Yucatan & Mayan Mexico, 2nd [Paperback]

Nick Rider (Author)

Book Description

Series: Country & Regional Guides - Cadogan | Publication Date: July 1, 2002

Whether travelers are planning their city break in advance or want instant guidance exploring, Cadogan City Guides are the ideal companions. They provide a truly accessible way into the heart of a city, with a unique introductory full-color section packed with ideas for days out and itineraries and extensive, cross-referenced maps with all listings clearly marked (the fullest listings of any city guide available). They also include a wealth of engaging cultural and historical knowledge, along with anecdotes and colorful stories written in the enthusiastic, informed, personal way for which Cadogan is renowned.

The Yucatan capital of Cancun boasts one of the ten biggest resorts in the world, and Mexico's stunning Caribbean coastline is one of the world's fastest-growing holiday areas. Visitor figures have risen to over 10 million a year, and 90% of them come from the United States. The guide balances practical advice and information on the best places to dive, kayak, and parasail, with engrossing background detail. It features informed and sensitive commentary on the culture and history of the Yucatan, its Spanish colonial heritage, and modern Mayan communities. The author lived in Spain for many years and has traveled tens rely in Mexico. Special sections provide insights into the area's prolific ancient Mayan legacy: the magnificent ins of Tulum and Chichen ltza and the Giant Catacombs at Loltun. The guide encompasses the staggering diversity of the southern states, revealing empty tropical beaches, wild-turtle islands, old pirate villages, and the most glorious coral reefs in the world.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Mexico's Yucatan peninsula offers a spectrum of attractions: dazzling tropical beaches in Cancun and along the Caribbean coast; luxuriant coral reefs; charming colonial cities like Merida and Campeche; the world-famous ancient Mayan cities of Uxmal, Palenque and Chicen Itza. Cadogan's guide covers these celebrated sights in full, but also goes deeper to out-of-the-way hotels with miles of empty beach, to ruins still half-buried in the forest, into the quirky way of life of sleepy country towns and Mayan villages, and on adventure trips into jungle reserves. It gives you all you need to know - whether you want to enjoy the local culture or just mellow out in a hammock by a palm-shaded beach.This guide includes practical travel advice; 400 carefully selected places to stay; over 600 restaurants, bars & cafes; details of newly excavated Mayan sites; 44 maps & site plans; stunning color photography; essential information on diving, snorkeling and watersports. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 540 pages, color photos, maps, illustrations)

Product Details

• Paperback: 540 pages
• Publisher: Cadogan Guides; 2nd edition (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1860118216
• ISBN-13: 978-1860118210
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,528,958 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative!!!, August 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Yucatan & Southern Mexico (Paperback)

We used your your book to travel from Merida to Chitchen Itza to Tulum and Cancun in 9 days. We would have never made it without this book. We travelled using public transportation and all the schedules on the book were quite accurate. It gave us enough details on every place we visited but left out enough to still make the trip a great adventure. Please write one on the Philippines. I can't find one like your book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An indispensable companion for travel and sightseeing., October 5, 1999

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Denny (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yucatan & Southern Mexico (Paperback)

My boss lent me a copy of the British (Cadogan) edition, which he'd purchased in Merida, just before we left on vacation and I couldn't thank him enough when I got back. Not only are the lodging, dining, shopping, travel and sightseeing recommendations incredibly useful and on the mark, but there's a meaty and fascinating history up front to put everything in context. If you take one book with you to this region, this is the one.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a guidebook should be, September 29, 2004

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Noah Meyerson (Washington DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yucatan & Mayan Mexico, 2nd (Paperback)

I'll add my voice to the chorus of praise, with one very small caveat. Comprehensive, in-depth, great historical background to put everything in perspective. We traveled with this and the Lonely Planet, but eventually just left the Lonely Planet in the car at all the sites, as Nick covered things so much better. But this is starting to get a bit out of date - published in 2002, so much of the info is now 4 years old. While there was more practical information (restuarants, hotels, etc.) here than I expected, it's worth the few extra bucks to get another, more updated guidebook as well.