Frommer's Mexico 2008 (Frommer's Complete) | 
| Authors: David Baird, Juan Cristiano, Lynne Bairstow, Emily Hughey Quinn
Publisher: Frommers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 192682
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Map
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 800
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.7
ISBN: 0470145749
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9780470145746
ASIN: 0470145749
Publication Date: October 8, 2007
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Condition: THIS ITEM IS UNUSED AND IN GOOD CONDITION. IT MAY HAVE SLIGHT SHELFWEAR BUT OTHERWISE IT IS FINE.
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Product Description
Frommer's. The best trips start here.
Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.
* Insider tips on the best hotel values, beach hideaways, ruins sites, authentic restaurants, social scenes, and more.
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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
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 Pffft. September 16, 2008
I would look at some other guidebooks before purchasing this one. This book is more of a very broad overview of places to stay, and isn't detailed at all. We were in the state of oaxaca, and also we went to mexico city, and for each the book only had a few specific hotels/restaurants to stay in. If you are going to travel all over mexico and are not making an 'in depth' sort of vacation of it, this book is alright. However, if you want some more details about hotels and restaurants and things, try to find something else. I was disappointed with this book.
 FRANKLY, FROMMER'S IS FLAWED April 7, 2008
14 out of 18 found this review helpful
For quite some time I've regarded Frommer's Travel Guides quite highly - no more! Recommendations in this book for the city in Mexico that we visited are so far off base that they're clearly out.
For instance, we stayed San Miguel de Allende early this year. Frommer's regards Azulejos Talavera Vazquez, a ceramics shop, as "exceptional." In what way I politely ask?
We shopped at Vazquez and plunked down a good bit for dishes that we have never received. Vazquez does not respond to emails or calls. The supposed shipper (Destinos) does respond to emails - with one excuse after another. His posts are not very well written but imaginative - last stating that our shipment is now out of their hands. Of course, whose hands it may be in remains a mystery.
We'll not mention the restaurant Frommer's recommended that we left popping Rolaids. This is a 2008 book - there's still a lot of the year to suffer indigestion and for Vazquez to rip off folks.
However, we did love the city and learned two lessons - don't rely on Frommer's and at Azulejos Talavera Vazquez manana means never.
- Gail Cooke
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