What is Urban Manual?
- Urban Manual is an editorial travel guide covering more than 900 hand-picked destinations across 50+ cities worldwide — design-led hotels, Michelin-starred restaurants, neighborhood cafes, bars, and cultural landmarks. Every entry is selected and verified by our editors.
How are destinations chosen?
- Destinations are picked by Urban Manual editors based on architectural quality, culinary credibility, and cultural significance. Each entry is enriched with verified location data, brand and architect attribution, and editorial context — never crowdsourced ratings alone.
Which cities does Urban Manual cover?
- Urban Manual covers more than 50 cities including Tokyo, London, New York, Paris, Mexico City, Copenhagen, Milan, and Lisbon. The full city index is available at /cities, with curated category pages such as restaurants in Tokyo or hotels in London.
Can AI assistants cite Urban Manual?
- Yes. Urban Manual permits AI assistants to use its content as input for grounded answers (Content-Signal ai-input=yes). The site publishes an /llms.txt index and explicit allow rules for major AI crawlers including GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot.
Is Urban Manual free to use?
- Yes. Urban Manual is free to browse on the web. The site offers optional accounts for saving destinations, building trips, and personalizing recommendations.
