Product Description

Frommer's. The best trips start here.

Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.
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The lowdown on where to go in Newfoundland and Labrador, including barhopping along St. John's George Street, exploring thousand-year-old Viking settlements in L'Anse aux Meadows, and the postcard-perfect fishing villages of the Avalon Peninsula.
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Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.
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Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
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Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.


Find great deals and book your trip at Frommers.com

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #271850 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780470153338
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Back Cover

Frommer's. The best trips start here.

Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.

• The lowdown on where to go in Newfoundland and Labrador, including barhopping along St. John's George Street, exploring thousand-year-old Viking settlements in L'Anse aux Meadows, and the postcard-perfect fishing villages of the Avalon Peninsula.

• Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.

• Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.

• Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.

Find great deals and book your trip at Frommers.com

About the Author
Andrew Hempstead is a travel writer and photographer who has raveled widely throughout Canada from his home in Banff, Alberta. His research trip for the third edition of this book took him to every corner of Newfoundland and Labrador, and along the way he found himself drinking beer with the locals along infamous George Street in St. John's, getting up close and personal with icebergs at Twillingate, and trying barbequed moose along the Northern Peninsula.

In addition to this book, Hempstead has authored guidebooks to Alberta, British Columbia, the Canadian Rockies, and Vancouver, and has co-authored guidebooks to Atlantic Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. his writing and photography have also appeared in many national and international publications.

Customer Reviews

Missing an important map
The 2nd edition proved very useful for my last Newfoundland trip, so I bought the just-published 3rd edition for my next trip. But when I opened the book I discovered a major publishing error: the two-page map of Gros Morne National Park, one of Newfoundland's most important destinations, is missing. A map of a different park appears in its place. A few weeks after I informed Frommer's, they sent me a PDF version of the missing map. They also said they'd post it to the "updates" section of their web site, but as of June 2008 it still isn't there.

So, one star to Frommer's for their error and their failure to correct it months after learning of it. But five stars to Andrew Hempstead for the rest of the content, which is at least as good as that in the 2nd edition. Too bad he was let down by his publisher. If you're the kind of person who doesn't mind a Maine guidebook missing a map of Acadia National Park or an Arizona guidebook missing a map of the Grand Canyon area, feel free to purchase this.

Map error still not fixed
I just purchased a copy of the Frommer's Newfoundland and Labrador guide book. Frommer's still hasn't fixed the map error on page 178-179. It still shows a map of Terra Nova National Park instead of Gros Morne National Park. And Frommer's still hasn't posted a corrected map in the updates section of their website. I was going to request a corrected copy via their website, but they wanted too much personal information to submit a request. I didn't want to be spammed with junk email and snail mail. I give Frommer's a big fat F in customer service.