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Lonely Planet knows Cancun, Cozumel and the Yucatan. This 5th edition helps you build the perfect itinerary, whether it includes visiting ancient Maya ruins, people watching in an open-air cafe on Merida's Plaza Grande or heading to Cozumel to dive into the coral gardens of the Great Maya Barrier Reef. Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip. In This Guide: Outdoor Adventure chapter with ideas for the entire family. Bonus Chapter on neighboring Tabasco and Chiapas. Unique Green Index makes ecofriendly travel that much easier.
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A skilled writer, photographer, videographer and editor, Greg Benchwick has penned articles for National Geographic Traveler, Lonely Planet, The San Jose Mercury News, The San Francisco Examiner, The Miami Herald, Sommelier Journal, Fodor’s, Adbusters and more. An expert on travel, food, wine, Latin America, sustainable travel and adventure sports, Greg has also contributed as an authoritative expert for such media outlets as Newsweek, The Washington Post, BBC Radio, Rick Steve’s Radio and Let’s Travel Radio. And he has worked as an editor at Lonely Planet Publications, The San Jose Mercury News and The San Francisco Examiner.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best guide for getting off the beaten path.,
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan, 4th Edition 4th Ed. (Paperback)
This is an excellent guide book for Cancun, Cozmel, and the Rivera Maya. Using it I was able to find some great out of the way places. If you plan on traveling the greater Yucatan, however, This book will not be sufficient. For that recommend Lonely Planet Yucatan. I also have to recommend the cult thriller hit A Tourist In The Yucatan which I found after seeing it recommended in the Lonely Planet guide books.
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Guidebooks on ereaders are not convenient,
By Cynthia M. Reves - Published on Amazon.com
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I always travel with a Lonely Planet guidebook. This past trip to the Yucatan we used a combination of Lonely Planet and Frommers and got along fine. I will say, however, that getting the guidebook on the kindle was a mistake. The maps were too hard to see. Also, unlike when I read a novel, when I use a guidebook I flip around constantly. That is not easy to do on an ereader. I recommend Lonely Planet if you are going to the Yucatan, but not the kindle version.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Falls a bit short,
By Charles E. Stevens - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lonely Planet Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan, 4th Edition 4th Ed. (Paperback)
While there is nothing specifically "wrong" with it per se, the Lonely Planet Yucatan guide falls a bit short. The details are a bit sparse and the book is aimed a little more toward the backpacker crowd than I was looking for. Mexico is inexpensive enough (outside of the resort areas, that is) that one can "splurge" a bit on food and lodging while still paying budget prices, by U.S. standards ... so the bare-bones focus of Lonely Planet was not quite what I was looking for.Again, while not the worst guide on the Yucatan, there are better out there. My favorite was the Moon guide, with the Rough Guide falling a close second. Those books have more detail, have livelier writing, and better recommendations. The Lonely Planet books have been a great resource on many of my travels, but in this case, it fell a bit short. 11 of 15 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Needs to be updated!,
By Rossan Chen "rosiemedstudent" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lonely Planet Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan, 4th Edition 4th Ed. (Paperback)
I felt like the guide could have had more detail in terms of budget hotels or hostels. I ended up staying in places I found on hostelworld.com that weren't even listed in the Lonely Planet guide. In terms of scuba diving in Cozumel, the book listed only two recommendations, including the random name of a person the writer had met back in 2006 when he was doing his research. Turns out there are over one hundred dive shops in Cozumel that offer to take people out on trips of varying lengths.The food suggestions in the guidebook were good. The maps of the cities were helpful as were the transportation information tables. The descriptions of the ruins weren't enough to go by without hiring a guide. Still, it was better than the Frommer's guidebook that my sister brought with her. |
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