Don't be a Tourist in New York by Messy Nessy Chic will help you discover the secret recipe to becoming an experimental and artful traveller in a messy world.

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You could spend a lifetime trying to sift through all of the travel sites and best-selling city guides about how to best explore New York – or you could start the adventure today.

This book can wake up your inner explorer; tap into your curiosity and help you to discover all five boroughs like a roaming detective; a seeker of stories and collector of local secrets.

This book invites you to travel in a way that tourists rarely do, whether you’re a lifelong New Yorker looking for an excuse to leave your apartment or a first time visitor searching for a companion that won’t drag you around like a sightseer.

America’s greatest metropolis deserves a book of secrets – one that compiles its curious idiosyncrasies and digs through its past & present to bring you inspiration and  adventure in the least expected places.

You’ll get 370 pages of:

• Collectors Addresses
• Secret Dive Bars & Jazz Cafés
• Restaurants to Remember
• Strange and Underground Adventures
• Going solo & Budget-friendly Life-Savers
• Moodlifting & Inspiring Activities
• Mom & Pop Shops and Historic holdouts
• Hidden Gardens & Al Fresco Eateries
• Unique Date Ideas & Romantic Adventures
• Underrated & Alternative Museums
• Performing Arts Hubs & Open Mic Nights
• Hip Hangouts & Social Playgrounds
• Time Travelling Strolls & Neighbourhood Secrets
• Booklover Havens & Cabinets of Curiosity
• Family Days Out and Hobbies for all Ages
• New York in all its glorious diversity