Frommer's San Diego 2010 (Frommer's Complete Guides) [Paperback]

Mark Hiss (Author)

Book Description

Series: Frommer's Complete Guides | Publication Date: August 31, 2009

Completely updated every year, Frommer's San Diego features gorgeous color photos of the sights and experiences that await you.

·         Our author, a longtime resident of tk, hits all the highlights, from tk to tk. He's checked out all the city's best hotels and restaurants in person, and offers authoritative, candid reviews that will help you find the choices that suit your tastes and budget.

·         You'll also get up-to-the-minute coverage of shopping and nightlife; in-depth coverage of tk; detailed walking tours; accurate neighborhood maps; advice on planning a successful family vacation; and side trips to tk.

·         Frommer's San Diego also includes a color fold-out map.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Frommer's San Diego 2010

With Foldout Map

You can spend days discovering more than 1,000 species at the San Diego Zoo, Wild Animal Park, and SeaWorld. See chapter 7.

Foldout map, plus 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

About the Author

A third-generation Southern Californian, Mark Hiss is a writer and photographer who has lived in San Diego for 25 years. He was the founding editor of both Where San Diego, the city’s visitor guide, and Performances, the playbill magazine for the city’s leading performing arts venues. He is also a recovering publicist who spent many years working for some of San Diego’s top theater companies. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 5 edition (August 31, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470487259
• ISBN-13: 978-0470487259
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #865,175 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good if you are visiting San Diego for the first time, July 16, 2007

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Jose A. Camargo Flores "Tony" (Mexico, City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's San Diego 2007 (Frommer's Complete Guides) (Paperback)

Very good tips for my first trip to San Diego, has a lot of specific information about what you can do, even for a short period or a more time frame. The recomendations are from a person that lived in San Diego, so I think that gives a more realistici opinion. It includes a map that is easy to use and very helpfull.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide for Newbies to SD!, November 1, 2007

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Luckee - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frommer's San Diego 2007 (Frommer's Complete Guides) (Paperback)

My friend and I decided to take a trip together, and had never been to San Diego at all before. This book greatly helped with all of our plans, including lodging and food. Our bed and breakfast was an excellent place at a great price and the book helped immensely with our event choices. It recommended great places and without it, our trip definitely would not have been the same. I used the book with every aspect of our trip. I highly recommend it a lot for those not familiar with the area!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful guide to San Diego, September 24, 2010

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moviemusicbuff (Walnut, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frommer's San Diego 2010 (Frommer's Complete Guides) (Paperback)

I've used the Frommer guides for years and I bought this guide before taking a trip to the Gas Lamp Quarter last month. The Frommer's guide was helpful in its recommendations of hotels, restaurants, shopping and best bets when traveling for 1 to 5 days. It categorized the hotels and restaurants as inexpensive, moderate, and expensive. I liked the maps which gave an overview of each region in San Diego. I found the detachable San Diego map to be very helpful in giving me an overview of greater San Diego and downtown. One of the most helpful sections is section 1 (The Best of San Diego) which tells you the most unforgettable travel experiences, best splurge hotels and moderately priced hotels, best dining experiences, and best things to do for free. It also provides helpful tips for tourists and provides the toll-free numbers to airlines and car rental agencies.

The guide also offers a more in depth look at San Diego in terms of providing a brief history, tips on where to eat & drink, and the pop culture/ entertainment scene. Another thing I liked was the section on Side Trips from San Diego which offers suggestions to go to North County, Anaheim (Disneyland / Knotts Berry Farm), to the Desert state park or to Tijuana. For those who enjoy walking, the guide tells you walking tours in places like Balboa Park, Embarcadero and Gaslamp Quarter.

The guide left out some really good restaurants in the Gas Lamp Quarter, where I stayed, and I wondered why it didn't have that particular restaurant in its recommendations, but others right near it. Also, the guide can use more colored photos to make it more appealing (compare with DK guides). After a while, the red and black ink on newspaper type paper got to me.

However, the Frommer's guide was a reliable and helpful guide.