Frommer's Costa Rica [With Foldout Map]

by Eliot Greenspan

Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer's Costa Rica features gorgeous color photos of the lush rain forest, the amazing array of wildlife, and the spectacular beaches that await you. Personally researched by a longtime resident, it's the only truly up-to-date guide that gives you such in-depth coverage of this fast-changing country, with recommended accommodations in every price category. You'll visit rugged wilderness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471944408
• ISBN13: 9780471944409
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Frommer's
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.9" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Great guide

I came back from Costa Rica a week ago and this guide was very useful, It's very accurate and precise, descriptions in the book gives you a perfect idea of what you are going to find. Highly recommended.

excellent source for Costa Rica

This book was great! It took us all through Costa Rica with much comfort and fun. Very thorough: giving you options for towns to visit, resteraunts to eat at, activities to do, so that you may choose based on your general preferences and personality, your level of fitness, the degree to which you value cleanliness, the degree to which you value comfort, etc... I felt like I got a full picture of beautiful Costa Rica from this book and was able to pick and choose what i wanted to do and where i wanted to go based on dependable guidance. Negative point: The descriptions of how horrible the driving conditions were greatly exagerated, as were the descritions of lack-of -safety in the country.

Very complete travel guide

The Frommer's travel books are very comprehensive, full of information on hotels, resorts, restaurants, shopping, etc. for your travel destination. Also notes what to avoid. I have always found them very helpful.

what you need

I've been to Costa Rica several times. This is a good pocket guidebook. I lik to half plan, half improvise my trips and Fommer is a handy resource. The Fodor version is okay. I like the Frommer layout better but as far as information goes I wouldn't say one is radically better than the other. There's a lot of Costa Rica you won't discover till you actually get there. The country has more to offer than could ever fit in a pocket guide book. Costa Rica is a relatively safe country. If you use common sense you should be fine. The main thing you have to worry about is theft. Try not to look like a rich american tourist and you'll be okay.

Awsome book

I'm so happy with my purchase. I've bought Lonely Planet guides and National Geographic guides previously, and the Frommer's has become my favorite. It's everything you need it a travel guide! This book is easy to navigate and reference and the information is all very up to date. This book uses a 1, 2 & 3 star rating system and categorizes hotels by price. I have found this book so helpful in planning out my trip. The only drawback to this book is that the pictures are not nearly as plentiful as the above mentioned books.