In this guide, you’ll find a carefully curated, eclectic selection for every budget. Designed for both travellers and locals, it reveals handpicked addresses chosen by local writers – each place a gateway to discovery, far from the crowds and off the beaten path. A fresh take on the art of travel.

Explore a former power plant transformed into a hub for art and creativity, lace up your skates in a disco-styled indoor roller rink, have lunch in a Tibetan café perched above the elevated subway tracks, unwind in a spectacular spa set deep inside an old parking garage, spot a kinetic artwork visible only from a subway car, or admire Keith Haring’s monumental murals in a hospital lobby, then take a secret stroll along the banks of Newtown Creek.

Hidden hotels, outstanding restaurants, secret bars, off-the-radar strolls ... In this guide you’ll find a carefully curated, eclectic selection for every budget. Designed for both travellers and locals, it reveals handpicked addresses chosen by local writers – each place a gateway to discovery, far from the crowds and off the beaten path. A fresh take on the art of travel.