Customer Reviews

Moon Pacific Mexico: Including Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara, Acapulco, and Oaxaca (Moon Handbooks)

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I'm an avid traveler, guide book user and guide book writer. I bought this book because it was about 1/2 the size of the Lonely Planet Mexico book (which covers the whole country) and would have been much better off lugging the larger book around for my month on the coast.

Why? The maps are not very good (and do not have content boxes) and there are no bus schedules (note: these are likely not the fault of the author but of the publisher). I didn't agree with some of the restaurant recommendations and found some gems that should have been in the book. There were not enough accommodations listed (and those listed did not need such long descriptions). Confusing driving directions. Mis-information (like stating no surfboard rentals when there were 3 places that rented them) that I did not expect in a book published 2 months prior to my trip.

On a positive note, there is some good background info in the book (history, food, culture).

I know Mexico is a huge place and its hard to nail down everything when researching a guidebook, but as I said, LP did a far better job in producing a more useful book for travelers. Resort tourists looking for a little something outside the gates might be satisfied with this book.