Product Description

The world's most popular cruise destination comes alive in this beautiful guide to Caribbean cruising. Completely revised, this new edition contains current information on best beaches, dive sites and golf courses as well as port and island attractions. Hundreds of photos and maps, all in color. Includes giant pull-out color map.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #96606 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780968838983
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
Covers the destinations with solid detail and from the cruiser's perspective. --Travel Trade, New York

With her crisp writing and in-depth reporting, she's created a terrific series of guides. --Cruise Critic, August 9, 2007

From the Publisher
This new edition of Caribbean By Cruise Ship has been completely updated and includes more color photography, more maps and more local detail. Drawing on authorities at the Universities of Miami and the Virgin Islands and from the cruise industry this edition is a comprehensive guide for any taking a Caribbean cruise. From Florida and Gulf of Mexico to South America.

About the Author
Anne Vipond, author of several guidebooks on cruising, draws on a sailing background to impart her enthusiasm for cruise travel. Her cruising articles have been published in magazines and newspapers throughout North America and overseas.

Customer Reviews

A guide that every Caribbean cruise traveler should carry
If you're looking for a comprehensive and informative guide to Caribbean ports, you won't go wrong with this guide. You can save money by avoiding the cost of ship-sponsored shore excursions, and you'll be more informed when you reach your destination. Anne Vipond provides a good outline of information for each port, including ideas for unique or interesting activities for that location. There is plenty of information about availability of taxis, public transportation, and ways of getting to specific places. There is also a map of most port locations that will allow you to develop your own walking or taxi tour. The "Best Beaches" section for each port identifies your best bets for sun and sand. This guide book is well-organized, very readable, and small enough to carry with you in a purse, belt pack, or back pack (not small enough for most pockets, however). Highly Recommended!

Cruise Book with lots of practical information
This is an excellent guide book for both the first time cruiser and the seasoned traveller. My travel agent gave this book as a gift to those of us cruising as a group to the Eastern Caribbean this past spring. Athough I have sailed on many cruise ships and feel I know many of the differences between the lines and ships, those in our group who were new to cruising found the glossary section very useful and filled with practical tips to make their cruise more enjoyable and less confusing (ie) tipping policy,dining options, onboard activities.

We liked the pull out map and had this hanging in our staterooms so that we could plot our course each day. The smaller maps of the ports of call were very useful, and often had more detail than the maps from the shore excursion desk onboard. So often on a cruise I feel the tour department is promoting their shops and excursions ... but having this book provided an unbiased synopsis of what there was to see in each port and where to go.

The section on Caribbean history and the history of each island helps in understanding the people and the culture. When one 'drops into a port' for just a few hours or a day, it is not always easy to get the entire flavour of the people. By knowing a bit of the history, my onshore experience was
certainly enhanced.

Worth Buying
This book provided very good information about where the ships dock, as well as activities on the islands, modes and costs of transportation, and feedback about beaches, shopping and water activities. The maps and information that showed the distances from the ship to the activities/localities were just what I was looking for to plan my days on the islands. In addition, the book was very helpful in the selection of shore excursions that I could do on my own and through the ship (e.g., it helped to narrow down the best spots for snorkeling and golf, etc.). I would recommend it to anyone traveling via cruise ship to the Caribbean.