Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #445543 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-01
• Format: Folded Map
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Map

Features

• ISBN13: 9781847730008
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Back Cover
The Traveler's Costa Rica Companion guides you through a world filled with exciting possibilities. Explorers discover the best trails to the peaks of Cerro Chirrip= and the depths of the Barra Honda caverns. Birdwatchers learn where to spot quetzals, bellbirds and brown boobies; botanists discover gardens filled with rare orchids and bromeliads. Amateur naturalists follow suggested pathways to forests teeming with wildlife and coral reefs harboring tropical fish. Even those intent on lounging on beach or in a comfortable hotel suite find themselves surrounded by nature's surprises - sloths slumbering on a nearby tree limb, toucans perched on a balcony, monkeys crashing through the forest canopy beside a swimming pool. Costa Rica is sure to captivate your senses, capture your imagination, and leave you with enchanted memories. There are lavish color photographs that take you to your destination while you are still planning. This guide is set up in an easy-to-use format. The clearly structured entries on where to stay, eat, and how to get there, guide you directly to the things you want to see, allowing you to spend less time with your nose in your guidebook and more time enjoying your destination. (5 3/4 x 8 3/4, 272 pages, color photos, maps)

About the Author
After an academic career, Rowland Mead has been a full-time writer for the last 10 years. He writes on wildlife and travel topics, specializing in the Spanish-speaking countries. His latest books include the Globetrotter Guide to Iceland and two volumes on English Cathedral Cities.

Customer Reviews

little to no detail
We drove from San Jose, to Arenal, to Punta Islita, to Tamarido, to Liberia. I bought this map as well as the Waterproof Travel Map of Costa Rica, based on reviews I read that each gave important/different type of info and both would be useful. I ended up using the Waterproof Travel Map of Costa Rica about 99% of the time - it does an excellent job of detail on roads/landmarks/hotels/restaurants, and is for the most part up-to-date. This Globetrotter map however lacks in significant, updated detail. I would have been disappointed to have only had this map. The only 1% of the time that it was useful was that it labeled the bridge onto the Nicoya Peninsula as the 'Bridge of Friendship' (this actually wasn't labeled on the other map) and we looked forward to crossing it the entire trip (we were traveling with friends).

Now that I've told you about the Bridge of Friendship...skip this map.

By Bus, not driving
We took busses and planes while in Costa Rica. This was a good map for planning our itenerary and making final decisions. You still need to converse with locals and bus schedules etc while there. taxi drivers were good sources as well.

Look for a better map of San Jose if you plan to stay more than a couple of days. Lots to see there if you want. We rode the busses all over and the drivers were good at dropping you at odd places or picking you up if you flagged them down.

Really good Costa Rica Map
This map is very large and as such has a lot of detail on it. The map is well marked and very easy to read. It does not have as many tourist location marks on it (i.e. where things you want to see are located). For that I recommend the Insight FlexiMap. I would recommend getting both maps: one map for details and one for specific locations.