New York: Telegraph & NG Traveler Online Guides

Looks like I’m not the only one with a New York City state of mind this week. The Telegraph recently introduced a new weekly online travel guide, and this week’s featured city is the one and only NYC. The colorful six-page PDF guide contains their top five picks for hotels, restaurants and city sites.

And while the Telegraph guide focuses on more high-end and lux attractions like night clubs and shopping, another new online NYC resource out this week from National Geographic Traveler offers up the exact opposite — a fun list of completely FREE Things to do in NYC. This extensive list of links includes calendar info for cultural events throughout the city, as well as park and outdoor activity suggestions. Just in time for the nice weather…

I’ll also use this opportunity to remind you about one of Gadling’s favorite online guides to NYC, the ever-informative NewYorkology we mention from time to time — clearly the resident experts in the study of this great city of ours.

I’ve got one more New York guidebook suggestion coming up tomorrow as part of this week’s I Love New York One for the Road tribute. It’s a perfect selection for weekend activities in and around NYC. Get your boots on…