Product Description

Packed with travel information, including listings, deals, and insider tips: CANDID LISTINGS of hundreds of places to eat, sleep, drink, and feel like a local. RELIABLE MAPS to get you around with or without a car. STRAIGHT TALK on the best caving, kayaking, swimming, scuba, and snorkeling hot spots. The best FESTIVALS on the island, from Ponce’s Carnaval to Moca’s celebration of mundillo lace. SCENIC DRIVES through the island’s stunning karst and desert terrains. OPPORTUNITIES to get involved preserving diverse flora and fauna. INCREASED COVERAGE of the untrodden Northwest Corner’s beaches and surf spots.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #330662 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-27
• Released on: 2007-11-27
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Review
“For independent travelers on a budget, with an emphasis on whatever's hip, fun, or free.”—Associated Press

Customer Reviews

Excellent!
Loved this guide! We used it during our whole trip. The Old San Juan part is really detailed, with great maps and other listings. The restaurant listing is not as good--asking the locals may help there. The other sections of the guide are solid as well, but one thing to note--the guide book doesn't say much about the bioluminescent bay at Fajardo (maybe a word or two) but that was the best part of our trip. Don't miss it!

Quite confusing
Written by undergrad students at Harvard (my alma mater), this travel guide lacks the clarity and ease-of-use of other more professionally written and edited guides. Information is laid out with a single purpose in mind: to confuse you, the reader. Maps are scattered all over the guide, making it necessary to dogear many different pages -- which then defeats the purpose of dogearing since you don't know which marks what. Also, the font is *tiny*, making the book very difficult to read for anyone over the age 30.

Plus, the lodging and dining recommendations in this guide are horrible. Too few are listed, and they don't tell you what the area code is -- they just give you the 7-digit phone number!

Fodor's PR guide seems better, plus if you are an AAA member, you should get their free Carribean tour guide.

Tons of information, great guidebook!
This book has great information for visiting Puerto Rico. We had bought a map but it turned out to not always be reliable, so this book saved the day! It has great details on finding hotels and it's very informative regarding the different regions of the island.