Frommer's Florida 2011 (Frommer's Complete Guides) [Paperback]

Lesley Abravanel (Author), Laura Lea Miller (Author)

Book Description

Series: Frommer's Complete Guides | Publication Date: August 31, 2010

• Completely updated every year, Frommer's Florida 2011 features gorgeous color photos of the sights and experiences that await you.
• Author Lesley Abravanel lives and works in Miami as a gossip columnist for the Miami Herald, so she knows the Florida scene, what's hot and what's not, which restaurants the celebs frequent and sometimes own (and which establishments you might avoid for that very reason).
• Lesley covers Florida's highlights from a resident's perspective: the South Beach club scene, the state's best restaurants, hotels at every price point, dive sites in the Keys, baseball spring training, theme parks, the Kennedy Space Center, world-class golf courses, and beaches, water sports, and lots of beach bars.
• Learn about all the latest developments at Disney and Universal Studios, and get insider tips about airfare bargains and package deals.
• Frommer's Florida 2011 also includes a color fold-out map.

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From the Back Cover

Art and antique lovers shouldn't miss Vizcaya, built in 1916 and still Miami's most Gatsby-esque estate. See chapter 6.

Free pocket map inside,plus easy-to-read 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

Find travel news & deals, expert advice,and connect with fellow travelers at Frommers.com

About the Author

Lesley Abravanel is a freelance journalist and a graduate of the University of Miami School of Communication. When she isn’t combing South Florida for the latest hotels, restaurants, and attractions, she's on the lookout for vacationing celebrities, about whom she writes in her thrice-weekly nightlife and gossip columns and blog, "Scene in the Tropics" and "Velvet Underground," for the Miami Herald. She is a contributor to Time Out and all three illustrious supermarket tabloids. She is the author of Frommer's South Florida, Florida For Dummies, and Frommer's Portable Miami.

Laura Miller is a freelance writer based in Orchard Park, New York, though she spends countless hours scouring Central Florida's theme parks, hotels, and restaurants every year—with and without the help of her five children. She is also writing a guide and creating a website about Florida just for families.

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 6 edition (August 31, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470626178
• ISBN-13: 978-0470626177
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 1.6 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #417,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 1 star for no index, 4 stars for content, August 23, 2011

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This review is from: Frommer's Florida 2011 (Frommer's Complete Guides) (Kindle Edition)

This book didn't have an index. If there's no index in a Kindle book, there's no way to see what's in the book. The only way to read it is from cover to cover with a wait between each page turn.
The content of the book, though, is very helpful. I like how the authors give you a feel for the ambience of each place.