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Title: Frommer's Costa Rica 2004 by Eliot Greenspan ISBN: 0-7645-3745-8 Publisher: Frommers Pub. Date: 11 August, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Would be perfect if it included more places
Comment: The descriptions of hotels and restaurants in the guidebook are accurate and colorful. Frommer's prepares you for exactly what to expect, and in a few instances correctly identify places that are overrated.
In Costa Rica we found that many places were just that: overrated. It seems that places that the most commonly used guidebook, Lonely Planet, raved about had jacked up their prices and become content on coasting on that review, letting the money roll in without exerting any effort (or facility upkeep) to earn the money.
It is important to understand that Frommer's does not devote much attention to budget travel; it is not appropriate for people on a tight budget. Additionally, Frommer's is not very comprehensive (only listing a handful of hotels at each location) and Frommer's doesn't give you enough nuts & bolts about how to get to places, which buses to take, how much a taxi should cost, or the real "on the ground" grunt work that you need in a foreign guidebook.
Thus, my rating of this book as a 5-star is only as a secondary book. It is not sufficient guidebook by itself. But the information it does have you can really count on. Once you're in the country and a little tired out from travel, and frustrated by inaccurate and outdated info in other guidebooks (LP) you'll really appreciate this book's information.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Guide For A Great Travel Destination!
Comment: My husband recently took me to Costa Rica for my thirtieth birthday and we used this guide every day. We travelled to Santa Teresa & visited many places of interest & local places to eat in the area. The guide was most helpful. We went to the waterfalls in Montezuma & would not have known about them if not for the guide. The hotel/restaurant reviews were very accurate and saved us a LOT of heartache. Thanks Frommers!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent guide
Comment: I have been in Costa Rica for 2 months now and have one more month to go. I have been using this guide to find hotels, great places to eat, shop, and hang out at night. His recommendations are awesome and, of course, accurate. The only discrepancy has been some of the hotel prices. They seem to be quoted lower in the book by a few dollars even though I am traveling during the low season. His bus schedule times are pretty accurate although with so many fluctuations with scheduling it is best to call ahead. If you want more history on any particular region it would be best to do outside reading as this guide book is more to the point step by step instructions on how to get there and where to stay.
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Title: Fodor's Costa Rica 2004 (Fodor's Costa Rica) by Inc. Staff Fodors Travel Publications ISBN: 1400012554 Publisher: Fodor's Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Costa Rica (Lonely Planet Costa Rica) by Rob Rachowiecki ISBN: 1740591186 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Costa Rica Spanish Phrasebook (Phrasebooks) by Thomas Kohnstamm ISBN: 1864501057 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Insight Map Costa Rica: Fleximap Plus Travel Information (Insight Fleximaps) by Not Applicable (Na ) ISBN: 0841620857 Publisher: American Map Corporation Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Costa Rica Map ISBN: 1553411781 Publisher: ITMB Publishing Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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