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Stern's Guide to the Greatest Resorts of the World

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This guide book covers wide selection for the best choice for world wide resorts. It includes the continental US. the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, South East Asia resorts, Australia, Africa, the Indian Ocean, and Europe. The author provides explanation about Accomodation, Restaurants, Entertainment, Sports, and so on for each resort (i.e. each hotel), and this may be helpful for selecting resorts. However, contrary to my expectation, he does not describe much about his 'personal' impression. The book titel is; 'STERN'S' guide...... Where is his own point of view? Anyway, if you want to use this guide book as 'dictionary' for world wide resorts, I can strongly recommend you. (P.S. this book contains a lot of photos of resorts, but most of them seemingly from hotel or tourist agent's brochures. You maybe have seen them anywhere before!)

The resort information is good but this is clearly targetted at US residents. If Arizona, California and the Carribean are inconviently far away then there is not much for you. There are a few in Bali but Asia is poorly covered and Europe hardly at all.

Without a doubt this is one of the most beautifully illustrated resort guides in existence. The information is extremely valuable to any traveler seeking out a luxury resort. Not only are the resorts facilities, dining options, sport facilities and history described in great detail, but the book includes ratings for such categories as room comfort, dining, service,sport facilities,outside grounds,etc. I read some of the other reviews, and any review dated prior to 2007 is not valid because it refers to other editions, not the coffee-table style edition that is the latest.
Frequent Cruiser June 2009

This was one of the most beautifully illustrated and informative books I have ever read covering luxury resorts. It was most helpful to have a third party describe these properties and provide ratings in eleven essential categories.

GH, Frequent Traveler

Now in a fully updated and substantially revised eighth edition, Stern's Guide To The Greatest Resorts Of The World by world traveler Steven B. Stern is an informed and informative travel guide to more than 100 of the most luxurious self-contained resorts found worldwide. Extensive travel advice and resort descriptions that include facilities, black-and-white photographs, contact information and much more fill out this excellent and enthusiastically recommended resource for the vacationer determined to go in style. Also very highly recommended for traveling public is the new Stern's Guide To The Cruise Vacation: 2002 Edition (1565549422, ...)