Frommer's South Florida: Including Miami & the Keys [With Free]

by Lesley Abravanel

You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go--they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges. Every Frommer's Travel Guide is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764564587
• ISBN13: 9780764564581
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Frommer's
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Better than Gremlins and better than E.T.!!!

Well, not really, but i've lived in south florida for 13 years and this book is a must have for anyone who lives down here or is thinking about visiting. Everyone thinks they have a true grasp of the miami scene, but this author actually does.

The Best Guidebook Ever!

This is probably the best guidebook I ever read. The author has a really good writing style and it is genuinely interesting and fun to read (not that I'm suggesting you pick it over Fitzgerald or anything, just that it's a really well-written book). Her restaurant reviews are really excellent--just reading some of them made me start to drool. And while many of the restaurant listings are for priceyish places, she does list some great, fun, authentic, and in some cases, way off the beaten track yummy places to try. I trust her opinion completely! This is a really thorough guidebook, with good and honest hotel listings (one of the only people to vocalize what we all know--the Delano IS overrated!) and a great chapter on what to do and see if you want to do and see more than just the beaches of South Florida. The Miami coverage is awesome-- good tips on shopping, a really knowledgeable chapter on nighlife, and more. The Everglades chapter has a hilarious essay about how the author was reluctant to go the first time, and the coverage of the Keys, Palm Beaches, Boca, etc. are just as good. I usually expect a Frommer's guidebook to be a bit stuffier than this, but as soon as I read the intro, I knew I had to try this book, and I'm so happy I did. You will be too. It rocks!

South Florida exposed

Wow. I used to think that South Florida just meant Miami and palm trees. This book proved to me and my husband that South Florida is much, much more. I got the book on a bet with my husband, who insisted that So Flo was a lot of fun and not just laying out at a pool kind of fun. This book proved me wrong and I lost the bet, but boy was I glad to be a loser in this wager! This book is a must have for anyone who thinks that a trip to Florida can be hot and boring. Quite the contrary!! Thanks, Frommer's. We'll be back to So Flo very soon.

A good travel guide

This is a typical travel guide from Frommer. It details much of the Miami and Keys area listing hotels, restuarants, entertainment and much more.The listings are detailed and accurate and provide abundant information on each of the cities/keys listed in the book.If you are heading south this year, this is the book you want to have with you.

South Florida Savvy

This book was better than any tour guide. I drove from Jupiter all the way to Key West stopping in Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Miami. Ms. Abravanel's advice was unbiased in an otherwise jaded market (she is the only Miami Beach travel writer I have read, to claim the Delano Hotel overrated...which it is!!!). Her restaurant recommendations were more helpful and insightful than any Zagat guide could have been. And mostly, her witty writing style made reading a pleasure. I look forward to more Frommer's with her at South Florida's helm.