Frommer's San Antonio & Austin (Frommer's Complete Guides) [Paperback]

Edie Jarolim (Author)

Book Description

Series: Frommer's Complete Guides | Publication Date: April 29, 2005

A complete guide to two of Texas's most diverse and exciting cities
* Shows visitors how to have a great time in San Antonio, a multicultural city with a rich history (the Alamo) and lots of contemporary attractions (including over forty golf courses)
* Reveals San Antonio's most memorable experiences-from a stroll along the San Antonio River to a mariachi mass at Mission San Jose-and offers intriguing side trips to the Texas Hill Country
* Takes visitors to the best of Austin, America's second fastest-growing city and the "Live Music Capital of the World," with more than 150 music clubs
* Explains how to make an Austin visit unforgettable, from visiting the state capital and LBJ Library to listening to blues at Antone's, hiking and biking in city parks, and watching the bats at Congress Avenue Bridge

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. Frommer's. The best trips start here.

• With the best festivals and honky-tonk dance halls.
• Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.
• Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
• Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.

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About the Author

Edie Jarolim is the author of Arizona For Dummies and one of the coauthors of Frommer’s Texas. She has written for a variety of national publications, including the New York Times Book Review, America West Airlines Magazine, Art & Antiques, Bride’s, National Geographic Traveler, and the Wall Street Journal.

Product Details

• Paperback: 340 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 6 edition (April 29, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764577646
• ISBN-13: 978-0764577642
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,369,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars HEART OF TEXAS, October 14, 2007

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Shannon Deason (Houston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's San Antonio & Austin (Frommer's Complete Guides) (Paperback)

These Frommmer guides are very good, and this one on Austin and San Antonio is no different. I am very familiar with these two cities and I find the suggestions in this guide to be on the whole very accurate. Though the hotel and restaurant sections are top loaded with the most famous and expensive, some smaller properties and resturants are not included. The sites section however is perfect, the guides descriptions and ratings are close to perfect. What I really appreciate about the Frommer guides is that you really feel like they have researched the subject, granted that should be a prerequisite in a travel guide, but unfortunitely in my experience that is not always the case.

5.0 out of 5 stars The best guide to Austin and San antone you can get !!, February 12, 2010

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Eric "Americana Music Fan" (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frommer's San Antonio & Austin (Frommer's Complete Guides) (Paperback)

This is a first class product and is the "cream of the crop"

Agree wholeheartedly with the 2 other reviewers here...

Own the 4th and 6th editions as well, so this new one (8th ed.) is our
third Frommer's for this area. We are visiting Texas for 2 weeks this spring
and wouldn't leave home without it!

Love! Love! Love! our "Frommer's Guide to Austin and San Antone"!

see my review of "Insider's Guide to Austin" for comparison :-)

0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Winner from Frommers, October 26, 2005

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Henry Ferlauto III (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's San Antonio & Austin (Frommer's Complete Guides) (Paperback)

This is at least our 6th Frommer's book. We simply won't travel anywhere on vacation without one. Mainly we use it for restaurant recommendations to avoid the tourist traps and to find the (good) local museums, zoos, etc.

We have yet to be disappointed.

The maps are also very helpful in planning the day's out so one can get the most out of each destination.

In addition to the San Antonio & Austin guides, we have also purchased and used (in no particular order): San Francisco, Arizona, Europe, Washington DC, and France.

The best thing one can say about all of the Frommer's books is their methodical order. All of the books are essentially built upon the same template.

First they tell you how to get there (airlines, airports, trains, train stations, etc.); then where to stay. Once you're there where to eat. And now that the essentials have been taken care of they get into the attractions and shopping. Simply a wonderful easy to follow format. And physically they easily fit in any small carry case and do not weigh a ton so you can carry it around with you.

If travelling abroad (and you do not speak that country's language very well), I also recommend getting the "Jiffy Phrase Books." They give you enough to make an intelligent sentence or two, which is all it takes to gain the respect of the local merchants.