Frommer's Jamaica & Barbados

by Danforth Prince, Arthur Frommer, Darwin Porter

Frommer's guides present coverage of sightseeing, outdoor activities, shopping, and nightlife, along with a selection of hotels and restaurants and consumer trip-planning tips. This focus on Jamaica and Barbados covers all the beaches, plus golf, river rafting and other activities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028622650
• ISBN13: 9780028622651
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding guide.

"Frommer's Jamaica & Barbados" is an outstanding guide to the finest (and most affortable) shops, sites, hotels, and restaurants on the two islands. Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince also give us candid, in-depth "Best Of's" at the beginning of the book. If, for instance, you're an avid tennis player, the Best Tennis Facility in Barbados is at the Sandy Lane Hotel. And one of the Best Honeymoon Resorts is, ironically, Half Moon Golf, Tennis & Beach Club in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Other fine sections include: "Fast Facts: Jamaica/Barbados," "Calendar of Events," and "Planning a Trip to Jamaica/Barbados." The authors do a first-rate job of giving you the low-down on Jamaica without scarring you off ("There's no denying that it's plagued by crime and drugs...But many visitors are unaffected; they are escourted from the airport to their hotel grounds and venture out only on...organized tours"). If you're planning a trip to either of these two lovely islands, don't plan it without the aid of this top-notch guidebook.