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Moon Tahiti (Moon Handbooks) | 
 enlarge | Author: David Stanley
Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 72103
Media: Paperback
Edition: 6th
Pages: 330
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1566918049
Dewey Decimal Number: 919
EAN: 9781566918046
ASIN: 1566918049
Publication Date: November 1, 2007
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Condition: Sm. amt. of highlighting, otherwise fine, cover as pictured
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Product Description
South Pacific expert and founder of SouthPacific.org David Stanley knows the best way to vacation in Tahiti, from navigating the streets of Papeete and browsing its market to visiting the Arahoho Blowhole on the island's northeast coast and snorkeling off Moorea. Stanley includes unique trip ideas like Romantic Tahiti and Best of French Polynesia. Packed with information on dining, transportation, and accommodations, Moon Tahiti has lots of options for a range of travel budgets. Every Moon guidebook includes recommendations for must-see sights and many regional, area, and city-centered maps. Complete with details on the best beaches and most romantic spots, Moon Tahiti gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience. With expert writers, first-rate strategic advice, and an essential dose of humor, Moon guidebooks are the cure for the common trip.
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 Terrific Tahiti Book (again!). January 3, 2008
C. Urbanowicz (Chico, California)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
"Stanley has done it again! I am an anthropologist who has traveled to most of the locations that Stanley has written about covering the South Pacific and am off to Tahiti in January 2008: The latest TAHITI HANDBOOK by David Stanley is an excellent publication to carry into French Polynesia! It is as up-to-date as can be with tips and hints for the intrepid traveler. The book has historical and geographical data, maps and information on accommodations throughout French Polynesia, ferry schedules, restaurants, and just about anything else one would need to have an excellent trip to this part of the world! To paraphrase an American advertisement from several years back: If you are going to Tahiti (or French Polynesia), you shouldn't leave home without it!"
Charlie Urbanowicz
A name you can trust December 20, 2007
Dan Gordon
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
My wife and I are frequent travelers to the South Pacific. Every time we have relied solely on Internet web sites, travel brochures and some travel handbooks we have been consistently disappointed in our accommodations. David Stanley's travel books have always steered us in the right directions. The new Tahiti handbook is full of clear maps, and pictures. This book is full of well researched practical information and advice. Most importantly it is information you can trust.
Makes me want to go to the South Pacific right now! January 25, 2008
Jeff Bradley (Boulder, CO United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Tahiti and the rest of French Polynesia consists of 118 islands and atolls scattered over thousands of square miles of ocean. I cannot think of a more challenging place about which to write a travel book, yet author David Stanley appears to have the inside scoop on every one of these places.
The book conveys a wealth of information, the high-end places to stay as well as more modest ones. Interspersed among the travel facts and seasoned advice are interesting stories about the famous residents of the islands, such as artist Paul Gauguin, singer Jacques Brel, and Marlon Brando.
Stanley first flew to Tahiti 30 years ago, he's been writing about this area since 1979, and this is his sixth edition of the book. You don't find his extent of knowledge and experience much in travel books anymore. Stanley's Tahiti is a model of what a great guidebook should be.
Yet Another Terrific Edition February 25, 2008
Kenneth Klein (Seattle, WA. USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
David Stanley's books are always a worthwhile read, and his latest edition of "Tahiti" is no exception. Differing from his earlier "Tahiti: Including the Cook Islands", this book narrows it's focus purely on the islands of French Polynesia - stepping through island group by island group (and within each group, island by island) David does his usual great job of laying out where to go, where to stay, what to see and what and where to eat. I especially like the suggested itineraries that appear near the front of the book, pointing out some of the "can't miss" highlights of a trip to the region. There are also a great collection of maps and (or course) some beautiful photos of the incredible scenery the region is so famous for (these ARE after all, the epitome of the perfect tropical island).
So, I say - buy this book and weep that you are not there yet - but do it with a smile, for the knowledge within is all you need to know to plan the vacation of a lifetime.
Take This Book to Tahiti March 19, 2008
vagabond132 (traveling the globe)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
How can I describe how good this guidebook is? Well, I would assert, in the extreme, that it would be better to read this book without visiting Tahiti than to visit Tahiti without reading this book.
This book will double, triple, quadruple...the accomplishments and satisfaction of a trip to Tahiti.
Everything about the islands in French Polynesia is here, all the essential info, enabling a visitor to be knowledgeable, suave, and inefficient, rather than ignorant, bumbling, and frustrated.
I mean everything. Maps, a glossary, conversion tables, statistics, history, culture, arts, lodging and dining (of course, and in great detail for each establishment), transportation, sports, entertainment, flora and fauna, healthcare...all wonderfully indexed.
You must, I mean you MUST, take this perfect guidebook with you to French Polynesia.
And you MUST use it to prepare for your trip. It would take you thousands of hours in front of your online computer to attempt to recreate even a small segment of author David Stanley's research, available for a very modest sum in this book.
The only plan better than taking this book to Tahiti, I suppose, would be to take David Stanley, himself.
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