This most comprehensive guide on the cruise vacation and all its aspects lists the major ports of call, details on attractions, restaurants, shopping, and recreation, as well as guidelines on how to make the most of an eight-hour stay in port. The history of each vessel, vital statistics, physical details, evaluations in the form of stars, and price categories for nearly 430 ships from more than 50 cruise lines are presented. Numerous photographs of ships, decks, and interiors are included, along with actual shipboard menus and daily activity programs.
Steven B. Stern is a retired attorney from Chicago who now resides in Boca Raton, Florida. He is the author of 36 travel guides, the first written in 1974. He is a critic on cruise ships, resorts and restaurants. He has cruised on over 750 ships and visited every port in the world where ships stop.
His work: "Stern's Guide to the Cruise Vacation is presently in its 21st annual edition. This is a 775+-page guide covering and rating every cruise ship and cruise line, as well as every port of call around the world with photos, menus and programs for each cruise line.
"Stern's Guide to the Greatest Resorts of the World" is in its 11th edition.The present edition is a coffee-table style book with over 1000 color photos covering and rating the 100 most luxurious and exotic resort properties around the world.
"The Indispensable Guide to Foreign Words and Phrases" was published in 2009 and is a pocket-size guide setting forth the most necessary words and phrases in 30 different languages, together with phonetic pronunciations. It is of value to the cruiser or world traveler to numerous countries who wishes to converse with the population and wishes to have all of the languages in one handy pocket-size book.
Go to his web site: www.stevensterntravel.com
