Went to the physical store and it’s not open at all. There are online offerings though I wish I had known the physical store was closed, since I built a stop around it.

Great staff. Great teachers. Great bookstore--well stocked.

This store was closed when I travelled there on May 5th. There was no obvious notice of the closure on their homepage.

Think to got „please kill me“ their, wonderful punk rock book with Danny Field - the stooges, Ramones..

Great travel bookstore and place to learn languages in the city. Well priced, friendly staff. I took beginner and advanced beginner Italian and had a great time and learned a lot.

Great place. Looks really cool, plus the staff is really wonderful to deal with.I had a minor issue with a class I was taking and they really took the time to help me resolve the problem.Excellent customer service

Love this travel bookstore and the language classes they offer!Any kind of travel book is available here and its a great spot to plan your next holiday or to just be inspired.I took Spanish classes here and I found it really helpful. Our teacher brought so much enthusiasm to the class and helped us to not just learn the language but develop an appreciation and interest in the subject.

A nice small, bright space with tons of interesting books organized by world regions. Great selection there, travel memoirs, travel guides, language books, maps, etc.I have also been taking group/conversational spanish classes weekly there in the back. The classes have been really good, with good teachers. $295 for 7 weeks. Also offer French, Italian, German, and Portuguese.

Ive been taking spanish classes here for about 3 months. They are really great classes, and the bookstore itself has an amazing selection of language and travel books. Definitely worth checking out.

The definitive place to buy any language or travel book in the city. If you can find it online, you can definitely buy it in person here as well as discover new things to explore. Come here for wanderlust inspirations!

There is something so beautifully wonderful about this bookstore. The rows and rows of travel books really are appealing and then there’s the language section which has you thinking you should pick up a book or two. This second floor shop is cozy and has travel guides from hard-to-find publishers beyond the typical Lonely Planet and Frommers’. It’s a cool spot to check out even if you weren’t planning a domestic or international trip.

My favorite bookstore that offers me a passport to places all over the world! Whenever I am in NYC, I have Idlewild on the top of my list.

Theyre a small library but they have German, Spanish and Italian lessons for a good price

Great selection of travel books as well as travel essays. The clerk did not greet when I walked in and it felt awkward so I gave it 3 stars. Nice store layout though.

Good selection friendly and helpful staff. Not just travel books but fiction and non-fiction about other places. Language books too.

Took Spanish class here with Eduardo. Highly recommended! Teacher has great energy and was very helpful. Extremely patient and great with beginners.

This store is pretty nice with its great selection of books that it displays the store is quite small the selection that is gathered is quite large I recommend it

An amazing bookstore for books about travel and related novels

Came here on a whim to look for travel guides and was impressed with Idlewilds selection. They had at least 5-6 guides for the cities I was looking for (Prague & Budapest), as well as language reference books and a variety of maps. They also had 20% off travel guides when I was there, which was a nice surprise!Liked: Selection, valueDisliked: I was the only one in the store but the one employee didnt speak to me, even when I checked out

We love coming here to browse books in different languages. The childrens section features a good selection of books for multilingual kids across varying levels.

Staff is really helpful and knowledgeable. Well-curated selection—youll go for one thing in mind and end up with something more exciting you hadnt first considered.

Great international book store that offers reasonably priced language lessons.

Really friendly staff, great books, and they even offer language classes at very affordable rates. A real neighborhood gem in the west village.

Great cozy learning environment.

A beautiful bookstore specializing in travel guides and world literature. They also host language classes where you can brush up on your French, Spanish or Italian!

Idlewilds a bookshop and language center where you can reminisce about Paris, learn some new bon mots, or possibly even make up for a missed connection? Offers classes at various levels in French, Spanish and Italian. Small, unique, worth a pop-in when youre in Chelsea.

Nice spot to get a nice read

Great Spanish classes. Amazing place.

Well-edited of travel and travel-related books. Leans toward Europe, particularly France. Quiet, well-lit shop with small space for classes.

Small but quaint bookshop with a wide but curated selection of literature from all over the world. Walk in here to find books to learn about different cultures.

We took spanish classes here with Lilo. Excelent teacher, great location. Thanks

Extremely cozy and organized. I found just what I wanted!

Great selection of books. Language classes.

Nice selection of travel books

I take spanish classes, decent classes, recommend it

It was only travel books, as far as I could tell -- kind ofa let down.

Awesome travel shop!

I live up for stairs

If you want a travel book, this is the place

Great! My favorite bookstore!

Closed before time

Favorite bookstore

Spectacular

Very good distribution by themes. Good prices and advice by employees

A lovely travel bookstore in the West Village. It is small, but the selection of books and guides is very careful.The guides are arranged by country and mixed with novels and literature from that country, very interesting to prepare you to travel to a destination.They also have language classes.

Interesting books and comis and more