Time Out Patagonia (Time Out Guides) [Paperback]

Time Out (Author)

Book Description

Series: Time Out Guides | Publication Date: February 1, 2006

This authoritative guide leads adventurous travelers from shimmering lakes and monstrous peaks to remote hamlets and bustling tourist centers, and recommends where to find the best regional foods and products in each. The national parks of Argentina and Chile, plus whale-watching at Península Valdés, are explored in depth. Introductory chapters frame this diverse, exciting region in its historic, political, and cultural context.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"'Includes many colour photos and maps and a fair dose of historical context. Compiled with extensive local input, it emphasizes natural wonders, from beaches to glaciers, with particular attention paid to guest estancias, old ranches that have been converted to lodges' - LA Times"

About the Author

Most of contributors to Time Out Patagonia are long-term residents of Argentina or Chile. Their numerous contacts in the tourist industry, and their 'home country' perspective, help to ensure that the features and articles are fresh and original and the listings information up-to-date. These writers include Chris Moss (Conde Nast Traveller, Guardian, Daily Telegraph), Joshua Goodman (New York Times) and Lucy Hawking (novelist and regular travel correspondent for the Mail on Sunday)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Time Out; 2nd edition (February 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904978460
• ISBN-13: 978-1904978466
• Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 5 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #676,179 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #84 in Books > Travel > Latin America > South America > Chile
  • #99 in Books > Travel > Latin America > South America > Argentina

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you are traveling to Patagonia take this guide!, February 27, 2007

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Allan M. Gathercoal "fdoamerica" (Norcross, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Time Out Patagonia (Time Out Guides) (Paperback)

I have just returned from traveling five weeks through Patagonia and found myself using "Time Out" regularly for its engaging history, cultural and overall coverage.

I started out in the Argentinean Lake District (Bariloche) and wove my way down to Tierra del Fuego (Ushuaia), crossing various times between Argentina and Chile. "Time Out" was my companion guide to both "Footprint" and "Rough Guides".

No other guide gives you as much information regarding outdoor activies: Hiking, Golfing, Fishing, Hunting, Skiing; even Scuba Diving (you can dive the icy waters of Ushuaia!). The writing is engaging and erudite. For those that love nature no other guide gives you as much as this guide.

HOWEVER, "Time Out Patagonia" should not be considered as your primary travel guide. It is more of a companion guide. It offers only a handful of restaurant and hotel recommendations, and often these recommendations are the most expensive. The small maps in this book are pathetic, and will help you locate nothing of significance.

"Time Out Patagonia" fills in the gaps that the other guides have. This is the guide you will read after the other guides have helped you with your accommodations and eateries (consider: Footprint Argentina 2006 - highly recommended - see my review). Strongly Recommended.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't miss this one, December 21, 2003

By 

King Lerch (Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time Out Patagonia 1 (Paperback)

This book has an amazing amount of information on Patagonia in general, and specifically Valdes Peninsula where I will be visiting. I was going to spend a lot of money with tour packages, uncertain accommodations, and a guy waiting at the airport holding up my name on a poster board...but now I can arrange it myself with this book and a taxi.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for the average traveller, October 19, 2007

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Mr. Tenny C. Young "Lone traveller" (san francisco, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Time Out Patagonia (Time Out Guides) (Paperback)

It contains less information as it is thinner. It is organized more like documentary than guides, as you have your own transportation and go for trekking for days into the wildernss in both Chile and Argentina. It doesn't have the info of the popular tourist towns, accomdations and excursion operators. I bought also the Footprint and Rough Guide for the 40 days backpack trip mainly in Argentina in Dec 2007. They complementing each other and I personally like the Footprint. Email [e-mail] if you want to know more about the trip.