Use of iphone without roaming charges

Hope someone can help, I'm off to New York soon and was wondering if there is an app, or good maps of New York and surrounding areas that can be used offline.
Don't really want to arrive back in the UK with a huge phone bill waiting for me.
Cheers

The safest way is to ensure Data Roaming is deactivated:
Settings > General > Network > Data Roaming
I'd suggest entering Airplane mode, and then reenabling wifi.
Have a safe and pleasant trip
Edit: completely misread your note! Why not just use Maps whilst connected to wifi? Or better yet, download a PDF map?
Message was edited by: snkhan

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