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Frommer's Peru (Frommer's Complete) (Paperback)

~ Neil E. Schlecht (Author)
Key Phrases: plaza mayor, Chavín de Huántar, Nicolás de Piérola, Plaza de Armas, Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley (more...)
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America’s #1 bestselling travel series

Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer’s Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do.

  • More annually updated guides than any other series
  • 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides
  • Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itineraries
  • Dozens of detailed maps in an easy-to-read, two-color design

You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go--they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges. Every Frommer's Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and nightlife. You'd be lost without us!

Frommer's Peru is the premier guide to the country, with complete coverage of Lima, the Southern Coast, Cusco, Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the Amazon Basin, and more. You'll get candid reviews of the best hotels, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife, as well as the author's picks for the best travel experiences, including: flying over the Nasca Lines; hiking the Inca Trail; gazing upon Machu Picchu; floating on Lake Titicaca; watching the condors soar at Colca Canyon; plunging deep into the jungle of the Amazon; and more.



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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Frommers; 4 edition (July 28, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470257105
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470257104
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
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4.0 out of 5 stars Well laid out and very contemporary, January 8, 2005
This review is from: Frommer's Peru (Paperback)
This is an update for the latest edition which was released in 2008. I took this guide with me to Peru 9-09. For the last nine years I have lived in, and traveled throughout Peru. Frommer's keep surprising me with new relevant information about Peru. Kudos. Especially informative is Frommer's first section: "What's New in Peru". In Frommer's the Cusco, the Machu Pichu and the Inca Trail section alone take up 100 pages and the information is excellent. If you are going only to these locations then this portion of the guide is reason enough to buy Frommer's. Also, for ornithologists (bird watchers too) Peru is one of the greatest countries on earth and Frommer's has good coverage on how, where and with whom.

In the world of Peru guides (this year I have reviewed five) there are two types of guides; those guides that are written for the wandering/explorer/backpacker who wants travel to the normal visitors' sites, but will also go `off the beaten track' (Footprint, Let's Go and Lonely Planet [the best is LP, see my reviews]), and then there are the guides for the traveler who like comfort, have money and will visit only the main tourist attractions: Cusco [Machu Pichu], Puno [Lake Titicaca], Arequipa [Colca Canyon], Lima, Iquitos and the lines at Nazca ... this is where Fodor's and Frommer's fit.

Frommer's is much better than Fodor's in many aspects, and in comparison to all the guides, Frommer's excels in providing you with the important and essential information needed to plan your trip (entry requirements, health, travel resources, when to go, suggested itineraries, recommended reading, etc.). Thus, if you are staying on the tourist route then you will do well to have this guide in your knapsack.

Frommer's recommendations of restaurants in Cusco is much better than the 2005 guide but still not what it should be. 'Cicciolina' restaurant is a must, but on the other hand the 'Inca Grill' is expensive, so-so food and targets the tourist trade. Check out tripadvisor online for current eateries or ask a local professional where they eat. Take care when asking the local guides for restaurant recommendations, as they will normally direct you to a tourist restaurant and thereby get a free meal and commission from the restaurant.

If you are NOT exploring Peru or going off the beaten-path this is a very good guide. For those that desire to go down the road-less-traveled get Lonely Planet. Frommer's Peru is Strongly Recommended 4.5 Stars
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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good on Frommer's!, January 3, 2003
This review is from: Frommer's Peru (Paperback)
It appears to me that the first reviewer may have a chip on his shoulder and ought to have stayed home, wherever that is. As someone who was raised in Perú and return often, I believe that the author of Frommer's Perú did a very good job, especially considering that most guidebooks don't include much about how tourism is endangering many heritage sites in the country. Neil Schlecht obviously cares and let's readers know, politely, that they need to walk softly through this beautiful nation.

I loved the fact that I recognized many of the places he recommended - La Casa de Melgar in Arequipa is indeed a marvelous place to stay, for example and it was a thrill to read his section on Cajamarca, my second favourite Peruvian city, after Arequipa.

I liked his Best of Perú section, although I believe that he missed on the best markets/shopping section and would have liked to read more about how tourists are also endangering the textile and folk art traditions given that they want cheap shopping. For example, more and more textile artists are using synthetic yarns and dyes because they're fed up with visitors bartering them down to pennies for an object that took weeks, if not months to make. Take a moment to consider that the folks who make authentic Peruvian textiles and folk art need to eat, feed and educate their children and have a right to have their work and themselves treated with respect and dignity - heads up to the first reviewer!

Perú is, in many ways, like India in that one could travel there every year for the rest of one's life and not see everything. Personally, I would follow Schlecht's advice and get off the "tourist trail", into the north, the central highlands - the Mantaro Valley, Tarma, the Chanchamayo Valley for a taste of the *real* Perú, not yet the flavours of the month.

Good for you, Neil Schlecht and good for Frommer's. I hope that you will continue to publish Frommer's Perú and update it frequently.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Useful book for 1st time travelers to Peru but beware prices have gone up!, September 11, 2008
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I just got back from my trip to Peru and I purchased the 2008 edition to have the most up to date tourist information about Peru. This book was very helpful, as well as the blogs and forums in the Frommer's website. However, I was dissapointed to find that even though this was the latest edition the prices published for a lot of the things were already obsolute or not completely accurate which sort of threw off our budget for the trip. One good example is the "boleto turistico" that can be purchased in Cusco to visit a lof of the tourist attractions around the area. The book published a cost of S/70 and it actually cost S/130 per person. Unfortunately prices for turist attractions and transportation have gone up drastically in Peru. It was just unfortunate that I paid extra to have the most up to date information and prices about traveling to Peru and we came to find that the price information was inaccurate in some ocassions. Other than that I give a positive review to this travel guide.
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1.0 out of 5 stars outdated
We used the chapters on Cusco and Sacred Valley-Machu Picchu on our last trip to Peru and we found many outdated information and incorrect addresses. Read more
Published 18 months ago by C. Carson

4.0 out of 5 stars Frommer's Peru
It was great, very informative. I love the Frommer's travel guides, I buy one for every trip I take.
Published on March 8, 2007 by Luz E. Balderas

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Informative
I thought that Frommer's Peru was very helpful and quite accurate with the exeption of one restaurant in Cusco, Greens, which had moved and become vegitarian. Read more
Published on November 10, 2006 by RacerGirl122

1.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced and overrated
I was really disappointed with this, the most 'recent' book about Peru. I have recently moved here, and was looking for some information about places to go and things to do when... Read more
Published on October 28, 2002 by garrett526

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Frommer's Peru, First Edition; is a comprehensive and informative guide covering all the main tourist destinations in the country. Read more
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