- Essential practical information on everything from Eating Out to Getting Around
- Inspirational colour photography throughout
- Sharp design and colour-coded sections make for an engaging reading experience

About Berlitz: Berlitz draws on years of travel and language expertise to bring you a wide range of travel and language products, including travel guides, maps, phrase books, language-learning courses, dictionaries and kids' language products.


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Date de parution

01 janvier 2019

Nombre de lectures

3

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9781785731730

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English

Poids de l'ouvrage

7 Mo

How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to New York, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of New York, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in New York are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of New York. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Berlitz Pocket Guides
The Berlitz story began in 1877 when Maximilian Berlitz devised his revolutionary method of language learning. More than 130 years later, Berlitz is a household name, famed not only for language schools but also as a provider of best-selling language and travel guides.
Our wide-ranging travel products – printed travel guides and phrase books, as well as apps and ebooks – offer all the information you need for a perfect trip, and are regularly updated by our team of expert local authors. Their practical emphasis means they are perfect for use on the ground. Wherever you’re going – whether it’s on a short break, the trip of a lifetime, a cruise or a business trip – we offer the ideal guide for your needs.
Our Berlitz Pocket Guides are the perfect choice if you need reliable, concise information in a handy format. We provide amazing value for money – these guides may be small, but they are packed with information. No wonder they have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.
© 2018 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd





Table of Contents
New York’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Day In New York
Introduction
A city transformed
A gorgeous mosaic
A Brief History
New Amsterdam
New York
The new republic
Burgeoning town
Mass immigration
Highs and lows
Historical landmarks
Where To Go
Downtown
One World Trade Center and 9/11 Memorial
Battery Park City
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
Fraunces Tavern
Wall Street
Brooklyn Bridge
South Street Seaport
West Midtown – Theater District
Times Square and Broadway
North of Times Square
West 42nd Street
Central Midtown
Bryant Park
Rockefeller Center
Fifth Avenue
Museum of Modern Art
East Midtown
Madison and Park Avenues
Grand Central and the Chrysler Building
United Nations
South Midtown
Empire State Building
Upper East Side – The Museum Mile
Frick Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Neue Galerie
Guggenheim Museum
Other museums
Central Park
Park highlights
Upper West Side
Lincoln Center
Natural History Museum
Columbia University Area
Harlem and North Manhattan
An historic district
Washington Heights
The Cloisters
Other neighborhoods
The Lower East Side
The Bowery
Chinatown
Little Italy
SoHo and Tribeca
Greenwich Village
East Village
Meatpacking District and Chelsea
Excursions to the outer boroughs
Brooklyn
The Bronx
Queens
What To Do
Shopping
When and where to shop
What to buy
Entertainment
Theater
Classical music and dance
Film
Dance clubs
Cabarets and jazz clubs
Bars
Sports
Watching sports
Playing sports
Children’s New York
Calendar of events
Eating Out
Price
Meals and meal times
New York specialties
Iconic delis and the pastrami sandwich
Diners and coffee shops
Bakeries
Bagels
Pizza
New York cheesecake
Steakhouses
Burgers and hot dogs
Carts
Healthy fast food options
Ethnic enclaves
Restaurants
Downtown
Midtown
The Upper East Side
The Upper West Side
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodations
Airports
B
Budgeting for your trip
C
Car rental/hire (See also Driving)
Climate
Clothing
Crime and safety (See also Emergencies)
Customs regulations
D
Driving (See also Car rental/hire)
E
Electricity
Embassies and consulates
Emergencies (See also Health and medical care and Police)
G
Getting there
Guides and tours
H
Health and medical care
L
LGBTQ travelers
Lost property
M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening hours
P
Police (See also Crime and Emergencies)
Post offices
Public holidays
T
Telephones
Time zones
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist information
Transportation (See also Airports)
Travelers with disabilities
V
Visas and entry requirements (See also Airports)
W
Websites
Weights and measures
Y
Youth hostels and YMCAs (See also Accommodations)
Recommended Hotels
Downtown
Midtown
Herald Square, Murray Hill, Gramercy Park
The Upper East Side
The Upper West Side


New York’s Top 10 Attractions




Top Attraction #1
Richard Nowitz/Apa Publications

Brooklyn Bridge
Stroll across this 19th-century icon. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #2
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The Guggenheim
As well known for its architecture as for its paintings. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #3
Britta Jaschinski/Apa Publications

Statue of Liberty
Welcoming millions to New York since its dedication in 1886. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #4
Britta Jaschinski/Apa Publications

MoMA
Home to one of the world’s best collections of modern art. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #5
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Times Square
Get up close to the spectacle of this iconic world landmark. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #6
Anna Mockford & Nick Bonetti/Apa Publications

Empire State Building
The famed skyscraper offers eye-popping views of Manhattan. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #7
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American Museum of Natural History
From dinosaurs to planets, it’s all here. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #8
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Greenwich Village
A laid-back feel characterizes the infamously bohemian ‘Village’. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #9
Shutterstock

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A vast and fabulous trove of historical treasures. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #10
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Central Park
Unwind in New York’s playground. For more information, click here .


A Perfect Day In New York



9.00am

Breakfast
Enjoy the quintessential breakfast of New Yorkers – bagel, lox, and cream cheese – at Katz’s Delicatessen on the Lower East Side. After breakfast stroll down Ludlow where you can window-shop the hip neighborhood’s boutiques.


10.15am

Lower East Side origins
Just a couple of doors down from Delancey on Orchard Street is the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Here you can step back in time and learn about the immigrants who originally populated the Lower East Side with a visit to the tenement building built in 1863.


11.15am

Walk to Brooklyn
Continue heading south, through Chinatown, to the Brooklyn Bridge entrance at the end of Centre Street. Cross the bridge via the walkway to arrive in Brooklyn at the other side of the East River.


12.30pm

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