Yucatan & Southern Mexico [Paperback]

Nick Rider (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1999 | Series: Cadogan Guide Yucatan & Mayan Mexico

Written with Cadogan''s ususal wit and insigh t, this guidebook explores the beaches and diving of the Car ibbean coast, Mayan ruins and rainforest reserves, the colon ial cities of Merida and San Cristobal, and the living Mayan culture. '

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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)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Everyman Publishers (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1860110932
• ISBN-13: 978-1860110931
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,382,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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.