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Argentina, 4th (Footprint - Travel Guides) by: Christabelle Dilks List Price: $24.95 City Travel Guides Price: $18.21 You Save: $6.74 (27%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 918 EAN: 9781904777724 ISBN: 1904777724 Label: Footprint Handbooks Manufacturer: Footprint Handbooks Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 656 Publication Date: December 01, 2006 Publisher: Footprint Handbooks Studio: Footprint Handbooks Sales Rank: 447191 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: Argentina has become one of the fastest-growing tourist destinations, according to the World Tourism Organisation, since a return to political stability. This new edition is a goldmine of the most up-to-date and relevant information for independent travellers. Planning a trip is made simple with this book. Loaded with information on feasts and festivals, eco tourism, food, fashion, fads and folklore and with In-depth cultural context and historical background. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Beautiful Maps. The Best.We used this book for 3 months as we lived in Buenos Aires with few, if any, complaints. Footprint has been writing its South America guidebook series for 80+ years. It is simply the most well-informed guidebook for this continent. Compared to Lonely Planet, there is more information packed into Footprint and the quality of the materials and printing are superior. The maps are a level above the competition, especially the sad, gray smudges that pass for maps in the Lonely Planet. The multi-page country maps at the back of this series are by far the best maps in any guidebook printed today. 5 stars. The best. Rating: - This 2007 / 4th Edition is a great guide for Argentina and an excellent guide for Patagonia. There was a day when Rough Guide and Lonely Planet were the best guides for travelers that sought to leave the tour groups behind and explore on their own. But slowly, year by year, Footprint has improved, and now this 4th edition is one of the best guides for Argentina that you can buy. *Note that this review is for the the 4th edition, other reviews below are probably refering to the 3rd Edition. I took five travel guides with me to explore Argentina/Patagonia, and I found myself consistently reaching for Footprint first. It is the most current (2006) and the guide consistently listed quality accommodations and good restaurants, some of which were exemplary. The city maps in the guide are excellent. All the restaurants and ... Read More: Rating:  - Totally useless!Everything about this book, from phone numbers to accommodation reviews, has been almost laughably wrong. I've never felt compelled to write a review on amazon before, but this book has been so inaccurate I think I should warn people. The only reason anyone should buy this book is to do the exact OPPOSITE of whatever it says. I doubt this author has even been to the places she writes about, that's how consistently wrong this book is. It is impossible to locate a copyright date, and they probably did that on purpose, considering many places have closed and info is obviously outdated. I understand that some places change over time, but I've given this book a chance in 10 different places throughout Argentina and the advice here has failed miserably. ... Read More: Rating:  - Not bad, but....I returned from Argentina just two weeks ago, and I used this book exclusively. I usually use the "Let's Go" guides when I travel, and I didn't like this one nearly as much. Too many superlatives throughout the book - unfortunately not everything can be amazing or fantastic - so after a while there was really no way to differenciate the truly fantastic (the falls or Perito Moreno Glacier), from the just so so things. And regardless of what the book says, unless you love to eat beef and pork every meal, the food is terrible. Very mediocre pasta and pizzas everywhere, and vegetarians are highly restricted. The food was definitely the lowlight of our trip. If interested in hiking and the outdoors - plan on spending the majority of your time way down ... Read More: Rating: - Highly recommended -We travelled around Argentina out of season using this guide and the Rough Guide, and found that we turned time and again to the Footprint Guide for reliable and up-to-date information. I broke my ankle in Salta, but thanks to this guide, we were booked into a fantastic hotel, and later spent a few nights luxuriating in a gorgeous and fantastic value for money estancia in Pumamarca, which went some way towards saving the holiday from disaster. If you're thinking of going to Argentina, go now, and take this guide with you! |
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