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Insight Guides Guatemala, Belize And the Yucatan (Insight Guides Guatemala, Belize, Yucatan) | 
 enlarge | Creator: Brian Bell
Publisher: Insight Guides
Category: Book
List Price: $23.95
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 577270
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 388
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.9 x 1
ISBN: 9812583440
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.2810453
EAN: 9789812583444
ASIN: 9812583440
Publication Date: April 30, 2006
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Product Description
Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel guide series, in association with Discovery Channel, the world's premier source of nonfiction entertainment, provides more insight than ever. From the most popular resort cities to the most exotic villages, Insight Guides capture the unique character of each culture with an insider's perspective. Inside every Insight Guide you'll find: .Evocative, full-colour photography on every page .Cross-referenced, full-colour maps throughout .A brief introduction including a historical timeline .Lively, essays by local writers on the culture, history, and people .Expert evaluations on the sights really worth seeing .Special features spotlighting particular topics of interest .A comprehensive Travel Tips section with listings of the best restaurants, hotels, and attractions, as well as practical information on getting around and advice for travel with children
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 Insight Guides Guatemala May 13, 2007
D. Gast (Athens, GA, USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great photos, excellent culture and history overview, highlights important sites ... the entire series by Insight Guides is the best. Don't leave home without one!
 Great if you never plan on actually going to Guatemala.... March 23, 2008
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1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is filled with beautiful pictures and some semi-informative history and background on the region. However, it is utterly useless as an actual travel guide. Information on where to stay, recommended eateries, and transportation options is limited to 34 pages at the end of a 388 page book, of which 10 pages are devoted to Guatemala, 10 pages to Belize, and 14 to Mexico's Yucatan. The lovely pictures and brief background information might serve to sway a wavering would-be traveler, but add 3 or so pounds of deadweight on to the actual journey. The real title of the book should be "The Insight Oversized Travel Brochure of Photos of Guatemala, Belize, and the Yucatan".
We started the trip with only this unwieldy paperweight in our packs, and a day later, were standing on the shores of Lago Atitlan dumbfounded; not simply by the spectacular beauty surrounding us, but by the simple fact that we were standing there at all, fed, clothed, and housed, not a single facet of which was due to this bundle of paper useful primarily as fuel for a fire (though, if you in fact did so, the toxic fumes from the chemical-coated pages could probably kill you). We rushed to the local bookstore to pay gringo prices for Lonely Planet's "Central America on a Shoestring"; this guide actually made it possible for the journeys to follow.
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