Eyewitness Travel Guide to Mexico (Eyewitness Travel Guides) [Paperback]

Anna Streiffert (Editor)

Book Description

Series: EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE | Publication Date: October 1, 1999

The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you! With over 750 full--color photographs and features like town--by--town breakdowns on local arts and crafts, festivals, and cultural events, DK's Eyewitness Travel Guide: Mexico allows you to submerse yourself in the local culture. Detailed street maps, 3--D aerial views of Mexico's grand cathedrals and Mayan ruins combine with rich text to highlight points of interest and provide a timeline for historical events. Explore the artwork of the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City, the cave paintings on the Baja California peninsula, and the famous arches at Lover's Beach in Cabo San Lucas. Watch cliff divers in Acapulco, walk the beaches in Cancun, and visit the extensive Mayan and Zapotec ruins. Anyone can travel to Mexico, but this stunning travel reference allows you to truly appreciate all the breathtaking sights.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Mexico is a heady sort of place; it inundates you with sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and tactile sensations. A dry text, no matter how informative, just doesn't do justice to Mexico's allure. DK's Eyewitness Travel Guide series, on the other hand, does. Sure, it provides the necessary data points. The "Travelers' Needs" section contains 168 recommended hotel options and another 168 restaurants--as well as a beautifully illustrated guide to the foods of Mexico. And there are pages of practical information on visas, health precautions, time zones, electricity, taxis, security, banking, communications, and the like.

But DK's guide provides far more inspirational than a mere collection of data. The two-page glossy color map of Mexico is not just clear and easy to understand, it's beautiful. The hundreds of color photographs throughout the book are exquisite, depicting the sere hilltop archeological site of Monte Albán, fishermen preparing nets on a Yucatán beach, the vibrancy of a fruit market in San Cristóbal de las Casas, the green lushness of the wetlands, the scrub of the Sonora desert, and the intense vegetation of the Tehuantepec rainforests. There are 3-D aerial-view layouts of towns and ancient sites, cutaways and floor plans for churches and pyramids, as well as wonderful explanatory texts for each region, delving into history, traditions, sights, fiestas, foods, music, and activities. DK's is a guide book that is actually a pleasure to use--one that adds excitement to the necessary task of planning your vacation. --Stephanie Gold

Review

...You feel, looking at them, as if you could close the book and step into the street. -- Contra Costa Times

...considered to be the world's best travel resource to over 30 destinations around the world, make it easier to plan a splendid vacation. -- North American Press Syndication

Both novice and experienced travelers will be captivated. -- U.S. News & World Report

Each book is a visual as well as informational feast about a particular place. -- The New York Times

Encyclopedic in scope, it's meant to be used before, during, and after your stay. -- Travel & Leisure

Eyewitness Travel Guides are marvels of writing, color photography and illustration. What makes these so special is their thoroughness. -- New York Times Syndicate

Hats off to DK for the Eyewitness Travel Guides...[they] raise the bar for all others. -- Dallas Morning News

Rich in photos, crisp and clear in text. -- Columbus Dispatch

The best travel guides ever. -- Sky Magazine

The most graphically exciting and visually pleasing series on the market. -- Chicago Tribune

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: DK Travel; 1st edition (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789446235
• ISBN-13: 978-0789446237
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,121,705 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A work of art that fails to inspire, October 25, 2001

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M. Mcfarland - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Mexico (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Paperback)

If you want the definitive picture guide ot the wonderful archaeological sights of Mexico, then this book is it. All the major cities are covered in spendid colour - as is Mexico city. The eidtors have done a wonderful job in bringing the highlights alive. When you open the pictures pages you will really want to see the real thing up close.

But outside, this area, the book doesn't really have all the information you really need to plan a trip and fully understand what you are seeing. I really like the Cadogan guide books since they are extremely detailed. This is a bit brief for my liking.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a "Must" for anyone traveling to Mexico!, March 25, 2000

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L. Hall "Northwest Lynn" (OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Mexico (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Paperback)

This book is an essential for anyone traveling to Mexico and I will be taking my copy when I go. The numerous full color photographs are excellent and give a great idea of what to expect for each region. Eyewitness Mexico gives a great introduction to the history, people, landscape and wildlife of Mexico, sections devoted to Mexico City and each region of the country, and great information about restaurants and places to stay. Descriptions of what to see and do are complete and most helpful. The Practical Information section at the back of the book lists everything from travel information to banking to health precautions to security. The pictures and description of the different Mexican dishes are wonderful! There is a plentiful supply of maps throughout the book, but what really sets this book apart from others are the 3-D maps. These maps give the traveler a very accurate picture of each area portrayed. This is an incredible book which can be enjoyed while planning your trip, just to learn about the many facets of Mexico or after you return as a reminder of the people and country through its beautiful photography. This is the best book about Mexico I have encountered.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mexico-But not in detail, June 12, 2007

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Ludmila Zalesak (Guadalajara, Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mexico (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Turtleback)

I love the Eyewitness Travel Guides, I already have some of them, and because of my great experience with them in Prague, Italy, Russia, and other places, I wanted to get the one for Mexico. But once I got it I was already disapointed by its size being half of the other ones that I got. The regions that interested my most was Guadalajara and Jalisco, which are only described on 2-3 pages, although being the colonial hartland of Mexico. A lot of emphasis is put on Mexico City, and the Jucatan Area. So if you travel there, I can recomend the book. For those who dont like to travel to the typical touristy areas, i'd say rather not.