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Central America & Mexico Handbook, 18th: The only travel guide to cover Mexico and the 7 Central American nations (Footprint Central America and Mexico Handbook)

Central America & Mexico Handbook, 18th: The only travel guide to cover Mexico and the 7 Central American nations (Footprint Central America and Mexico Handbook)Author: Peter Hutchison
Publisher: Footprint Handbooks
Category: Book

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Media: Hardcover
Edition: Eighteenth
Pages: 1520
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 4.7 x 1.5

ISBN: 1906098697
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9781906098698
ASIN: 1906098697

Publication Date: November 30, 2009
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Product Description
From Baja California to the Darien Gap, this new edition of Footprint’s acclaimed guide takes savvy travelers along the Ruta Maya, through beautiful colonial cities and sleepy villages, to deserted beaches and lush rainforests, while providing up-to-date recommendations for all budgets on where to sleep and where to sample tequila and eat tortillas, and the lowdown on the region’s best fiestas. Updated annually, this is the most up-to-date guide to the region available.


Customer Reviews:
5 out of 5 stars Excellent for independent travelers   January 4, 2009
Matt Ebiner (Covina, CA USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful

Footprint does a great job covering this region of Latin America in a single volume. The pages are thin enough to pack a comparable amount of information as found in 5 different Lonely Planet guidebooks. The accommodation listings are succint but helpful, and the descriptions of the attractions are intelligently described. It would definitely be the book to bring for someone traveling in multiple countries. I have been disappointed with some of the Footprint guides for other regions of the world, but I loved their guide for Mexico and Central America.


4 out of 5 stars good travel guide   December 10, 2009
Ronald Stockman (Xalapa, Veracruz)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a very good book, written British style. This is especially good for those going to Mexico and Central America.

For those just visiting Mexico, who want in-depth coverage, Lonely Planet is the best guide.

This one is a bit difficult because it puts pertinent data in other locations, making it a bit tricky.

The guide is very compact, has good basic info, and is in hard cover.


3 out of 5 stars Don't take this book on short trips to two or three countries   January 17, 2010
Lisa M. Michot (Colorado)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

We took this guidebook with us on a three week trip through Belize, Guatemala and the Yucatan and Chiapas Mexico. This guidebook covers too large of an area, with very little info about each place. It gives no historical background info. It only tells you the basics like where to sleep, eat and catch the bus. Our biggest gripe is the info on Semuc Champey National Monument in Guatelmala, one of the most beautiful sites there. The book makes the journey up there from the town of Lanquin sound like an impossible endeavor unless you take a tour, and state that there is nothing up there. THIS IS NOT THE CASE! We were able to get a ride up there on Christmas day and low and behold there were some great budget lodging options right near the site! I was so disappointed that we could have spent the night in the jungle instead of in town where people went crazy with fireworks on Xmas eve!
I bought this book after skimming it in the library. It does have a wide range of lodging options, but such bare bones info on the whole. Near the end of our trip I was tearing out specific pages so I didn't have to carry the entire thing around. Not a good choice for a short trip I believe.

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