Fodor's Pocket Aruba, 1st Edition: The All-in-One Guide to Fun-Filled Days and Nights Packed with Places to Eat, Sl eep, Play and Relax (Pocket Guides) [Paperback]

Karen W. Bressler (Author), Elise Rosen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 14, 2000 | Series: Pocket Guides

"An excellent choice for people who want everything under one cover." - Washington Post

When you're headed to a resort destination, you need different information than most travel guides can provide. Sure, you want to know about all the sights, great restaurants, and cool places to stay--but you also need detailed information on activities and sports, how to rent a condo, and which is the best grocery store to stock up on picnic supplies. Fodor's Pocket guides delivers all this and more in a convenient pocket-size book.

All the basics you need to help you decide what to see and do.

Smart contacts and detailed practical information, including the scoop on public transportation, local holidays, what to pack and more.

Great choices for dining and lodging in every price range.

Great recommendations for shopping nightlife, outdoor, activities, and essential side trips.

Up-to-the-minute info on local celebrities and traditions make you feel like an insider.

"Perfect Days and Nights" itineraries make planning (even a rainy day) fun.

Detailed maps with sights, restaurants, night spots, and hotels clearly marked.

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"An excellent choice for people who want everything under one cover." - Washington Post

When you're headed to a resort destination, you need different information than most travel guides can provide. Sure, you want to know about all the sights, great restaurants, and cool places to stay--but you also need detailed information on activities and sports, how to rent a condo, and which is the best grocery store to stock up on picnic supplies. Fodor's Pocket guides delivers all this and more in a convenient pocket-size book.

All the basics you need to help you decide what to see and do.

Smart contacts and detailed practical information, including the scoop on public transportation, local holidays, what to pack and more.

Great choices for dining and lodging in every price range.

Great recommendations for shopping nightlife, outdoor, activities, and essential side trips.

Up-to-the-minute info on local celebrities and traditions make you feel like an insider.

"Perfect Days and Nights" itineraries make planning (even a rainy day) fun.

Detailed maps with sights, restaurants, night spots, and hotels clearly marked.

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Introducing Aruba

Flair is an Aruban hallmark -- flair for languages, music, food, hospitality, storytelling, and, above all, for life. You'll notice this joie de vivre as you meander through the streets or mingle with locals in a bar. Perhaps you'll revel in it as you paint the town red, dine at a fine restaurant, kick back at your hotel, or soak up the sun on a beach. Aruba's slogan sums it up best; this is, indeed, "One Happy Island." Aruba's national anthem proclaims, "The greatness of our people is their great cordiality," and this is no exaggeration. Waiters serve you with smiles, English is spoken everywhere, and hotel hospitality directors appear delighted to fulfill your needs.

With its low humidity, average temperature of 28 &186;C (82 &186;F), modest rainfall, and location below the hurricane belt, Aruba seems like paradise. Silky sands and cooling trade winds have made the calm southwest coast a tourist mecca. Most of the island's 28 major hotels -- with on-site restaurants, boutiques, and casinos -- sit side by side down a single strip of shore. Every night sees theme parties, treasure hunts, beachside barbecues, or fish fries with steel bands and limbo or Carnival dancers. Surround all this with warm blue-green waters, and you've got the perfect destination for anyone who wants sun salted with lots of activities. Courteous service, efficient amenities, modern casinos, glorious beaches, duty-free shopping, and remarkably varied cuisine help
fill Aruba's more than 7,500 hotel rooms.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's (November 14, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067900775X
• ISBN-13: 978-0679007753
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,455,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #87 in Books > Travel > Caribbean > Aruba & Netherlands Antilles

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing new, May 3, 2001

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athena15 "athena15" (Farmington Hills, MI United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fodor's Pocket Aruba, 1st Edition: The All-in-One Guide to Fun-Filled Days and Nights Packed with Places to Eat, Sl eep, Play and Relax (Pocket Guides) (Paperback)

I have read Fodor's books in the past and found them to be more informative than this book on Aruba. Not many travel books on Aruba exist so that's why I chose this one. However, it did not really contain any so-called "secrets" that I hadn't already found out from surfing on the internet.

There were some things that I liked about this book. It would probably be a good source if you are not an avid internet surfer (like myself who reads every website that I can find on Aruba). If you did not have any previous knowledge & wanted a short, quick book to just give the basics, then this book is probably for you. If you want a small guidebook to carry along on your trip (like I do) then it's worth the price.

But if you want a comprehensive guide with some "secrets", pass on this one.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Slim Pickins on Aruba Books for Info, December 31, 2001

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Stacey Magnuson (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fodor's Pocket Aruba, 1st Edition: The All-in-One Guide to Fun-Filled Days and Nights Packed with Places to Eat, Sl eep, Play and Relax (Pocket Guides) (Paperback)

I've been to Aruba twice in 2 years, and it is REALLY difficult finding any type of a resource manual for the island, so I was happy when this one came out.

However, since it came out between my two visits, i was a bit disappointed with several inaccuracies in the book.

There is a wealth of good information in this book, but I would definitely not use it to choose accomodations, where I saw the largest amount of inaccuracies.

A person may feel a bit upset if they booked a resort based on this book, and found out for example that it did NOT have windsurfing as an inclusive. And a resort would be equally upset in knowing one of it's better attractions were not mentioned at all, and thus could possibly cause them a loss of a sale.

It had good descriptions of the beaches, and adequate descriptions of the restaurants. But, by all means find a second opinion regarding accomodations!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hits the mark, August 8, 2001

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JRK "jkunz" (N.H.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fodor's Pocket Aruba, 1st Edition: The All-in-One Guide to Fun-Filled Days and Nights Packed with Places to Eat, Sl eep, Play and Relax (Pocket Guides) (Paperback)

You are going to Aruba. You want some reference material. Let's face it, your choices for books are limited. For the price, the book does what it promises. It provides a great overview of where to stay, where to eat, where to beach, where to gamble and what to do while you are on the island. And this thing is compact, it will easily fit in your back pocket. Four stars because I feel they are missing some of the better places to eat on the island (Madame Jeanette's, Flying Fishbone). Bon Bini!