Customer Reviews

Frommer's Croatia (Frommer's Complete Guides)

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There are not too many Croatia guide books out there that are up-to-date. Most of the restaurant information and hotel information was accurate. There were a few places that no longer existed (this is a May 2006 version and I was in Croatia in October 2006). My biggest complaint about this book was the lack of maps. There were no good city maps to help you get around. If you want some basic information about Croatia and what to see this is a good guide. But if you need more help in selecting places to stay, what to eat, how to get there and what you are looking at this isn't the guide book for you.

I purchased four books on Croatia for our trip, and Frommer's was far and away the very best of the four. Accurate, practical information.

I usually go with the Lonely Planet for trips abroad, and I came back from Croatia wishing I had stuck to my guns. The maps in this book are inconveniently placed and awkward to use. The price information is either out of date or plain wrong, as I routinely had to double the estimates in the book, even in the off-season. The author seems to be in love with kitschy and pricey food options when there are much better local alternatives. Few relevant details are included about how to find places of interest and navigate from airports and train and bus stations. Finally, the book does not even include a list of helpful phrases that is indicated in its index. I ended up using a Lonely Planet that covered all of Eastern Europe instead of this Croatia-specific guide.

I have always been a frommers fan, and i love how they rate each attraction and restaurant and hotel to guide you to the best ones. The author of this one seems to be more liberal than usual in distributing stars to the attractions...so many of them are "must-see" in her opinion...which admittedly may be true in Croatia, but it would still be nice if there was more variability in the ratings. Other than that, fantastic guide, I will stick to Frommers for my travels.

The book was very imformative and helpful. I referred back to it daily on my trip.

I have always used Frommers for my trips, but this edition was the least helpful Frommers I have ever had. Other people on my trip had other guidebooks that had much more useful information. I was very disappointed in the Frommers guide.