Caribbean by Cruise Ship: The Complete Guide to Cruising the Caribbean

by Anne Vipond

Book Overview

Full-color photography, a giant color pull-out map, city, port and island maps, cruise docking locations, sturdy laminated covers, high quality matte stock--all these features make this illustrated... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1927747058
• ISBN13: 9781927747056
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Ocean Cruise Guides
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Not Your Typical Travel Book

I like this book, its almost set up like an encyclopedia for cruising the caribbean. A bit of history on the region, alot of color pictures, and quite a bit of attractions on what to see when you get off the boat. Its put together really well and made of awesome thick paper to last forever. DONT let this be the only book you buy about the caribbean, you need another one to tell you where to eat which this one doesnt. This book is a good companion book to the Lonely Planet Caribbean Island book. If you like eye candy at work thinking about your trip you wont be upset with this book.

Caribbean by Cruise Ship

This book was a great help. We took it with us on our recent cruise to the Southern Caribbean. It provided a ton of information from where to go, what to see, and even the currency rate. We would recommend this book to anyone who is going on a Caribbean cruise.

well thoughtout guidebook

We just returned from a 10 day southern Caribbean cruise and found this book invaluable. The maps were great! Details on shore excursions and port attractions allowed us to focus on aspects we were interested in and also gave us the confidence to do walkabouts. Great book, highly recommended.

Cruise Book with lots of practical information

This is an excellent guide book for both the first time cruiser and the seasoned traveller. My travel agent gave this book as a gift to those of us cruising as a group to the Eastern Caribbean this past spring. Athough I have sailed on many cruise ships and feel I know many of the differences between the lines and ships, those in our group who were new to cruising found the glossary section very useful and filled with practical tips to make their cruise more enjoyable and less confusing (ie) tipping policy,dining options, onboard activities. We liked the pull out map and had this hanging in our staterooms so that we could plot our course each day. The smaller maps of the ports of call were very useful, and often had more detail than the maps from the shore excursion desk onboard. So often on a cruise I feel the tour department is promoting their shops and excursions ... but having this book provided an unbiased synopsis of what there was to see in each port and where to go. The section on Caribbean history and the history of each island helps in understanding the people and the culture. When one 'drops into a port' for just a few hours or a day, it is not always easy to get the entire flavour of the people. By knowing a bit of the history, my onshore experience was certainly enhanced.

A guide that every Caribbean cruise traveler should carry

If you're looking for a comprehensive and informative guide to Caribbean ports, you won't go wrong with this guide. You can save money by avoiding the cost of ship-sponsored shore excursions, and you'll be more informed when you reach your destination. Anne Vipond provides a good outline of information for each port, including ideas for unique or interesting activities for that location. There is plenty of information about availability of taxis, public transportation, and ways of getting to specific places. There is also a map of most port locations that will allow you to develop your own walking or taxi tour. The "Best Beaches" section for each port identifies your best bets for sun and sand. This guide book is well-organized, very readable, and small enough to carry with you in a purse, belt pack, or back pack (not small enough for most pockets, however). Highly Recommended!