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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good book, but needs some basic improvements, June 12, 2001
I used this book as my main "get-around" guide during my vacations in Argentina. The book has an excellent section on travel tips which I found very useful, specially the "Smart Travel Tips" section.But some of the maps of Buenos Aires in the book have the locations wrong. I would say most of the maps need revision; I always found a mistake. My advice is to have a back up, maybe a good tourist map which you can find almost anywhere for free on hotels or tourist centers. Also, the phone listed in some of the attractions are wrong. For example, I wanted to arrange a reservation for one of the tango shows listed on the book (by the way, do not miss them for anything in the world!!!), but the phone numbers were wrong also. The book overall is good, plus they have sections on other parts of Argentina, which makes the book very practical if you plan to travel the country, but again the best advise is to have a backup guide (and map), specially for Buenos Aires.
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24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The most complete travel guide out there for Argentina, December 18, 2000
I read every guidebook I could find before visiting Argentina with my family two years ago and then moving here for a year last July. This is by far the most complete guide I've seen, with lots of helpful, realistic information about where to go, what to do (and what not to do) and where to stay all over this country -- not just in Buenos Aires. Even after living here for months we still pull it out from time to time. Don't leave home without it.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
People who actually travel should buy Lonely Planet, June 21, 2005
Coming to Argentina for a month, I bought this guide book and a few others (Lonely Planet was the best) in advance to try to get a general idea of what to do. Simply put, this book sucks. It has a tiny list of places to eat and see for how huge Buenos Aires is, seems to not have the most useful travel information and tips, and is out of date on a few of its recommended destinations. More than that, its poorly organized, not really offering itineraries or good suggestions, but rather just displaying a few possible destinations in no real order and with no particular travel audience in mind, except maybe business travelers or people with loads of money to spend who dont mind spending their time figuring it out on their own because the guide is worthless.
Lonely planet was way better, it had more suggestions and a more coherent feel. It was also bigger, it just has more. It also had better maps and even some photos, so you could get a glimpse of an area you might want to check out.
I'm done with fodors, I doubt I'll buy their books ever again.
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