Fodor's In Focus Aruba, 2nd Edition (Travel Guide) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Travel Guide | Publication Date: December 1, 2009

Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.

Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Aruba!

•Fodor’s In Focus Aruba features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.

•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Aruba.

Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.

Editorial Reviews

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"In terms of comprehensiveness of coverage, the very accessible format, and the enthusiastic tone, this series remains one of the best on the market." –Booklist
 
"Fodor's super-informative guidebooks are known for accuracy and attention to detail…" –The Sacramento Bee
 
"The Fodor's guides are notable for their ratings of sights, restaurants, shops, accommodations and attractions." –Chicago Tribune
 
"The great detail, infectious spirit, and attractive format are distinguishing traits of these guides, which are entries in one of the top series in the business." –Booklist
 
"Fodor's can help you plan the perfect adventure" –The Arizona Republic
 
"Always thoughtfully written and easily readable, Fodor's travel guides have become a must-have when traveling to unfamiliar destinations" –Mid South Magazine
 
"Widely recognized as the gold standard of mainstream travel" –Honolulu Advertiser

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; 2 edition (December 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400008735
• ISBN-13: 978-1400008735
• Product Dimensions: 4.3 x 0.4 x 7.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #355,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #13 in Books > Travel > Caribbean > Aruba & Netherlands Antilles

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now we're excited to go!, January 9, 2010

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This review is from: Fodor's In Focus Aruba, 2nd Edition (Travel Guide) (Paperback)

I bought this as a stocking stuffer for my wife as we are going to Aruba in a couple of months. Its a nice, concise overview of the island and it gave us alot of great ideas on what we will want to do. It has alot of pictures to give you the concept of some areas and the advice seems fairly balanced. The size will make it easy to bring this along with us.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars review, March 6, 2010

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D. MUTCHKO (Absecon, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fodor's In Focus Aruba, 2nd Edition (Travel Guide) (Paperback)

Went on vacation to Aruba.
Had to book to review and was a nice asset to the internet review we had completed.
It was also portable while there unlike the internet at times.
Like Fodor's works - would recommend.

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the only Aruba Books Available, August 7, 2011

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Michele (Central Jersey, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fodor's In Focus Aruba, 2nd Edition (Travel Guide) (Paperback)

Sadly, there are few books on traveling to Aruba. In most cases, this beautiful island is included as part of larger guides. Thus one is left purchasing a bulkier travel guide with extra information and a greater cost. I purchased this book for a trip to Aruba this past January. Normally, my husband and I purchase DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, and we were terribly disappointed to find there was no DK Aruba guide. After reviewing what little was available online, we decided to purchase the Fodor's guide. We found it surprisingly good and detailed. The island is fairly simply to traverse by car, and most of the time the directions and locations were fairly accurate. The restaurant guide also came in handy. It is a compact guide thus it is easy to out in a carry on as well as take with you on explorations of the island.I only gave it four stars because the guide could have used more maps and pictures, as the DK guides provide. However, for bring one of the fewest guides solely on Aruba, it is the best one.