Customer Reviews

Lonely Planet Florida (Regional Travel Guide)

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I purchased this book together with Fodor's Florida 2011 for my recent trip to FL. It turned out that Fodor's was much more useful. I learned from Fodor's more than from LP on average, and I like that Fodor's book is more colorful. Maybe LP is more useful if you want to cut down expenditures, which was not my case. For a trip to China or Algeria, I always buy LP if I bring only one book, but for a more relaxing trip to some rich country/states, I don't see the typical dominance by LP in terms of quality/quantity of information...

I bought this book specifically because I was going down to St. Augustine and found there to be a lot of tourist traps on the internet and wanted a little more well researched travel guide. I love Lonely Planet guides and found this one to meet my high expectations as always. The guide did a great job giving historical background and vignettes on sites in St. Augustine. It also helped me to narrow down my itinerary and provided addresses and phone numbers for the attractions. All of the information was accurate and correct and the reviews were spot on. I definitely would recommend this guide- and quite frankly, any of their guides.

I am normally a big fan of Lonely Planet, but not on the Kindle. I thought it would be nice to not have to carry around a big book. But forget buying this or any guide book on the kindle. First, the maps are almost impossible to read so they are basically worthless, even when you enlarge them. Second, it's really hard to flip around in the book on the kindle, like you would normally do in a guide book, so you're stuck with how the authors have organized your trip. Basically the whole experience sucked. When I accessed the book on my Ipod touch it was a little better and maybe the electronic version works better for the ipad (I don't have one yet). In summary, I'll never buy another guide book for the kindle.

Florida is one of America's biggest vacation destinations, and Lonely Planet's "Florida" will tell travelers why. With well over five hundred pages of information, Lonely Planet has aimed to give readers a compact yet complete and comprehensive guide to traveling to Florida. With info on scuba diving, embracing the wide range of cultural exposure, finding something for the kids, and environmental tourism, author Jeff Campbell and his crew leave little out. A straight information guide for travelers or potential travelers, "Florida" is a fine acquisition to supplement one's trip to Florida.