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Frommer's(r) Costa Rica 2003 [Paperback]

Eliot Greenspan (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)


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Frommer's Complete Guides September 13, 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!

Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer's Costa Rica features gorgeous color photos of the lush rain forest, the amazing array of wildlife, and the spectacular beaches that await you. Personally researched by a longtime resident, it's the only truly up-to-date guide that gives you such in-depth coverage of this fast-changing country, with recommended accommodations in every price category.

You'll visit rugged wilderness preserves and sleepy beach towns, spectacular orchid gardens and mineral hot springs at the foot of a steaming volcano. There are adventures here to suit all ages and abilities: swooping from treetop platform to treetop platform on a canopy tour, taking a dip in a jungle swimming hole, spotting playful spider monkeys as you hike through lush foliage, windsurfing on Lake Arenal, or watching endangered sea turtles nest on the beach. With Frommer's in hand, you'll experience the wonder of Costa Rica's amazing biodiversity, as we point out the best places to see hundreds of unique, colorful species of animals and plants. You'll even get a color fold-out map and an online directory that makes trip-planning a snap!

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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. 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 Belize on $35 a Day and co-author of Frommer's South America and Frommer's Cuba.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 394 pages
  • Publisher: Frommers; 1 edition (September 13, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0764566121
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764566127
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 4.8 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,943,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Guide But Not the Best, January 14, 2003
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This review is from: Frommer's(r) Costa Rica 2003 (Paperback)
I have read all of the guidebooks about Costa Rica while living in the country. Frommer's is well written and is filled with useful tips for the first-time traveller. However, Moon's Costa Rica Handbook contains at least twice the information.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars An O.K. read, July 24, 2003
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"kayhunter1986" (Fraser Lake, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Frommer's(r) Costa Rica 2003 (Paperback)
This was a well written book but i found the lonely planet to be much more detailed. This book is exellent for the upper class traveler, but left the budget travellers without many options.
This book told me a lot of things about places to viset and even though i prefer lonely planet i would still recomend it.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Frommer's is better than Adventure Guide to Costa Rica(4th), February 18, 2003
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"glanyard" (MD United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Frommer's(r) Costa Rica 2003 (Paperback)
This book is much better than the Adventure Guide to Costa Rica (4th Edition). I ordered them both and Frommer's contains much more detail, is in a friendlier format, and is just more professionally done. You certainly don't need both and Frommer's is the way to go. The one frustrating thing about both these books is that they always assume your (sub)trips start in San Jose! Since most tourists travel around CR, it would be nice to take the vantage point of different locales to better understand transportation options, travel times, and tours. But this holds true for websites I've found on CR as well, so I can't fault the authors.
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