The Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao: Alive! (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao Alive Guide) [Paperback]

Susan Brushaber (Author), Arnold Greenberg (Author)

Book Description

Series: Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao Alive | Publication Date: December 15, 2001

This delightful island trio combines Latin spice with European charm, creating a rare treat. Aruba is known for its white sand beaches, shopping and casinos. Bonaire's coral reefs attract divers from around the world. Curacao, the cosmopolitan sister, has fine restaurants, dynamic nightlife and European fashions. Best of all you can island-hop from one to the next! Here is the ultimate guide to discovering the high life and cool spots of the ABCs. Alive Guides tell you what's hot and what's not, with plenty of suggestions for daytime activity and nighttime fun. Each guide offers hundreds of restaurant and hotel profiles in all price ranges, including the very best places to stay and eat, adventure, nights in the city or budget accommodation. Beyond where to stay and eat, Alive Guides focus on the things that make each destination unique - hiking in the rain forests of St Lucia or diving off the coast of Bonaire. 'Sunup to sundown' sections cover a huge variety of activities and organized excursions, including a thorough listing of the best beaches. Suggested road trips and walking tours are accompanied by town and regional maps. 'After dark' sections give the lowdown on hot nightclubs, romantic bars, high-class casinos, movies and theatre. An A-Z reference at the end provides a comprehensive list of useful contacts, including ATM and bank locations, doctors and medical facilities, tourism offices, religious services and websites.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A treasure trove of facts. From critically acclaimed accommodations to itineraries, packed with take-along information essential to a visit." -- The Bookwatch

"Packed with in-depth information." -- Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Inquirer

"Written in a highly readable style, this guide seems to have omitted nothing." -- Pittsburgh Post

From the Publisher

Up-to-the-minute Alive Guides cover every aspect of travel in each exciting destination - places rarely covered by other

guidebooks! Alive Guides focus on hotels and restaurants, with descriptions based on repeat visits by well-traveled authors.

Establishments are rated with the unique Alive rating system, so you can find one to suit your taste and pocketbook. Particular

attention is given to shopping in the exotic regions, with details on local artists, cut-price designer clothing and the best values on

duty-free goods. Tips on what to do from sunup to sundown include tours, sightseeing, sunning, watersports and the best beaches.

Piano bars, jazz clubs, places to meet people and even gay clubs are listed for nightlife. Transportation to, from, and around the

area is also covered. Maps and indexes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 380 pages
• Publisher: Hunter Publishing (NJ); 2 edition (December 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588432599
• ISBN-13: 978-1588432599
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #966,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #34 in Books > Travel > Caribbean > Aruba & Netherlands Antilles

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good coverage of each island, July 27, 1998

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This review is from: The Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao Alive Guide (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao Alive, 1996) (Paperback)

I am planning a trip to Bonaire and picked up this book. After visiting all of the local book stores and not finding any books specifically about Bonaire, I thought I better check Amazon. I was concerned that this book might focus on the more populated islands only. However I was pleased to find that it dedicates about 1/3 of the book to each island. While it has the usual reviews on hotels & restaurants, it also has some interesting coverage of local history and driving tours. I was also pleased to find some coverage of scuba diving sites including maps locating the dive sites and skill ratings for each.

If you need info on the ABC's, I suggest you get this book.

27 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Are You Serious?, December 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao: Alive! (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao Alive Guide) (Paperback)

I would bet a thousand chip at the casino that all of these perfect reviews were written by people who are affiliated with the guide and who stand to profit from it. Tell me I'm wrong. Look at the language in these reviews, it screams plant.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A thoughtful and well organized guide., April 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao Alive Guide (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao Alive, 1996) (Paperback)

Highly recommended! Handy size paperback, with practical information that doesn't insult your intelligence. Especially helpful in describing transportation options. The authors have written the book from the perspective of the traveler: needs and interests. Each island's history, people, government and culture are described in succinct, useful terms. Very insightful in how to make the most of your time. I found the descriptions of things to do especially helpful and the hotel and retaurant reviews and price ranges were accurate, for a refreshing change. Far better than the "advice" you get from the usual travel agent who only knows what the brochure writers said. If you're going to take along one guidebook to the ABC islands, this is it.