The New Key to Costa Rica [Paperback]

Beatrice Blake (Author), Anne Becher (Author), Deidre Hyde (Illustrator), Nik Wheeler (Photographer)

Book Description

Series: New Key to Costa Rica | Publication Date: October 30, 2000

This updated edition of the classic guide to Costa Rica includes the ultimate insider's guide offering advice and tips from authors who have lived there, covers the most popular areas, and provides complete details on outdoor adventures. The guide combines the best elements of a travel guide, including hot and restaurant reviews, with ecotourism information. Includes two foldout color maps, 16 color photos, 25 maps, and 13 illustrations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Ulysses Pr; 15 edition (October 30, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569752192
• ISBN-13: 978-1569752197
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,434,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellence, Absolute Best Travel Book, February 2, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The New Key to Costa Rica (Paperback)

I used a previous edition of this book as a guide when I was an exchange student in Costa Rica. This book contained everything that I needed. I spoke little Spanish in the beginning of my stay, and this book helped me to travel the country with easy. It contains information about everything from restaurants to travel to ecological information. Prior to using the New Key, I had never used a travel book. After using it, I wanted to buy a travel guide for every trip. Though I have now used several travel books, unfortunately, I have never found another book that is so comprehensive and useful as the New Key. This book explains a lot of inside information that one needs to know and hotel and restaurant tips. I highly recommend it. I only wish the makers of the New Key would do New Key books for other places,especially other Central American countries. I would buy any New Key book even if it were over my own home city so that I could let my visitors use it. I would buy the full set without hesitation. My few words can hardly do justice to this excellent book. If there were a nobel prize for travel books, this book would have won it. If you are taking a trip to Costa Rica, buy it!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Costa Rica guidebook we found, July 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The New Key to Costa Rica (Paperback)

When my family and I decided to vacation in Costa Rica, I bought several guidebooks. This is, by far, the best of the lot. Prices and descriptions are accurate, and I especially appreciated the e-mail and Web site addresses. This allowed me to finalize prices and make reservations without expensive phone calls. We continued to use the guidebook when we arrived in-country. The descriptions and historical backgrounding were accessible to all of us, and our four teen-aged sons often asked me to read aloud the "New Key" information about our next destination.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best one yet, August 10, 2002

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merrymousies (Waterford, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Key to Costa Rica (Paperback)

This is the best book we've found so far. We used it to plan our trip, id hotels that we wanted to stay at, determine where we wanted to go, etc. We go on the trip in November and will definitely be taking this with us but in terms of preparation it was a must have for us