Frommer's Cuba: With the Best Beaches & Nightlife [Paperback]

Eliot Greenspan (Author), Neil Edward Schlecht (Author)

Book Description

Series: Frommer's Complete Guides | Publication Date: December 20, 2002

You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go-they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges. Every Frommer's Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and nightlife. You'd be lost without us!

Frommer's Cuba, 1st Edition is an all-new guide with frank information for American travelers, covering:

• The charms of Havana-Spanish colonial architecture, sizzling nightlife, and more
• Cuba's sugar-white beaches, including Varadero, the largest resort in the Caribbean
• The best shopping bargains, with tips on where to find the world's finest cigars and rum
• Favorite Cuban festivals and events, including Santiago's Carnaval and the international jazz and film festivals
• And much more...

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. And avoid tourist traps. At Frommer’s, we use 150 outspoken travel experts around the world to help you make the right choices. Frommer’s. Your guide to a world of travel experience.

Choose the Only Guide That Gives You:

• Outspoken opinions on what’s worth your time and what’s not.
• Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip no matter what your budget.
• Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.
• The best hotels and restaurants in every price range, with candid reviews.

About the Author

Eliot Greenspan is a poet, journalist, and travel writer who took his backpack and typewriter the length of Mesoamerica before settling in Costa Rica in 1992. Since then, he has worked steadily for the Tico Times and other local media, and continued his travels in the region. He is also the author of Frommer's Costa Rica, as well as the chapter on Venezuela in Frommer's South America.

Neil E. Schlecht is the author and co-author of a dozen travel guides (including Spain For Dummies, Frommer's South America, Frommer's Texas, and Frommer's Peru), as well as articles on art and culture and art catalogue essays, and a photographer. He has lived for extensive periods in Brazil and Spain. He now resides in northwestern Connecticut.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 1 edition (December 20, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076456627X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764566271
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,111,489 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very poor buy any other guide., July 23, 2008

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Rick Bolen "Papa" (Sonoma Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's Cuba (Frommer's Complete Guides) (Paperback)

Just returned from 8 days in Havana and have to say that the guide is for people who have 2 or less days. I originally purchased the Moon guide as well but did not want to cary it around. Lots of missing info and way too general. I returned to re-read the Moon guide and have to say it is way more accurate and in depth. The sections in the back about the music is helpful.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars the worst guide book ever, March 7, 2006

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aramique "aramique" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

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

an avid reader, writer, and traveller, i believe religiously in the value of a good guide book. if i were to judge all travel guides based on my experience with Frommers Cuba i would be an atheist. Every major point proved to be the complete contrary. my guess is that the previous revue was written by someone from frommers. honestly, this book did not ruin my vacation, but if i had not realized from the beginning how wrong the information was, it would have completely destroyed my time in cuba.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Frommer's fan, January 5, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Frommer's Cuba: With the Best Beaches & Nightlife (Paperback)

Frommer's Cuba was my first guidebook purchase ever!! And what a great buy. I had done most of my travel research online or through word of mouth but with Frommer's, I was able to not only get detailed information of the sites of the country, I was also able to choose between several different options. I like how they categorized the different places within the book so you don't have to waste time with options that are out of your price range or out of your interest.