Moon Spotlight Cusco and Machu Picchu [Paperback]

Ross Wehner (Author), Kazia Jankowski (Author), Renee del Gaudio (Author)

Book Description

Series: Moon Spotlight | Publication Date: March 3, 2009

Moon Cusco & Machu Piccu is an 85-page compact guide covering the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the city of Cusco, and Peru's most popular destination, Machu Piccu. Authors Renee Del Gaudio and Ross Wehner offer seasoned advice on what sight are must-sees, including maps with sightseeing highlights, so planning your time is easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps make navigating the legendary "Lost City of the Incas" and surrounding regions uncomplicated.

Moon Spotlight guides are affordably-priced, lightweight guides covering a smaller geographic region than Moon Handbooks or Outdoors guidebook series. The travel content in a Spotlight guide is pulled directly from individual chapters of larger Handbooks or Outdoors titles, with no introductory information (such as When to Go or Planning Your Trip), and no indexes. The result is compact guides to popular destinations that provide travelers with what they need to explore a specific locale in depth with fewer pages of very focused information.

Product Details

• Paperback: 85 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing (March 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562612689
• ISBN-13: 978-1562612689
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,021,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Pass on this guide, splurge and spend the extra $7 for..., May 25, 2009

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Allan M. Gathercoal "fdoamerica" (Norcross, GA) - See all my reviews
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When you compare this guide to Frommer's Peru 4th edition you will find the best value is Frommer's. In Frommer's Cusco, Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail section alone take up 100 pages and the information is excellent. Besides giving you less, the photos in this guide are seriously sub par; they are grainy and all in b&w. Then there is the small print, which I found difficult to read, especially in low light or on a moving bus. Thus, the only thing that commends this guide is its price, and, when you consider all that you spend to get to Peru and to see the ruins, then go for it and splurge - spend the extra $7 and get either Frommer's or Lonely Planet. Both are great guides and worth the chump change. Also consider reading "White Rock" by Hugh Thomson, especially if you are trekking the ruins. Happy Trails.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good resource, but don't trust the prices, January 20, 2010

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Anne (Seattle) - See all my reviews

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I just got back from a vacation to Peru and found this book very helpful. It contained a lot of useful information for getting to the various Incan sites in the Sacred Valley as well as interesting facts about the sites themselves, and the small size made it ideal for carrying on day trips and treks. We also found some GREAT budget hostel options through this book. The downside was the consistently inaccurate prices it listed for activities etc. For example, it recommends a restaurant in Cusco with entrees supposedly from $6-$12 - when we arrived at the restaurant the prices on the menu were $50 or higher. This kind of thing happened several times. In all I found it to be a useful guide, but I wouldn't rely on the prices it quotes.

1.0 out of 5 stars bog standed, June 19, 2011

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Dennis Fitt - See all my reviews
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this is the second time asked for this item, as in the first time i think i was robbed when sent for the price was two dollars but other things were added on so in the end it came too bout fifteen pounds, it turned ot not to be a book but a brochure for traveling there quite a big disapointment.