Travel guides that show you the way

New and different guidebooks have crossed my desk in recent days, among them a new series for traveling trendsetters and one for kids.

The fold-out Go2Guides are age-specific, laminated to protect against spills and drooling babies, with big pictures. They include some site-specific info but focus more on culture, food and some history. Cost: $9.95.

The unconventional Ideo Eyes Open series of city guides offers finds — places to get art from a vending machine in London — and out-of-the-way spots — the Community Bookstore on Court Street in New York. These are big on photos and design. Published by Chronicle Books for $22.95.

My colleague Susan Spano recommends the well-pedigreed little black leather Moleskine city notebooks, which come in a variety of sizes for 40 cities worldwide. They have maps of the Metro systems, time zone and international holiday information, distance converters, blank pages, calendar pages, a secret pocket and an elastic closure.

Finally, the ultra-slim Luxe City guides have no photos and can fit in your hip pocket. You’ll find hotel and restaurant recommendations, but also LuxeLoves (Lark Cake Shop) and Luxe Loathes (LAX). Cost $9.

— Vani Rangachar, Los Angeles Times Deputy Travel Editor

[Photo: Luxe City Guides website]

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