Miami & the Keys '99: The Complete Guide with Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and the Everglades (Fodor's South Florida) [Paperback]

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Series: Fodor's South Florida | Publication Date: October 27, 1998

The best guide to the area, updated every year
Tours of Miami Beach's Deco District and Coral Gables
Spectacular beaches, best bets for water sports and fishing
The hippest nightlife -- spots for salsa, jazz, reggae, blues
Great golfing, biking, canoeing, diving, and wildlife-watching
Where to stay and eat, no matter what your budget
Modern and Deco hotels, beach resorts, charming inns and B&Bs, rental condos, luxurious spas, convenient motels
Smart cafés, posh restaurants, local favorites, and ethnic eateries from Cuban to Floribbean -- plus lots of seafood
Fresh, thorough, practical -- off and on the beaten path
Costs, hours, descriptions, and tips by the thousands
All reviews based on visits by savvy writer-residents
17 pages of maps, 15 vacation itineraries, and more
Important contacts, smart travel tips
Fodor's Choice
What's Where
Pleasures & Pastimes, don't-miss activities
New & Noteworthy
Festivals
Complete index

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The best guide to the area, updated every year
Tours of Miami Beach's Deco District and Coral Gables
Spectacular beaches, best bets for water sports and fishing
The hippest nightlife -- spots for salsa, jazz, reggae, blues
Great golfing, biking, canoeing, diving, and wildlife-watching
Where to stay and eat, no matter what your budget
Modern and Deco hotels, beach resorts, charming inns and B&Bs, rental condos, luxurious spas, convenient motels
Smart cafés, posh restaurants, local favorites, and ethnic eateries from Cuban to Floribbean -- plus lots of seafood
Fresh, thorough, practical -- off and on the beaten path
Costs, hours, descriptions, and tips by the thousands
All reviews based on visits by savvy writer-residents
17 pages of maps, 15 vacation itineraries, and more
Important contacts, smart travel tips
Fodor's Choice
What's Where
Pleasures & Pastimes, don't-miss activities
New & Noteworthy
Festivals
Complete index

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; Pap/Map edition (October 27, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679001492
• ISBN-13: 978-0679001492
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 4.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,286,082 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great itineraries, June 4, 1999

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This review is from: Miami & the Keys '99: The Complete Guide with Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and the Everglades (Fodor's South Florida) (Paperback)

Great places to stay in Key West. Never disappointed...however, it forgot to mention the great cuban coffee, cafe con leche, that Frommer's went into detail with and had mentioned as a must have. Great restaurant's, esp. the cuban ones.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Covers more of Florida than competing guides, April 12, 2000

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This review is from: Miami & the Keys '99: The Complete Guide with Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and the Everglades (Fodor's South Florida) (Paperback)

The most useful aspect of the Fodor's Guide for Miamai and the Keys when compared to other guidebooks is that this book covers the areas north of Miami, all the way up the Atlantic coast to Sebastian. My past few trips to Florida have been to Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and Vero Beach as well as Miami and the Keys. It's nice to have the basic information in one place.

However, I always feel that Fodor's guidebooks tend to be a little superficial. The last five or six I've read haven't included the hotels I've stayed at (for example a Hyatt that has been open for at least ten years). I also don't care for the type of paper stock that Fodors uses. I like to take a highlighter to my guidebooks and you can't use them on this paper because it bleeds through the pages. I will continue my quest for the perfect guidebook!