Moon Florida Beaches: The Best Places to Swim, Play, Eat, and Stay (Moon Handbooks) [Paperback]

Parke Puterbaugh (Author), Alan Bisbort (Author)

Book Description

Series: Moon Handbooks | Publication Date: September 21, 2006

Grab your towel and head for the Sunshine State with beach experts Parke Puterbaugh and Alan Bisbort! These acclaimed writers—authors of six travel books—spent years combing every beach and coastal community along Florida's 1,800-mile coastline. With the aid of his updated 700-page beach bible you'll be able to visit nearly 400 beaches and easily plan your days with details on recreation, fees, hours, facilities, and directions; enjoy witty, informed essays on Florida-related subjects, such as sunset watching, seashell collecting, Spring Break partying, and where to spot manatees and find the best key lime pie; choose from five-star resorts, affordable hotels and motels, and secluded beach campgrounds, and savor the best local seafood and regional cuisine for all budgets; spend your evenings unwinding at the hippest nightclubs and tiki bars

Product Details

• Paperback: 800 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing; 3rd edition (September 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566914965
• ISBN-13: 978-1566914963
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #766,944 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough, realistic opinions, November 19, 2007

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MK (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moon Florida Beaches: The Best Places to Swim, Play, Eat, and Stay (Moon Handbooks) (Paperback)

This book goes well beyond just the facts and figures. It gives the author's analysis, opinions, and very good advice. In-depth, detailed. Even discusses damage to each beach area caused by the recent busy hurricane seasons. Don't waste your vacation going to the wrong beach -- get help choosing the right beach from this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Florida beach guide available, September 27, 2010

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William A. Miller (Ocala, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moon Florida Beaches: The Best Places to Swim, Play, Eat, and Stay (Moon Handbooks) (Paperback)

This book is a guide for those who like beaches. It is not a book for those who like condos, bars, and pretentious "luxury" high rise hotels. The authors offer information on every accessible beach in the state, which is an amazing accomplishment in and of itself. I have lived in Florida my entire life and have visited the majority of these beaches (quite a few I discovered only by reading this book), and the descriptions are spot on. I cannot recommend it enough, unless you want to know where to get drunk with college students on spring break, where to buy a pair of Ferragamos, or where to see an unbroken wall of giant concrete eyesores.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This Book is NOT What the Cover Describes!, March 4, 2009

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J. Fetter "unicorn_goddess" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moon Florida Beaches: The Best Places to Swim, Play, Eat, and Stay (Moon Handbooks) (Paperback)

So, I bought this book because some girlfriends and I plan on taking a roadtrip to Florida this summer. Since we're coming from Texas, our first stop will be along the panhandle. So I start there. Which is apparently the back of the book.

I bought this book to read about beaches of Florida. I'm attempting to learn about what to see and do in and around the Destin area and, so far, all I've gotten are two pages about how Destin is overpopulated with condos and townhomes. In fact, the first sentence about Destin reads: "Destin is a city out of control." It then blabs on about overdevlopment in the area, how much the city is overrun, and how much it sucks that the people of Destin let this happen.


That's all fine and dandy if I were reading a book about overdeveloped cities or something...I'm not. I'm reading a book about Florida beaches and what to see and do. In fact, on the cover, it says: The Best Places to Swim, Play, Eat and Stay. This is what I want to read about. I don't want to read about why you think Destin is overrun by condos and the like.

Now, if you can get past all the ranting, the book then provides a listing of attractions. Looks like they took it right out of a phonebook or something. And I suppose I could have picked up a Destin phonebook in our hotel room and gotten more helpful information from that. At least I would be sure to skip all the ranting.