Fodor's New Zealand, 7th Edition: The Guide for All Budgets, Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore On and Off the Beaten Path (Fodor's Gold Guides) [Paperback]

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Series: Fodor's Gold Guides | Publication Date: March 11, 2003

No matter what your budget or whether it's your first trip or fifteenth, Fodor's Gold Guides get you where you want to go. In this completely up-to-date guide our experts who live in New Zealand give you the inside track, showing you all the things to see and do ? from must-see sights to off-the-beaten-path adventures, from shopping to outdoor fun. Fodor's New Zealand shows you hundreds of hotel and restaurant choices in all price ranges ? from budget-friendly B&Bs to luxury hotels, from casual eateries to the hottest new restaurants, complete with thorough reviews showing what makes each place special. The Smart Travel Tips A to Z section helps you take care of the nitty gritty with essential local contacts and great advice ? from how to take your mountain bike with you to what to do in an emergency. Plus, web links and mix-and-match itineraries make planning a snap.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; 7th edition (March 11, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400010748
• ISBN-13: 978-1400010745
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,305,023 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Relatively Unenlightening Guidebook, November 29, 2004

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This review is from: Fodor's New Zealand, 7th Edition: The Guide for All Budgets, Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore On and Off the Beaten Path (Fodor's Gold Guides) (Paperback)

Most Fodor's guidebooks are relatively good, but I found this one to be middling at best. The sparseness of maps and total absence of photographs (although they do manage to insert a color glossy advertisement for American Express) really hurts this book. New Zealand is a unique place and deserves substantially more detail than it receives here. Interestingly, Fodor's also publishes a book titled "Fodor's Exploring New Zealand" which is quite good, provides much better coverage of matters of interest, and has numerous excellent color photographs. Of the two, I would definitely opt for "Fodor's Exploring New Zealand," which is a much more user friendly and informative guidebook.

The best feature of this book is the "Smart Travel Tips" section which briefly summarizes important travel information about New Zealand travel, such as driving and flying information, money, mail, and tax laws, etc. This section is at the very beginning of the book and is really the only reason to even consider purchasing this book as the information in concise and crucial to travelers. Most of this information is available in other, better, guidebooks, though. Because of the deficiencies in other areas of this book, I recommend either "Fodor's Exploring New Zealand" or another guidebook.