Hidden Tahiti and French Polynesia: Including Moorea, Bora Bora, and the Society, Austral, Gambier, Tuamotu, and Marquesas Islands (Hidden Travel) [Paperback]

Rob Kay (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 18, 2004 | Series: Hidden Travel

- Recommends lodging choices from 36 of the world's top resorts to 218 beach bungalows
- Surveys outdoor fun including 74 dive sites, 30 surfing beaches, and 41 hiking trails
- "Hidden" spots
- Author's favorite picks
- Three-day getaway itineraries
- Driving and walking tours
- Website and email addresses
- Maps that "zoom in" on each area

Editorial Reviews

Review

The Hidden guidebook series hot-peppers its pages with little arrows that point to a multitude of off-the-tourist-track sites.

About the Author

Rob Kay lives in Honolulu.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 520 pages
• Publisher: Ulysses Press; 5th edition (November 18, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569754268
• ISBN-13: 978-1569754269
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #981,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #22 in Books > Travel > Australia & South Pacific > Tahiti

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Customer Reviews

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65 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate sourcebook, January 8, 2000

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K. Bortz "fins up!" (Delmont, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hidden Tahiti (Hidden Tahiti, 2nd ed) (Paperback)

My wife and I took the first edition of this book on our honeymoon in 1997. Let's just say that another couple we hooked up with wound up not doing a thing without consulting "the book". We are not adventure travellers per say, but we don't like exquisite resorts that cater to you hand and foot. We like to explore, meet/see the people, etc. Well, this book got us to a waterfall on Moorea, the lagoon passes of Rangiroa, the village on Manihi, and nothing it recommended led us astray.

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Stylish Guide to Some Stylish Islands, October 15, 1999

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David Stanley (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hidden Tahiti (Hidden Tahiti, 2nd ed) (Paperback)

As the author of Moon Handbooks Tahiti and one of Rob Kay's competitors, I'd like to say that his book has class and I recommend it to the traveler who carries two guides. Rob's coverage of top end food and lodging is unrivaled, and his cultural and historical vignettes convey the full flavor of Polynesia. It's great pre-trip reading and very useful in deciding when and where to splurge. It complements well the web and email addresses, tour and transportation listings, budget tips, and detailed maps in my book. After checking accommodations prices (which Rob doesn't provide) in Moon Handbooks Tahiti, you can get a well thought out second opinion about conditions on the ground from Hidden Tahiti. I hope this helps bring our 'rival' titles into focus.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The only book we used..., August 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Hidden Tahiti and French Polynesia (Hidden Tahiti & French Polynesia) (Paperback)

We bought 3 books and always seemed to rely on this one. Mr Kay gives great info on restaurants and hidden lodgings, which are the 2 most important topics for us. We actually stayed in one place that he labeled "hidden" and he was right! We could not find the entrance and when we did they were not open to the public, but they decided to let us stay and we were the only guests for a week. No other guide book listed this hidden lodging. Mr. Kay has a more personal approach and gives great descriptions, which the other guide books lack. And as far as not giving exact prices, it's useless to do so as these things change so much anyway. All you need to know is this: you stay in a big hotel where all the other tourists stay you will pay big money for not so much, if you venture out to where the real people live, you pay less and get better service, food, and memories.