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Fodor's In Focus Grand Canyon National Park, 1st Edition (Travel Guide)

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We bought this little guide as we were getting ready to visit the Keys for the first time. It served us so well- like a tour guide in my pocket! It takes you through all of the Keys, beautifully organized by the different islands, with maps that allows you quick reference to "key" places. We used it to visit the "off beat" places that many tourists miss but makes sure to guide you to the very popular attractions as well. Thanks to this little book, our reservations were made before we left and we were not disappointed.This trip for us was a short one, only 6 days, and without this guide, we would not have made the most out of the time we had. From places to stay, things to see and do, and historical references we felt totally oriented to the islands before the trip began. It made the trip easy, relaxing and a whole lot of fun!

Of all the major guidebooks, Fodor's "Florida Keys" is one of the best of the current offerings. This guide is excerpted from "Fodor's Florida," and is just the thing for those visiting, mostly, Key West, and the other keys along that shimmering chain of islands.

The reviews of inns, restaurants, and attractions are fair, detailed, and honestly critical. Sixty of the 208 pages are devoted to Key West and the Dry Tortugas. The section covering day sails, schooner trips, snorkeling, and kayaking options in Key West is, however, surprisingly thin -- Danger Charters and popular day trips aboard the catamarans Fury and Sebago aren't even mentioned. Decent maps are included, but there are no photographs (I like photographs).

Marsh Muirhead - author of "Key West Explained - a guide for the traveler."

I am a fan of Fodor's guides and find them to be reliable guidebooks. One caveat - the Southwest is a very large area. The locations covered in the book are covered well, but some locations are not included due to the fact that the book covers 4 states. It's very useful for someone doing a road tour covering a large area as we did, driving from Albuquerque to Santa Fe, to Mesa Verde and then Moab, Utah. The one improvement is that I wish that the local maps would include the neighborhood name as the descriptions in both lodging and restaurants will frequently include the name of the neighborhood.

Good basic guide, when we got to the FL Keys we found much more. Many of the hotel reviews dated, enough so we actually cancelled one we made based upon the book.

This is a very good, comprehensive guidebook to the Florida Keys. I have been there on many occasions, most recently 6 years ago and was looking for some updated information. It seems to cover all the pertinent spots and more and is pretty detailed in the information. i would definitely recommend this for first-timers to the keys and also veteran "conchs" since the restaurant sections are extensive and current.

I'll start out by saying I enjoy reading Fodor's line of travel books. This one, like the others published is informative and easy to read. Though, it's size is a bit on the light side. There are a lot more things to do and places to stay in the Keys than this book covers, but it is a good start.

As always, I enjoy the ratings and the comments Fodor's books provide.

My husband and I went to Wine Country in August, and were so excited this book was coming out right before our trip. I felt that considering the size of Wine Country, this book was really small (maybe too rushed for the date published?).

While it does give good information about Napa, Sonoma, etc., you can easily find all the information Fodor's provides on each city's Web site. I did read the entire book before the trip, but once on the trip, didn't refer to it once.

I love all the other Fodor's books, so I was just expecting the same detail to this one.