Published This Month: All-New Edition of Australia & NZ’s Number-One City Guide to NYC

2012-08-07 — /travelprnews.com/ — “Start spreading the news…”  This month, global travel authority Lonely Planet has published an all-new edition of its New York City Guide – Australia and New Zealand’s number-one best-selling city guide to NYC.

This is the eighth edition of Lonely Planet New York City, and its highlights include:

• 843 acres of Central Park (plus map)
• 247 hand-picked restaurants
• 176 ways to swipe your plastic
• 84 museums & galleries
• 11 walking tours

“New York is much more than the gateway to opportunity,” writes Lonely Planet Coordinating Author Brandon Presser.  “It’s a city of triumph, a capital of exploration and experimentation; a place where one is truly free to be themselves.”

For this new edition of New York City, Lonely Planet’s authors have hunted down the fresh, the transformed, the hot and the happening.

Coverage Includes: Planning Your Trip; Lower Manhattan & Financial District; SoHo & Chinatown; East Village & Lower East Side; Greenwich Village, Chelsea & The Meatpacking District; Union Square, Flatiron District & Gramercy; Midtown; Upper East Side; Upper West Side & Central Park; Harlem & Upper Manhattan; Brooklyn; Queens; Understanding New York and Survival Guide.

Lonely Planet’s New York City

Available now from all good bookstores

RRP: AU$34.99 / NZ$45

Craig Potton Publishing is Lonely Planet’s exclusive distributor in New Zealand. Web: www.craigpotton.co.nz

 

NOTES TO EDITORS

• Review copies available on request.
• Free extracts & images available with permission.

 

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