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Argentina (Lonely Planet Country Guide) by: Danny Palmerlee, Sandra Bao, Andrew Nystrom, Lucas Vidgen City Travel Guides Price: £15.99 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 918.20464 EAN: 9781740595155 ISBN: 1740595157 Label: Lonely Planet Publications Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 524 Publication Date: August 01, 2005 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Studio: Lonely Planet Publications Sales Rank: 174700 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Frustratingly inaccurateI have used Lonely Planet guides a number of times to good effect, however the Argentina guide was woefully inaccurate, resulting in a good deal of frustration. The maps are both out of date and in some cases never correct in the first place. A suggested option for tango in Buenos Aires led us into a tourist trap hell hole which ended up costing over £50 and the police getting involved. I think the book was written in 2003 and therefore is inadequate to guide a stranger. In the end we abandonded the book and found life much easier. Argentina is a fabulous country - simply stunning. Buy another guide to avoid wasting your time there - but enjoy the place. Rating:  - Disappointing compared to other Loney Planets!I bought this book for my 3 week holiday with 2 friends in Argentina this summer. Over the last couple of years I have bought several Lonely Planet books, mainly covering places in Europe. I have to say that I was very disappointed with several things in this book- first of all, I found several errors due to carelessness, such as restaurants etc. not to have been drawn correctly on the map (which made our search for for these very tedious). On the plusside, literally all of the restaurants they recommend are good or even brilliant! Another problem is the maps, which in general were very unprecise and often lacked several streets!! A minor but annoying detail, one time we tried to call a bus company to ask ... Read More: |
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