Frommer's Canada [Paperback]

Wayne Curtis (Author), Herbert Bailey Livesey (Author), Bill McRae (Author), Anistatia R. Miller (Author), Jared M. Brown (Author), Marilyn Wood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 29, 1998 | Series: Frommer's Canada

It's a Whole New World with Frommer's. Frommer's is packed with completely up-to-date practical information, exact prices, and candid insider advice. It's the most authoritative, easy-to-use guide you can buy. Everything You Need for the Perfect Trip:

• Inviting places to stay: landmark hotels, mountain lodges, coastal inns, intimate B&Bs, campgrounds, and more
• Fabulous dining, from fresh Atlantic lobster to Alberta steaks and B.C. salmon
• The best of the outdoors: wildlife watching, canoeing, hiking, fishing, skiing, and white-water rafting—plus details on the top national and provincial parks
• All the sights, from the cities to great small towns
• Tips on shopping, from haute couture to outdoor gear
• What to do after dark, from the best ballet and regional theater to dance clubs and cowboy bars
• Detailed, accurate two-color city, park, and regional maps

Frommer's. The Name You Can Trust. Find us online at www.frommers.com

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

People are going to Canada in droves. Theyre discovering an array of sophisicated cities, including Vancouver, the hottest destination in North America, plus world-class eco-tourism and adventures: rafting, hiking, biking, skiing, diving, camping, scenic drives, and more.

Frommers covers it all from coast to coast, from superb French bistros and the renowned annual jazz festival in Montreal to majestic scenery in the Canadian Rockies and some of the worlds best wildlife viewing. The 11th edition of this popular guide is packed with all the details travelers need: dozens of two-color maps; exact prices for everything weve covered; the best adventure outfitters, romantic inns, and family-friendly resorts; superb restaurants in all price ranges; and an opinionated Best of Canada chapter that makes it easy to compare the Guides top picks at a glance.

From the Back Cover

Tour Toronto's century-old Casa Loma and enjoy a sweeping view of the skyline from the grounds. See chapter 10.

Detailed maps throughout

• Exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information

• Candid reviews of hotels and restaurants,plus sights, shopping, and nightlife

• Itineraries, walking tours, and trip-planning ideas

• Insider tips from local expert authors

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 832 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 10 edition (April 29, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028620518
• ISBN-13: 978-0028620510
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,255,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good information, August 20, 2011

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Craig Stocks - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Frommer's Canada (Frommer's Complete Guides) (Paperback)

As per Frommer's usual, this was an inclusive and informative book. We were looking at traveling to many of the National and Provincial Parks and found good information.

2.0 out of 5 stars fine, but quite useless and not very accurate, August 5, 2011

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Maxim - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Frommer's Canada (Frommer's Complete Guides) (Paperback)

This guide is lacking too many things for me to perceive it useful. First, the pricing is not accurate. Even though it's claimed to be published this year, the prices for the hotels and restaurants were as much as 2 times off the values we encountered during the trip in June. Second, it has very little "cultural" component. The description of the cities is mostly devoted to the hotels and restaurants, which I find to be much easier to inquire about in the internet (plus, it's not very accurate, even forgetting about the weird prices, I mentioned earlier). Information on history and peculiarities of such the cities as Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto is presented on 2 pages and is quite boring and incomplete, compared to wikitravel, e.g.. Overall, even though it's written in a fine style and is pleasant in outlook, the book turned out to be completely useless during the travel and we couldn't avoid reading wikitravel + googling for hotels.

3.0 out of 5 stars Frommer's Canada, July 25, 2011

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Howard S. (Coronado, CA) - See all my reviews

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I found this travel review somewhat lacking. A friend loaned us a similar book from another company which was much more complete and professionally done.