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| Frommer's Puerto Rico (Frommer's Complete) |  | Author: John Marino
Publisher: Frommers
Category: Book
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Seller: econgo
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 408,768
Media: Paperback
Edition: 9
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0470257113
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9780470257111
ASIN: 0470257113
Publication Date: September 29, 2008
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Product Description
America's #1 bestselling travel series Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer’s Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do. - More annually updated guides than any other series
- 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides
- Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itineraries
- Dozens of detailed maps in an easy-to-read, two-color design
Much more detailed and complete than its major competitors, Frommer's Puerto Rico, 9th Edition gives you in-depth, honest reviews of lavish honeymoon resorts, intimate inns, family-friendly condos, and dirt cheap hostels. Written by a travel writer and city news reporter based in San Juan, this edition has its finger on the pulse of the island, with updates on the latest openings and selections in every price category. We'll point you to a gorgeous white-sand beach that only locals know about, give you the scoop on both upscale dining and roadside nosh pits, and we list the best places for snorkeling, hiking, golf, sailing, deep-sea fishing -- even the best town to see a cockfight. You'll also get a complete shopper's guide, and up-to-date coverage of the newest nightlife in the region, from casinos to salsa clubs to lowkey beach bars. Look for tips on finding the best package deals, plus a color fold-out map.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 9
 Better off using the internet as a resource! February 5, 2010
Robin L. Kelly (Miami, Florida)
I was very disappointed with this book and agree with many of the other reviewers. The lack of descriptions led to much confusion, and I also wonder if the author visited any of the places written or just made it up. Luckily, prior to visiting Puerto Rico, I had checked Tripadvisor reviews, asked friends from Puerto Rico for advice, and used travel websites for reviews and more information. It seemed that virtually every restaurant recommended in the book had horrible reviews at Tripadvisor. Not mediocre, but, downright terrible in many cases. The same was true for the hotels recommended. Overpriced, lousy service, mediocre food for restaurants recommended and these places are not inexpensive.
I understand that things can change, such as management etc from the time the book is written to publication time, however, there are so many poor recommendations that just don't agree at all with what the general public has to say, it makes you wonder just how old his information is or if it's valid at all.
Not trustworthy!
Did the author ever go to PR? November 27, 2009
Angelita (Virginia USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is unbelievably useless. The descriptions are vague or plain wrong, beaches described as great for snorkeling are shallow, murky, full of sea weed and almost fish-free, whereas quaint fishing villages are hideously cramped tourist traps. Restaurants with bad, expensive food are considered good value and derelict hotels are deemed luxurious and comfortable. One of the weirdest descriptions is that of the Blue Marlin Bar and Restaurant in Guanica ,which serves nasty, greasy snacks and remarkably tasteless fish, while facing a bay marred by an ugly and gigantic industrial structure : "excellent local meals", "overlooking the pretty bay", "tasty snacks", etc. But the most surreal is the one of the pool at the Casa Islena Inn, a very nice hotel in Rincon, as "Olympic-size". The pool is very pretty and has a gorgeous view, but it is much smaller than an Olympic pool or even the one at my home in the US. Check this photo of it:
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Based on these and other glaring errors, I can only conclude that Mr. Marino has never been to most places listed in the book. Or to Puerto Rico. This book is a rip-off. Shame on Frommer's.
lacking March 19, 2009
Blueberry Beeton (Woolwich, Maine)
I was very disappointed in the amount of detail offered in this travel guide. We stayed in Luquillo Beach and the review offered a description of two local restaurants but omitted an entire mall of about twenty restaurants. We didn't "discover" them until the lasts night of our trip. The pull out map is so vague in detail that it adds to a traveler's confusion. It offers a nice perspective before you go but it should not be used for actual navigation. I also found the layout of the area description non-intuitive. I often read a description of an activity or restaurant only to find that it was two hours away. I think perhaps they tried to cover too much in one book and thus the lack of any useful detail.
Poor research, poor editing January 12, 2009
Alexander Kolchinsky (Champaign, IL, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
We travelled all over the island for 13 days and found that Frommer's information is wrong way too often. Luquillo Beach is very comfortable for swimming, but, like most (or may be all) public beaches in PR closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Parador Guajataca is a terrible place, except for the view. Some beaches described as "one of the best" are hardly accessible by 4WD. Many restaurants mentioned in the book are overpriced and many hotels overrated. The book does not mention that El Yunque forest is awfully crowded at the height of the season. I was surprised to find out that the book has been written by someone who lives in PR. The book seems to escape any editing, some sentences are repeated twice on the same pages. Unfortunately, I can't recommend anything better.
Puerto Rico May 14, 2007
SmartShopper (Pocatello, ID USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I keep forgetting how much I don't care for Frommer's guides and wind up buying another one.
1. Frommer's has next to no pictures.
2. I think somebody went to a couple of random restaurants and beaches and decided to call them the "Best of".
For example, Frommer's says there is snorkeling at Luqillo beach, but there is none (unless all you want to see is sand). Luquillo is a great beach for swimming, but the snorkeling sucks.
Another example is the restaurant in the southeast part of the island called Tulio's. While it is a nice restaurant and our food was good, it is not cheap. At least I don't consider $20 a plate cheap.
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