Customer Reviews

Baedeker's Hawaii (Baedeker's Travel Guides)

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We bought 3-4 different books about Hawaii before moving there, this one was our favorite. After living in Honolulu for 3 years, we still used this book often and found it to be quite accurate and helpful. We used it when visiting Kauai, and Hawaii ("The Big Island"), and were happy with the advice and recommendations.

The suggested tours were good, directions and maps were accurate and easy to use. The restaurant recommendations left a bit to be desired, they leave out many cheaper alternatives (though the suggested restaurants are fine, and other choices are easy to find once you're there). The beach section is great, and gives directions of some great "out of the way" beaches much quieter than Waikiki (plus shows some beautiful color photos!).

We've loaned this book to many friends preparing to visit HI, and they have liked it as well.

I was a little disappointed in the content of the book, but that certainly was not the editor's fault. I was looking for more suggestions for off-the-beaten-path sort of activities, this seemed a little more like a reference book. Still it had some interesting information set out in a clear, concise style.