Insight Guides Philippines (Insight Guide Philippines) [Paperback]

Insight Guides (Author), Bill Williams (Other Contributor), Brian Bell (Other Contributor)

Book Description

Series: Insight Guide Philippines | Publication Date: October 1998

One of over 400 titles in the Insight series, local writers convey the insider's perspective on how to get the most out of your trip. The photojournalistic approach captures the uniqueness of each culture and location.

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About the Author

Since 2000. Hammond, American Map, Langenscheidt Dictionaries, Insight Travel Guides, Delorme – the famous names in the Langenscheidt family. These represent the most authoritative, up-to-date, and extensive travel and reference products available. In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases, language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Apa Productions (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887294820
• ISBN-13: 978-0887294822
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,174,685 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #61 in Books > Travel > Asia > Philippines

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book but not a travel guide, January 5, 2005

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Chukcha the Reviewer (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Insight Guide Philippines (Paperback)

This book has a great introductory value. It shows how diverse and beautiful this country is. The photographs are of outstanding quality. The truth is, some of the places I visited looked much worse than their photographs in this book (like Vigan, for example).

One must understand though that this book is NOT a travel guide though (despite some tourist info it contains). It is more like set of National Geographic articles with great illustrations. I still give it 5, because it is so fascinating and beautiful.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book to learn about Philippines without going @^:^@, March 21, 2003

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Filipina Cupid "Jean" (Cebu, Hong Kong, Manila, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Insight Guide Philippines (Paperback)

More than a travel guide, it spends more time on background and the meaning of sites in the Philippines. Many beautiful photos. Good book to learn about Philippines without going. My American friends that have read this book say it was BiG help to them in understanding not just travel only.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Informative, January 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Insight Guides Philippines (Serial) (Paperback)

This is one of the books you should get when you're going to the Philippines. It is a very long book filled with good detailed facts. The photographers who took the pictures got very good shots of the Philippines. Another good thing about this book is that is has very good information when your touring the Philippines in the back of the book. It tells you information about the weather, lodging, holidays and festivals, what should be worn, and even how to speak basic Tagalog (the official language of the Philippines). There's a lot of things I haven't mentioned. If you want a good quality guidebook on the Philippines, then you should try this book!