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How to Explore a New City (in the New Age?)

October 25, 2006 at 11:00 AM | 0 Comments

While holding a travel guide book in your hands as you traipse through Paris or Prague or Rome feels so comfortable, like a security blankie, there's a big chance that the information in there is outdated.

Have no fear! All the latest news on your travel destinations can be found---wait for it--online!

Ever hot on the trail of technology, the folks at Lifehacker asked visitors for their favorite, modern ways to investigate and explore new cities. While the editor's vote still goes to a good ol' podcast, readers are chiming in with additional suggestions. Wikitravel gets a nod, as do the following sites: Geocaching, Yelp, and the online home of Not For Tourists guides, where pdf versions of paper guides are free. Some Lifehackers also like to make use of their smartphones for on-the-go research.

"Human interaction" gets a few votes too--you can download that on a Blackberry, right?

[Photo: Anton and Mags]

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