Moon Handbooks: Maui 6 Ed: Including Molokai and Lanai (Paperback)

~ Robert Nilsen (Author) "Maui won't let you down when you want to go outside and play..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

While most guidebooks cover only the obvious highlights, Moon Handbooks: Maui showcases the treasures of the "real" Maui. Discover for yourself why the Hawaii Visitors Bureau named it the "Best Guidebook" available. This updated edition includes vivid descriptions of history, culture, and legends, details on the best places to eat, stay, swim, snorkel, surf, and whale-watch, and introductions to lesser known islands. "Most realistic...a fount of what-to-do and where-to-go information." -- Hawaii Magazine

Product Details

• Paperback: 425 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing; 6th edition (September 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566913357
• ISBN-13: 978-1566913355
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,979,107 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best guide to Maui, April 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Moon Handbooks: Maui (5th Ed.) (Paperback)

The Maui Handbook is the best guide to Maui that I have seen. It not only provides all the maps, restaurant and tourist attractions you'd expect, but also goes off the beaten track, describing the history, culture and personality of the island. The author is clearly someone who likes to spend time getting to know a place, and it shows here. It is the one essential guide for anyone who wants to get out of the hotel and experience the real Maui.

As a bonus: the book is not too thick, so you can pack it in you pocket or backpack without weighing you down.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Guidebook, December 4, 2001

By A Customer

This book is written for intelligent and inquisitive tourists who want to really understand what Mauai is all about. It outshines Mauai Revealed by 100%. I found myself using it every day as it offered a far more indepth look at places not found in any other tourist publication. If flash and hype are not your style, buy this book. Good index, well written, excellent maps. It had plenty of things to do to keep me amazed every day of my two week vacation.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 15 Years, 3 Editions, Never Missed A Beat, December 29, 2003

By	Carl Holmberg (Kihei, Maui, HI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My wife and I have used the Moon: Maui book over three different editions from 1985 until relocating permanently in '99. One copy has been to the island three times, lent to friends. There is no part of the island left uncovered, and authors provide good insight on how to be pleasant guest and not get yourself into unpleasant situations.

This is quite unlike "Maui Revealed", which is quickly becoming "Maui Reviled" for locals. This perception is driven by a considerable increase in trespassing on private property to and bodily waste at spots that used to be local favorites, caused in large part by masses of visitors cluching M.R.

Stick with the Moon: Maui book, and you'll avoid a lot of unnecessary stink eye.