Frommer's Portable Dominican Republic [Paperback]

Darwin Porter (Author), Danforth Prince (Author)

Book Description

Series: Frommer's Portable | Publication Date: October 21, 2005

Frommer's Portable Guides are for the short-term traveler who insists on value and doesn't want to pack a full-size guidebook. They have the same commitment to accuracy and detail as our Frommer's Complete Guides and cover all styles of travel -- from budget to deluxe.

Frommer's Portable Dominican Republic combines complete information for the island in one easy-to-carry guide. We currently publish a complete guide to Frommer's Caribbean that includes coverage of the Dominican Republic. Frommer's Portable Dominican Republic is for travelers visiting only the Dominican Republic and features detailed information on the island.

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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. The best trips start here.

Put the Best of the Dominican Republic in Your Pocket

• With the island's best beaches, resorts, and attractions.
• 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.

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About the Author

A team of veteran travel writers, Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince, have produced numerous titles for Frommer’s, especially to warm weather destinations such as Puerto Rico, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic, the Virgin Islands, The Bahamas, and Bermuda. Porter, a former bureau chief of The Miami Herald, is also a Hollywood biographer, with recent releases including Katharine the Great (devoted to Katharine Hepburn) and Howard Hughes: Hell’s Angel. Prince was formerly employed by the Paris bureau of The New York Times, and is today the president of Blood Moon Productions and other media-related firms.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 2 edition (October 21, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764596632
• ISBN-13: 978-0764596636
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,108,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #67 in Books > Travel > Caribbean > Dominican Republic

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very Little Useful Information, June 30, 2007

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Chris Luallen (Nashville, Tennessee) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's Portable Dominican Republic (Paperback)

I know this a "portable guide" to the Dominican Republic, but still it is extremely bare bones and basic. It includes a decent section on Santo Domingo but absolutely nothing on Santiago - the country's second largest city. The rest of this thin volume includes only a couple of short sections on the DR's tourist areas - the North Coast, Punta Cana and Boca Chica. To someone attempting to explore anywhere else in the DR this book is virtually useless. Even for my brief one week trip to Puerto Plata I found nothing in this guide that I had not already discovered on the Internet.

I am usually a fan of Frommer's guidebooks. But this one just doesn't cut it.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good guide, but ..., March 12, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Frommer's Portable Dominican Republic (Paperback)

The Frommer's Dominican Republic guide is a good guide for anyone making a quick trip to the DR. The book does overexaggerates on the crime issue. Crime in the DR is relatively low, maybe even lower than in the USA. Other than that, the book is excellent.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Information is too sparse and often not helpful, July 1, 2009

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SW Highlander (Savannah, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frommer's Portable Dominican Republic (Paperback)

I know it's a "portable" edition, but the only part my wife and I found helpful and adequate was the hotel section -- which you need before will be carrying it around anyway. The hotel section in Punta Cana and Santo Domingo were accurate and useful.

In Santo Domingo, its walking map of the Zona Colonial was badly off. Points of interest were on different blocks than indicated, the map was not to scale from one block to another (on the same map), and not to scale to the distance guide on the map. In the narrative sections, restaurants and Points of Interest were often not described adequately to find the place without asking people along the way.

We tried one of the book's top restaurants and found it laughably lacking: waitstaff that couldn't identify an oyster or cook the tableside flambe, a room that was devoid of any patrons on a Friday night, and old decor from a 1970's era hotel.

For nightclubs, it failed to mention that it's number one choice of clubs doesn't get going until 11 ("takes off at 9pm" was what the book said). Combined with a hotel concierge who led us astray, we had to sit around for over an hour as the early birds.

Overall, it's the worst Frommer's I've ever used.