- Personally researched by a longtime resident, Costa Rica For Dummies covers all the highlights of this fast-changing country, with recommended accommodations in every price category.
- Insightful commentary and opinionated reviews. Details on San Jose and the Central Valley; the Guanacaste area, Costa Rica’s “Gold Coast”; the Manuel Antonio area, the most popular ecotourism destination; the Monteverde area with its misty cloud forests; and the rest of the country
- Adventures to suit all ages and abilities: swooping from treetop platform to treetop platform on a canopy tour, taking a dip in a jungle swimming hole, or spotting playful spider monkeys as you hike through lush foliage.
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Explore Costa Rica the fun and easy way
Whether you want relaxation or adventure, a sun-soaked beach or a tropical rain forest, Costa Rica has it all. Explore urban San José or incredible national parks with unspoiled wilderness. Go golfing, snorkeling, volcano viewing, river rafting, sea kayaking, mountain biking, or horseback riding. With this friendly guide, you're on your way!
Open the bookand find:
Down-to-earth trip-planning advice
What you shouldn't miss — and what you can skip
The best hotels and restaurants for every budget
Lots of detailed maps
With tips and recommendations from the experts at Frommer's
About the Author
Eliot Greenspan is a poet, journalist, musician, and travel writer who took his backpack, mandolin, and typewriter the length of Mesoamerica before settling in Costa Rica in 1992. Since then, he has worked steadily as a travel writer, freelance journalist, and translator, and continued his travels in the region. He is also the author of Costa Rica Day By Day, Frommer’s Costa Rica, Frommer’s Belize, Frommer’s Guatemala, and Frommer’s Ecuador, as well as the chapter on Venezuela in Frommer’s South America.
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Best First Visit to Costa Rica Book
May 16 2007
By Cirroc
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Format:Paperback
My husband and I were going to Costa Rica for our honeymoon so, wanting to research it thoroughly, I bought 6 different C.R. travel books. I bought this one last and wish I had bought it first. It was the book I kept going back to. It also had the most useful maps of any of the C.R. books I saw. We wanted to stay at a mix of regularly priced places ($100+/night) along with the occasional splurge of $200+/night places. We also wanted to stay at enviromentally-friendly places as much as posible. This book got the job done.
CR for Dummies is the best intro/overview book. I would also recommend buying The New Key to Costa Rica because it has more detailed information about accomodations for all budget types and lots of additional info on activities and tours that you won't find in Dummies.
CR for Dummies is the best intro/overview book. I would also recommend buying The New Key to Costa Rica because it has more detailed information about accomodations for all budget types and lots of additional info on activities and tours that you won't find in Dummies.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Does a very good job, but you need supplement
July 29 2008
By Mrs. Night Owl
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Dummies travel books are usually pretty good and this is no exception. I just can't figure out how people could travel with only one guide book. It usually takes me 3 - I find that between all of them I can fill in most of the blanks. This one and Frommers were the best combination for Costa Rica but a lot of their info was duplicated because this Dummies book has "tips and recommendations from experts at Frommers" so it is like getting a different flavor of the same book. Why can't they just cram it all into one? I also had National Geographic but that was used mostly for the beautiful photos (great natural advertisements for neat places).
I wish there were pictures in this book but it's all text. The one great advantage to this is that you can highlight items of interest and they are very easy to find since there are no other contrasting colors in the book.
The bottom line is that I like it, it's a good tool, but for me it wouldn't be enough on its own.
I wish there were pictures in this book but it's all text. The one great advantage to this is that you can highlight items of interest and they are very easy to find since there are no other contrasting colors in the book.
The bottom line is that I like it, it's a good tool, but for me it wouldn't be enough on its own.
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Costa Rica for Dummies
Mar 10 2010
By Helga H. Shindler
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Very down to earth helpful information. A good addition to your reading list before traveling there with many good telelphone conncections. Recommended reading.
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